tips & contacts required for rebuilding a holley

[John W]

Hi guys,
I have an original 850 DP I need to go through.

any recommendation on information for stripping / rebuilding a double pumper ?

Also, anyone care to recommend a good source for parts such as new jets, gaskets, etc.

Many thanks,
John.

 

[Tony Hunt]

Hi John,
There is a good Haynes Techbook - Holley Carburettor Manual - ISBN 1 56392 069 7 available from AmazonAmazon.co.uk: Holley Carburettor Manual (Haynes Techbooks): Books: Mark Ryan,J.H. Haynes.
Real Steel in Cowley, 01895 440505 do all the bits, trick kits, repair kits and complete carbs (as well as lots of engine stuff, oil filters etc).

 

[Steve Briscoe]

John-
I'm going to buy that book Tony recommends to go with a book I've ordered that is recommended by some of the Nascar guys. It's call "Super Tuning and Modifying Holley Carburetors" by Dave Emanuel. I'll use both as I rebuild a 750 double pumper for the Pantera. I'm hoping all my questions will be answered by the information found from two different sources.

 

[John W]

thanks guys, I'll get that book on order.

After I posted the above I found a couple of sites with info, once i dropped the '850' off the search string. Seems I should have searched for the carb model number & not its cfm. Doh !.
A couple of interesting sites I found:

Rebuild A Holley Carburetor
Amazon.com: Holley Rebuilding and Modifying (Workbench Book): Books: J Williams

Anyway, cheers all.

 

[Tony Hunt]

Of course, there's also the Holley website at Holley Performance Products.
This has tips on identification of carbs from their stamping numbers, exploded diagrams, etc. The folk at Holley are also very helpful.