Hey guys,
I'm looking at buying a second hand reco 350 holley and manifold to put on my 202 in my UC Torana.
She's all stock and soon to have a manual conversion, i was wondering if these things are hard to tune and if i would need to make any adjustments or anything to the engine (Extractors, exhaust ect. which will be getting an upgrade soon anyway). Or am i just going to be wasting my time and money?
any help or previous experience will be greatly appreciated.
Cheers, Danyon
350 Holley onto Red 202 Help
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, Oct 23 2009 10:12 AM
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Posted 23 October 2009 - 10:12 AM
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Posted 23 October 2009 - 10:29 AM
Fitting the 350 to your 202 will definately improve the performance.
But that comes at the expense of economy. If you can drive sensibly, you wont notice much of a difference. But let's face it, if you instantly have more power, who isn't going to use it? Just dont complain about the lousy fuel economy afterwards.
To get the best out of the carby, a good set of extractors & exhaust will improve it again.
They aren't difficult to tune, or maintain. If the carb is in good condition, it is really a 'set & forget' situation.
But that comes at the expense of economy. If you can drive sensibly, you wont notice much of a difference. But let's face it, if you instantly have more power, who isn't going to use it? Just dont complain about the lousy fuel economy afterwards.
To get the best out of the carby, a good set of extractors & exhaust will improve it again.
They aren't difficult to tune, or maintain. If the carb is in good condition, it is really a 'set & forget' situation.
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Posted 23 October 2009 - 02:03 PM
If you can afford it , put a small cam in it at the same time ! They are also a fit and forget item .
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Posted 23 October 2009 - 03:30 PM
Highly recommend whacking a Holley on 
I had heaps of problems with my strommy so put a Holley on and never looked back.
I had heaps of problems with my strommy so put a Holley on and never looked back.
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Posted 23 October 2009 - 04:17 PM
They are easy to tune, but make sure you get one in good condition, i'm currently spending a lot of time fiddling around with my 2nd hand carby, if you don't know how a carby works, and the different parts it can be a hell of a mission to figure it all out... There is going to be an argument against the Holleys vs Strommy WW2 etc. So do your research and like they said normally it's a set and leave thing.
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Posted 23 October 2009 - 04:39 PM
Covered many times, even in the short period I've been a member of this forum.
Honestly, it will come down to personal preference mate.
Yes, it is a tried and tested performance gain, but there are other options that can yield greater results, even within the same cost range.
Question is though, if you are going to go to the trouble to fit a 350 Holley to a completely stock engine, why not do some other performance based mods to complement it?
splosh123 just went through the the whole 350 Holley thing, so have a poke around in the engine section of this forum, it should be somewhere near the top, and no doubt you'll find other valuable info mate.
No point in blokes repeating what they've said many times already.
Cheers.
Honestly, it will come down to personal preference mate.
Yes, it is a tried and tested performance gain, but there are other options that can yield greater results, even within the same cost range.
Question is though, if you are going to go to the trouble to fit a 350 Holley to a completely stock engine, why not do some other performance based mods to complement it?
splosh123 just went through the the whole 350 Holley thing, so have a poke around in the engine section of this forum, it should be somewhere near the top, and no doubt you'll find other valuable info mate.
No point in blokes repeating what they've said many times already.
Cheers.
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Posted 23 October 2009 - 06:27 PM
Im staying quiet dont want to start a war.
Do a search mate, and dont waste your money.
Cheers.
Do a search mate, and dont waste your money.
Cheers.
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Posted 24 October 2009 - 09:20 AM
You will probably get more power but you can do better without spending more
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Posted 24 October 2009 - 01:59 PM
said it b4 and ill say it again
better carbs out there yes
but holleys are pop to fix and tune
and seeing as you've brought it you may as well use it
better carbs out there yes
but holleys are pop to fix and tune
and seeing as you've brought it you may as well use it
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Posted 24 October 2009 - 07:55 PM
I started out replacing the 196 in my HG & putting the 202 from my HT in it.Then I took out the the cam & up graded with new lifters.Taking of the stromberg & replacing with 350 with a 20" open air intake, on a dingo,with ekky's flowing through to a 2 & 3/4 pipe.Behind that,an M20 4 speed.I went from Finch Hatton to Brissy using about 120 bucks of fuel.Mind you that was the days of fuel being around 80 - 90 cents a liter.But hey,sh*t she ran fine....
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Posted 25 October 2009 - 12:30 AM
ok two things
1.clean it in petrol first (by that i mean soak it in a bucket or tin for a day or so)
2.rejet and run a kit thogh it b4 fitting
easier to do than a 2 barrel stromberg and heaps easier than a weber
which are 2 other options
1.clean it in petrol first (by that i mean soak it in a bucket or tin for a day or so)
2.rejet and run a kit thogh it b4 fitting
easier to do than a 2 barrel stromberg and heaps easier than a weber
which are 2 other options
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