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    hey peeep's

    i was looking through ebay once again and i came across the adaptor plate for a 350/500 holly carb anyways i was thinking hmm 350/500 so i thort about the 500 holly carb and got me thinking would i need anything els to connect up to the 500 apart from the adaptor plate and the fuel line and vac and air filter would i have to tune it or somthing and i was presuming it would go straight on the standard intake manafold with the adaption

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    a 500 holley would be WAY too big for a 202, it's even bordering on too big for a 253. You'll drown it.
    if you must use a holley carb (I'd personally choose a weber over a Holley) then stick with something closer to a 350

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    A 202 will run like crap with a 500CFM carby when you are running at low revs. You would have to do some serious head work and run a pretty wild cam to need a 500 Holley

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    the standard carby tuned properly will be just as good as any, and legal, if anything, maybe a falcon weber.

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    Quote Originally Posted by VR38 View Post
    the standard carby tuned properly will be just as good as any, and legal, if anything, maybe a falcon weber.
    he wont listen to "standard carby" wont listen to "tune it before you mod anything"

    i say let him get a 500 holley and see what happens.

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    the standard Varajet is a good carby if you can set them up, but they are a pain in the arse to set up. The float level in particular is very fussy. Set it up to specs and it floods or leans bad. It's often a case of trial & error. They are quite a fiddly carb.

    If I had a blue 202, I'd definitely look at a Weber off a 3.3L Falcon (if you get one off a 4.1 you will probably have to jet it to suit the 202) Very good performing carb and will be emissions compliant.

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    500 is a pig of a carby, a 450 4 barrel would be better, but you need a good head and cam to run it, and a 4 barrel manifold.
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    Sounds like you and your friend have a collective intelligence rivalling that of a door knob. Looks like the useless crap you fit to your car is the driver.

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