Thread: Carburetor
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Old 06-09-2022, 11:13 AM   #14
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Re: Carburetor

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Originally Posted by chevmn View Post
Back in the early 80s my wife drove a 73 Chevelle, with a 400 small block. With a 450 cfm Holley spreadbore q-jet replacement, headers, 3:31 gear, TH350, the heavy car got right at 24 MPG avg, and had decent low end power. Doubt they even make that carb, or could find one today, but I was impressed with the combination..
I think your talking about the Holley 4360 Economaster. I have one on my truck after removing the leaky stock Quadrajet for repair. It does get better gas mileage and pulls way better at the low end. You can still find them. Look for list 7454, 7455, 7456. Those are all divorced choke.
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