[wilkin250r]

I've had nothing but Edelbrock carbs on all my older trucks, and have had almost nothing but good luck with them.

The only bit of bad luck I ever had was when I purchased a truck, and the edelbrock on it had a vacuum leak that caused some idle problems. It was at a bushing, and I didn't see anything in the rebuild manual about how to replace the bushing. Luckily, the truck also came with an identical spare carb, so I bought a rebuild kit and rebuilt the spare, and it worked flawlessly.

A lot of people dog on them because they're square-bore carbs. I get the theory on why a spread-bore is better, but if I had to choose between a finicky carb that theoretically had better efficiency (when it worked), or an easy, simple, maintenance-free carb that worked flawlessly, I'd gladly sacrifice the performance for the reliability. I love my Edelbrock carbs.