Holley/Weber vs. Carter/Weber

[Anonymous]

I started a thread in Mustang Corral regarding general info about Mustangs, but figured a carb specific thread would be better in here. My car is a 66 Mustang w/ 200 & 3spd.

I am going to be pulling out the Holley 1940 carb soon, and would like to replace it with something that works well on a stock motor (Only mod will be DSII). Since it's my DD and will probably have to finish over the weekend, it'd be nice if I could do the carb swap over a weekend.

People have suggested both the Holley/Weber and Carter/Weber, and I was wondering what the differences are between them (performance, reliability, installation). Going back to the original 1100 from Pony Carbs was also suggested, but I wouldn't mind going with something less expensive with a little more flow. I'd like to add dual outlet headers and possibly some other mods down the road.

Any other carb suggestions are also welcome.

Thanks

Dan

 

[lightnin-boy]

Both are progessive two barrels, but the Carter Weber is smaller. How much I don't know off hand, but they were OE on early Ford Escorts so that shoulds give you an idea. I would think they would be a good fit if you wanted to attempt a dual setup.

 

[jamyers]

I believe that the Carter/Weber carbs are Carter-made Weber DGV's, and the Holley/Weber carbs are Holley-made DFV's.

The DFV series is a mirror-image of the DGV series. Float, throttles, choke, etc are all mirror-image from each other.

DFV is the one to put on a Ford Inline, unless you want to switch to a throttle cable (the DGV throttle linkage will be on the valve-cover side of the carb unless you turn it sideways)

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the info, I found the 2 barrel tech section which also helped a lot! I'm still not sure which to run yet, but I should have enough info to get myself in trouble

Dan