I have to put in a word here for the Edelbrock/Weber/AFB carb. I like it. I have a 600cfm Edelbrock on my 71 C/10, with a 309" sbc, and it's great. Quarter throttle squirt in the morning, turn the key, and it fires up immediately, and stays running, with no choke, and no gassing it. (Okay, so I live in Hawaii, I have the ceiling fan on right now). Still, it's a great carb, for a really decent price. This is my daily driver, which regularly tows a 2000lb trailer. Very forgiving carb, due to it's spreadbore design. Even if I really need to shift down, while towing, I can still just give it some more gas, and it'll keep pulling. And this with a Torquer2, single plane intake! I recommend them to my friends, if I'm building an engine for them, for performance. Very easy to tune, too. Can get everything you need to tune one in one complete kit, for a decent price. Much easier than tracking down jets and rods for the Quadrajet at the junkyard.
When I used to hang out at the local speedshop, (my good friend happened to be the manager), I used to see at least once a month, an unsatisfied customer walk in with a just-purchased Holley 750 vaccum, and say it's not working right, that something was wrong with the carb. Most of the time, there was no improvement in the vehicle's running, i.e., the miss was still there, when you jump on the throttle, or something to that effect. Most of these guys failed to see the big picture, in my opinion, and were blaming the carb for some problem the ignition or a mechanical defect was causing. Sad, but true.
BTW, I'm waiting for my BG 850 SportsClaw, and a few other goodies from Summit for my 468 I'm building, for my 64 El Camino. I'll post my opinion about it when I get the car on the road, probably around February or March (it's a mess right now, still waitin' for a chance to pull the body off the frame, to detail the frame).
Just my .02. Darren
[This message has been edited by Cameano (edited 11-25-98).]