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Old 02-27-14, 12:33 AM
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Arrow Need info on camden supercharger

So I scored this set up the other day.normally I deal with turbos but for the price I got it for I decided to get it and try it out.
I'm trying to find out what size it is.from other picture comparisons it seems to be a 7"
Is the holley a good carb for this?or should I ditch it and get a different carb.guy who sold it to me said its a 550 holley.
Came pretty complete but I believe I might be missing something for the idler pulley,maybe a bracket.

Came with
Holley carb
Supercharger
13b oldschool 4 port intake
Main crank pulley
Water pump pulley
Alternator with pulley
Idler pulley
Oil filter adapter for oil feed
Air filter

All for $$$

Old 02-27-14, 04:15 PM
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Maybe you could check with Atkins Rotary, they offer Camden Kits, maybe they could help.
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Originally Posted by rwatson5651
Maybe you could check with Atkins Rotary, they offer Camden Kits, maybe they could help.
Atkins owns Camden.
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The idler bracket and the bolt are probably all you need.
Old 02-28-14, 08:24 PM
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Thats not a 550 holley lol. Airhorn shape and vent tube type tell me its north of 600 cfm....

Prob a cheap junk 600 4160...

Try a 650 edelbrock AVS on it, but make sure its an AVS.
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So if it is a 600cfm ...it's junk?
Can you explain why
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It's not junk. But it is cheap and not tuneable (air bleeds are fixed). I have an Edelbrock 600 performer series on a Camden 5". Seems to work fine so far. Haven't really pushed it though.
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I sense a name change to "Camden Dave"..lol!
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^lol...not yet.my rx2 is turbo and will stay turbo ..this set up might be going into my repu but not anytime soon.
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Originally Posted by Jeff20B
It's not junk. But it is cheap and not tuneable (air bleeds are fixed). I have an Edelbrock 600 performer series on a Camden 5". Seems to work fine so far. Haven't really pushed it though.
The 4160 600 holley is perhaps the cheapest, poorest casting ever built. Its a big zinc casted vacuum leak.

Yes, those are junk. By no means a "performance" carb. I throw 70% of one of those carbs in the garbage when im building one for an RX7...
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So what carb and size you guys recommend ?
It's going in my repu.
Its 13b oldschool 4 port streetport block with s4 n/a rotating assembly.
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Try this:

Demon 360° Product Pictures

Its a 625, AVS style anti-slosh fuel bowl "street carb"

Its a heavily modified/redesigned carter/edelbrock. Its a spreadbore carb on a square flange, and has metering rods.

It also has triple stack primary boosters like the nikki carb had (albeit for a reason )

Electric choke that can be used with a 30 dollar rheostat for proper choke operation, has overhead air bleeds that are easily converted to 8/32 changeable bleeds, and the fuel body is made of phenolic material like a thermoquad, so no boiling fuel. Ever.

Im using one on a half bridge project and its perfect. I think it would be more perfect for an open plenum supercharged build.

Also, thats a demon 1901 if you wanted the PN#

More info:http://www.demoncarbs.com/1901.asp
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I also just noticed that holley you have pictured doesnt even have adjustable floats.

Thats literally a 200$ off the shelf napa holley carb haha
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Checked the holley for list numbers and it is a 4160 style 600cfm holley.
I'm gonna look into that other carb you suggested.i have tried the demon carbs before but it was on a 68 mustang fastback I used to own and was like 10 years ago.
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Nice find Dave! Interested to see how it performs on the Repu. I was initially interested in a supercharger but the price was too high to justify the expense, still toying around with a blowthrough setup
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Yeah the price on these new is crazy.i only got it cause it was for a good price($500)for everything.
I was already going to supercharge the repu but a bit differently.
I was going to use a eaton m90 supercharger with efi and intercooler and microtech,but I can use this camden to get it running while I fabricate the other set up.not looking for crazy horsepower just something to get the truck up and moving a bit better than n/a.
We all know that turbo is where the real power is at.
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