I bought my 390 Holley used and the PO had been playing with it untill it was so screwed up that he gave up. Now I'm trying my hand at it.

The Holley catalog doesn't list which power valve is stock in this carb (list 6299-1)
My questions are;
1. What number power valve came in your new 390?
2. If that one didn't work out, which one did?
3. Which color vacuum secondary spring was original?
4. If that one didn't work out, which one did?
5. The parts book said it came with .049 primary jets. If those didn't work out, what did?
6. Have you noticed any problems from "fuel slosh" with the carb mounted sideways (shaft running front to back)?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.


Steve Wyatt
1936 Ford highboy PU 300/C4 Ford 6
1957 Ford F-100 300/AOD Ford 6
This is one inline engine junkie that bleeds Ford blue.