Holley 2 Barrel Adapter Plate?

[mruff]

I have a Holley 2 Barrel carb I want to install on my 1F and was wondering which adapter plate I need? I'm not sure which numbers I need to reference but here's the numbers on the carb
7448-3253

Any help would be appreciated...

 

[65swb45]

I think I have an extra Holley-to-LC adapter at the shop if you want to call me there to remind me to check. 818-953-9230.

 

[mruff]

Carb

I appreciate the offer. Do you know which adapter kit I need. I went to summitracing.com yesterday and it looks like adapter kit start at $17.00 and go up to $60.00 or so. Just not sure which one I need. Also will I need anything extra with the kit to make it work? I currently have the stock setup

 

[Fast Eddy]

Why do you want to switch to a Holley? You should search for other people's opinions...

 

[Mark W]

Holley 2bbl + cruiser = yech

Holley 2bbl + (weeds/ditch) + (rocks x target practice) = fun.





Mark...

 

[pardion]

Looking at your sig line, you would use a factory stock carb for a "complete restore". You might want to offer that Holley carb to someone with a Ford Pinto. John

 

[Living in the Past]

Looking at your sig line, you would use a factory stock carb for a "complete restore". You might want to offer that Holley carb to someone with a Ford Pinto. John

I sure I have at least one laying around. I gave up on the Holley back in the eighties. I even have top piece off a OEM air cleaner I adapted to a tow barrel holley. I live in Peoria. Haven't been shooting in a while so you can have them for free.

 

[mruff]

The main reason I wanted to swap to a Holley was I got it for free! I have a stock carb on it now and it runs terrible. It's been cleaned, rebuilt and now it slobbers, won't adjust and is running extremely rich. No matter what I do the carb won't run right. I am out of project money and don't want to throw anymore time or money at the stock carb... Plus my FJ is going up for sale soon and I want it running right for the next owner...

 

[mruff]

carb

I sure I have at least one laying around. I gave up on the Holley back in the eighties. I even have top piece off a OEM air cleaner I adapted to a tow barrel holley. I live in Peoria. Haven't been shooting in a while so you can have them for free.

It appears that the Holley swap isn't a popular one amoungst the 40 guys. Honestly I just need to know what the part number is or where I can buy them at. I appreciate everyones help and comments but just need a part number. Thanks Mruff

 

[61n72cruisers]

i have a 2 brl holley with adapter that was on my f eng in my '72 40. i'm rebuilding my engine right now and hope to finish in about another week. if you need the holley and plate, i'll make you a good deal once i'm finished with my overhaul... maybe we could do a swap for your stock carb? pm me and let me know.

 

[Downey]

Mruff, now that you've had to read post from everybody who never knew how to easily set up a Holley for perfect off road use, I'd say grab a Holley, get mine (or anyone's adapter), then contact me for all the upgrade information---easy deal!!!!

 

[DougAustinTx]

Nothing at all wrong with a 350 Holley on a 40. My son and I both love ours. Trouble free and reliable. Mine was a carb that had been taken off of a 40 that the owner couldn't get working and I overhauled it and it has been great. I have had my 40 over 90mph on the highway. There is a reason that millions of Holleys are still the carb of choice for racers. My Aisin got horrible gas mileage. I can't speak for those who get at 40 degree angles on the trail, but on the street, I'll put my stock 2F with a Holley up against anyones stock 2F with an Aisin.

 

[pbgbottle]

i had a holley on one of my first cruisers 2F, ran fine on and offroad , also used it along with the downey header , very easy carb to set up ,

 

[Living in the Past]

Mruff, now that you've had to read post from everybody who never knew how to easily set up a Holley for perfect off road use, I'd say grab a Holley, get mine (or anyone's adapter), then contact me for all the upgrade information---easy deal!!!!

I assume your talking the 350 not the 500? I started with a 500 and later switched to 350. Still didn't give me offroad what the stock one barrel did. Which is the ability to climb a hill, get the RPM down to 400 and not stall. Or are you saying the holley can do the same? I gave away both the 500 and 350 to a friend who had a CJ5 but I have more than one of the adapters which makes me think I got a cruiser sometime that had a holley. I haven't seen one in years but I have boxes I haven't looked in in years.

Nothing at all wrong with a 350 Holley on a 40. My son and I both love ours. Trouble free and reliable. Mine was a carb that had been taken off of a 40 that the owner couldn't get working and I overhauled it and it has been great. I have had my 40 over 90mph on the highway. There is a reason that millions of Holleys are still the carb of choice for racers. My Aisin got horrible gas mileage. I can't speak for those who get at 40 degree angles on the trail, but on the street, I'll put my stock 2F with a Holley up against anyones stock 2F with an Aisin.

