A good carburator for 1986 chevrolet?

[hardcorejoe]

Hi I am looking for a good affordable carburator for my 1986 Chevrolet Pickup. It used to have a 305 but now has a 350 GM Goodwrench crate engine. The old quadrajet from the 305 has it.  there is some hestiation on take off.

The carburator I been looking at lately is a edelbrock performer series model 1406. It looks like a good choice.
It would also be good for the edelbrock intake manifold model 2101 that I purchased recently.

Any suggestions?

[stepside454]

a properly tuned Qjet will outperform & out MPG the Edelbrock in my opinion

[1quik86]

Qjet is my first choice. Next is a Carter AFB, 625cfm electric choke.

[lotopp79]

I am leaning toward a qjet tehse days i have both the edle and the carter on 2 differnt trucks with similar set ups and they both seem to have a little lag when you mash on it and boy do they seem to have a richness issue I wish I had a decent qjet to try  

[aprice]

i would go with the edelbrock. carb choices are truly a personal choice since everyone will tell you different. the 1406 would be good for the stock to mild motor but if you build it up lots you'll want a bigger carb  

[cimfth]

I would stick with the Q jet.  I always seem to have good luck with em'.  I think the performer is a good carb for the price.  My cousins both have performers on their trucks. I don't care for them b/c they don't dump fuel like a q jet. It seems like a steady acceleration. you can really tell when the secondaries in a q jet open

[hardcorejoe]

What about the holley truck avenger 670 cfm off road carburator. Is it any better than a Edelbrock performer series 1406?

[lotopp79]

will have first hand advice on the hollie street avenger 670 some time saterday morning stay tune not at all happy with my edle 1406 spent more time messn with thta pile of crap then its worth