Been playing with this 86 F350 for way longer than I wanted to. Have purchased and exchanged a reman Holley designed for the truck. Ether they wont run out of the box or leak from every orifice with parts missing or I can get it to run good for a while then it starts going south. I think they have kids or maybe drunks assembling these things. Anyway. Im about ready to take it back to the store for a refund and want to purchase a NEW Holley. I think its only rated for around 650 CFM which I feel is sort of small for a 460. Probably OK for the smog heads. Only drawback will be no provision for the C6 kickdown. Any thoughts?
Not familiar with the Ford situation but alot of the Holleys have the Ford kickdown standard . And 600 cfm is not uncommon on low rpm big blocks in cruisers and trucks and RVs etc . What Holley 650 part number are you looking at ?
I ended up going with the store manager's suggestion of the dreaded Edelbrock Performer. Direct bolt on and the kick down was available as a attachment. As sceptable as I was it seems to run WAY better than the holley and was 30.00 less.
although they are like the plague here at V8B i see a lot of guys running and liking them fine . not a lot of adjustability ( which is good for some people ) or performance mod's for them but for a simple decent runnable addition not a bad choice in my opinion . the adjustable secondary thunder series looks interesting . and they look good on some applications , older classic rides , mid 60's stuff etc .
