Carburator Upgrade?

[finallyhavea57]

My 57' 283 has a stock 2bl that doesn't respond to rebuilding. Meaning I tried and still have problems. I'm thinking I should upgrade to an Edelbrock
4bl manifold and carb which will set me back around $400. I could just get
a new 2bl for around $170. Any recommendations on which way I should go?

I've had the car for about two months and have so far installed a new gas tank due to laquer build up. The car sat for ten years with leaded gas in the tank.

[a55togo]

with the fuel prices around these parts i would buy a two barrel, but what problems are you having?
Ed

[finallyhavea57]

Ed,

Even though I rebuilt the carb I am still having problems with backfiring and missing. I took the carb off my 56' Bel Air and tried it and it runs better so I am sure it's the carb.

I guess I'm really wondering if the difference in performance will be significant.

I do plan on keeping the 57' but realistically cannot afford to do a restore to all original but I do want to make it a good driver.

Don

[12pack]

This is pretty much what you really want. Me personally I'd put a four barrel on it just because that's me but if you just want to putt it around town find a two barrel and replace it. I'm sure you can find one reasonable, heck if I had one you could have it. One man's junk is another man's treasure.



12pack

[finallyhavea57]

As it turns out I just found a used Edlebrock carb and manifold for sale at a good price ($100) and hopefully I will buy that tomorrow. I'll then get a rebuild kit for it and see how I do.

I think that is the best way to go.

Thanks for the replies.

Don

[Dan57]

Yeah thats what i'd do aswell.
Mine was the first V8 i'd owned with a 2 barrel carb and after driving it i couldn't have ripped that carb and manifold off quicker
Now i've just got to get the rest of the car back together