I ran the holley with a Man-A-Fre header and it had plenty of power. But my F145 (tractor engine) didn't like it. I got tried of replacing rod bearing. The oiling system change that happened in the last year of the F engine and was carried on to later 2F and 3F engines helps alot but its still really a tractor engine. It's been over twenty years since I ran a FJ40 out on the freeway. After buying a FJ62 and then later to a 100 series I just couldn't think of using a FJ40 out on the highway. I don't miss driving for a couple of hours and feeling like I needed to take a break so the roaring in my ears would stop.

As for the OP a holley might be a good option for a quick fix since it looks like your is selling it anyway. A aftermarket carb is a easy thing to change if the next owner decides he wants to go back to stock.

 

[Mark W]

Speaking as someone who has built more than a few asian carbs and more than a few Holleys too...if you can't get an asian to run right then you really don't want to try tuning a Holley. The only reason Holleys were ever used on Cruisers in the first place back in the day is that vendors would not have made as much money if they told you to get your OEM carb running right instead of buying their package deals of Holleys, Webers or Rockchesters, and the accompanying adapters to kludge it all together.

As for comments that they run great on the street and the track... yep I loved the Holleys that I ran on my big block fords and small block chevys. But what does street and track use have to do with a '40??? seriously, if that is your game, you really have the wrong rig. BTW.... 90mph...no real improvement shown there over what a stock carb can do. BTDT. But beyond seeing if you can, it is kinda a pointless tasking of a '40 IMHO.

If you really want to funk up your engine this way, I have at least a couple of the holley adapters here that you can have for the shipping. for that matter I have a box of them around here that I was gonna toss in the scrap AL bin... If I can find it, you can have all of them.


Mark...

 

[61n72cruisers]

Holleys (the 500 is what I've run) work great in 40's OFFROAD if you glue a "Whistle" tube in the top in the fuel bowl vent. I used a short piece of 1/4" copper tubing about 4" long (so it clears the top of the air cleaner assy), glued in the vent hole with J-B weld and horse shoed, or looped down about 3/4" at the top end. It keeps fuel from flowing out the vent straight into the throat on very steep inclines and BIG bumps

 

[pete1rayce]

Holley Swap

Keep in mind, when you switch to the holley carb you have to change air filters and ditch your factory assembly. and the clearance to the master cyl ( at lest on my 2F ) is so close you are limited to the Downy option, or those little minibike filters that barely hang over the carb.

I have a Holley on my 77, however the choke on mine is backwards from the stock carb, so the pull switch rides out while running, and in while choke is closed ( backwards )

as far as clearance to the hood, I have an offenhauser aftermarket intake, so I can't say wheat that adapter will do for hood clearance depending on how thick it is and how tall your aircleaner is.

I have had several F engines with stock carbs, I never did get one exactly right, wither too lean or too rich, back fires etc. I can see why someone would want to gotot a different carb, but there are CONS as well as PROS to every change you make.

My set up now with the 2F, Offenhauser, Downy Header, de-smogged and the small 2bbl Holley runs fairly nice, it's a little rich, but it beats a lean burn pop.

You MIGHT want to go up to a hotter spark plug once you get the Holley on there, it will help to burn any excess fuel from the higher CFM carb.

Good Luck!

 

[Living in the Past]

Keep in mind, when you switch to the holley carb you have to change air filters and ditch your factory assembly. and the clearance to the master cyl ( at lest on my 2F ) is so close you are limited to the Downy option, or those little minibike filters that barely hang over the carb.

I ran a holley on a 68 that did not have a booster and a single circuit brakes. I could use a prety good size filter but still didn't like it as much as the stock air filter that came on the F engines. I made a adapter using the top piece of the air cleaner. It looked goofy but worked. I still like the stock one barrel for offroad. Never modified vent tube but not sure even if I had it would run under load down in the 400 RPM range and not stall.

 

[DougAustinTx]

Stock air cleaner with 350 Holley

Both my and my son's FJ40's run 350 Holleys with stock air cleaners. They still latch normally and work with the original filters. You do have to make a sheet-metal modification to accomodate the larger throat size of the Holley.

 

[DougAustinTx]

As for comments that they run great on the street and the track... yep I loved the Holleys that I ran on my big block fords and small block chevys. But what does street and track use have to do with a '40??? seriously, if that is your game, you really have the wrong rig. BTW.... 90mph...no real improvement shown there over what a stock carb can do. BTDT. But beyond seeing if you can, it is kinda a pointless tasking of a '40 IMHO.
Mark...

Mark W, not sure where you live based on your avatar info, but here in Texas, we have a LOT of roads and highways (some with 80 mph speed limits) and it DOES matter if your 40 can get out of its own way on our roads. I drive mine all over the state and spend zero time time climbing rocks and fording rivers, so I guess you and I see the question of whether I have the "wrong rig" just because I use it on the roads, whereas you don't....... in two different ways.