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Topic: Holley red 'nonstick' gaskets....
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n2oMike
Gearhead Posts: 3058
From: Spencer, WV
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 08-01-2005 12:47 AM
 
I took a BRAND NEW Holley 950HP carb apart today... Yea, the ones that are supposed to come with NON-STICK gaskets. Well guess what? They are the stickiest damn gaskets I've ever had to scrape off of ANY carburetor! After taking the screws out, I like to never got the bowl and metering blocks off!  This carb had never had fuel run through it. It was BRAND NEW. It had just been sitting for 2-3 years since purchased. I don't know why they come with a rear power valve... It would get uncovered on a hard launch. A set of screw-in jet extensions came with it, but they were not installed. They were in a plastic bag. The rear float is cut out for the extensions. I plugged the rear power valve, and jetted the secondaries from the stock 78's to 86's. It also had 78's in the front. I'll probably try it out on my 302. The last engine originally had a 650DP. I replaced it with a Speed Demon 750, and it ran the exact same times. The Speed Demon seems to have developed problems, as it would hardly idle unless all four idle screws were almost all the way out. I stuck an ancient Holley 750DP on there, and it ran just fine. Since the 950HP has the same venturi size as a 750, I'm don't guess I'll lose much, if anything in the low-midrange. Any thoughts? I'm about to send Holley a letter bomb on those 'super glue' gaskets! I spent over an HOUR scraping pieces of gasket from the body, metering blocks and bowls! I bought this carb from a guy who sold his engine and needed cash for $300 a couple years ago. I know, my car would probably run best with a 650HP.... but.... ------------------
Mike Burch
66 mustang real street
302 4-speed 289 heads
10.63 @ 129.3
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majik455
Gearhead Posts: 215
From: duluth ga usa
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 08-01-2005 06:21 AM
I never knew they made red ones...I have had good luck with the blue ones though. Sorry for your pain. Ron
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89_coupe
Gearhead Posts: 281
From: Ontario (Upstate), NY
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 08-01-2005 09:58 AM
$300 sounds like a heck of a deal even if the gaskets stuck. I also had red gaskets and they stuck badly. They came on my 9375 1050 HP Dominator when I bought it new 4 or 5 years ago. I coat my gaskets in grease or Vasaline before I install them and they don't stick at all. Been doing that since the late '80s when my dad taught me that trick when I bought my first 4V Holley for my first car (1968 289 Falcon wagon).------------------
Kent '68 Falcon wagon stock 289/C4
'68 Falcon wagon 200-6/C4
'65 Fairlane 500 wagon 10.5:1 351W/C4
'78 Fairmont wagon 10.5:1 302/C4
'76 Pinto wagon 392 stroker
'01 Focus SE DOHC 2.0L/Auto
'04 Explorer XLT 4.6 3.73 trac lock/5sp Auto What is this FE fascination for which there seems to be no real cure? Something about wanting to spend twice as much money to go half as fast for one third the number of passes between explosions and not being able to find parts to fix it when it does explode (but FEs look cool, probably the best looking Ford engine ever made). Pinto Wagon 392W 15:1, Iron Pro Topline 64/215s ported to 237cc, angle milled .115" to 52.5cc chambers with 2.08/1.6 valves, ported Super Victor, 1.72 rockers, Isky solid roller (290/300 adv, 256/266 at .050", .650" net lift, 108LSA/108 ICL), Crane Pro Series solid roller lifters, 9375 1050 Dominator, Victor water pump, billet 9 key timing set, custom headers with 1 7/8" X 40" long primaries, 3.5" H-pipe and Hooker Aero Chamber mufflers, C4 w/9" 5000 stall, 4.30 gears, 28/10.5/15 MT ET Drags, 3200#s w/o driver. 5.60 @ 95.5MPH w/1.36 60ft
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n2oMike
Gearhead Posts: 3058
From: Spencer, WV
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 08-01-2005 10:08 AM
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Originally posted by 89_coupe:
I coat my gaskets in grease or Vasaline before I install them and they don't stick at all.
Chap Stick also works well... and it's less messy.  ------------------
Mike Burch
66 mustang real street
302 4-speed 289 heads
10.63 @ 129.3
http://www.geocities.com/carbedstangs/cmml_mburch.html
http://www.fortunecity.com/silverstone/healey/367
http://www.mustangworks.com/cgi-bin/moi-display.cgi?220
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89_coupe
Gearhead Posts: 281
From: Ontario (Upstate), NY
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 08-02-2005 12:09 PM
I never tried Chap Stick before but I have used PAM cooking spray and it worked very well 
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Tom G
Gearhead Posts: 1069
From: Bethlehem, Pa USA
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 08-03-2005 08:58 PM
Blue gaskets last about 2 months or a few heats cycles then they stick too. Chap stick sounds like a trick for the track. 
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capri man
Gearhead Posts: 8777
From: doerun, ga.
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 08-03-2005 09:10 PM
WD-40 works ok too!!------------------
mike r
racing is real
everything else is just a game.
81 capri-302-7.25 @93mph 1/8
1.54 60ft 50 % of the fun dragracing is meeting people who will give you the shirt off their back to wipe the grease off your hands.
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