Don't sell that Holley Sniper! It's Better than a Carb (Hear me out)
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2022
- Ive seen alot of guys talk or post about how the took the Holley Sniper efi off their cars and went back to a carb because it "Didnt work right" or "The carb ran better". Well before you decide to sell that Sniper, just hear me out... while I cruise in this very cool custom built by owner old Chevy pickup with a Holley Sniper.
*And for the record...I'm a Carb fan too, So carbs guys don't get mad! haha"
*Not a tuning tutorial, just some advice from experience with snipers*
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Sorry but a carburetor don't need a
Laptop
O2 sensor
Fuel map
Computer to operate it.
I tried Holley sniper power adder and it never was right , blow thru carb IRD Racing has been spot on for two years now.
Blow through carbs work great too, depending on who built or tuned them. But i gotta ask, what issues did you have? Ive had good luck NA and blow through with snipers
BTW. Your appearance on Nick's garage brought me here. I watched your little 355 make some good power. I wasimpressed with you. I'm from Ontario as well, and will be following your channel.
Dave
Thank you I appreciate you coming to take a look at my channel and subscriping. I had a blast at Nicks shop and we got along great 👍 the 355 took a absolute beating that day when I added boost to it haha
Cheers! 🇨🇦 🏁
alright, u convinced me. was hesitating about installing a sniper i bought 2 years ago. I'm gonna do it.
I wish that I lived close to you to hang out and learn. Dude, I don't know if you're smart or blessed with the ability to converse, but... I think that its both. Kudo's brother...
I really appreciate that man, thank you
I digg this old truck. 👍👍
Yeah Ed did a great job on it. He's a cool guy and hopefully have him on the channel one day
I've got a sniper + hyperspark system on a 350 vortec in my 3rd gen camaro. Love the tune-ability. There's a bit of a steep learning curve with regard to what each function does but it's well worth the effort to learn.
I'll never bother with carbs again.
Love your channel mate!
Hell yeah man, if your willing to learn abit you can really dial these systems in. Thanks for checking out my channel. Cheers!
Also, Third gen life 🤘
I am a carb guy through and through, but I do see the advantage to programmable efi. Only issue I have with it is when it shits the bed in the middle of nowhere. Few simple tools and I can service my carbs roadside.
Its true and you sounds just like a old school mechanic/racer I know. Hes grown on fuel injection in recent years with stuff ive done but he always says..."at the side of the road I can fix a carb" and he is mostly right on that
@@cuttersperformance yeah. You can fix a carb on the side of the road, which is good, because carbs break or lose adjustment much more frequently than efi. It also doesn't bog on a hard launch or suck gas like a carb. I am 55 and I grew up on carbs. I have a 62 galaxie 72 k10 68 riviera and 49 ford. I live at 5000 feet in New Mexico. I don't even think before grab my fuel injected 16 fusion and drive out to Cali and back. Can't do that with a carb without rejetting or running very rich. Plus you don't get gas washing the cylinders like with a carb. Engines last much longer.
@@JohnGalt-vr3lx You clearly know nothing about carbs. Being old does not mean you know anything about tuning a carb. It just means you're old. That fact that you think carbs bog on a hard launch tells me all I need to know.
@@TOMVUTHEPIMP it is impossible to get the proper stochiometry at all rpms with a carb. Carbs often produce a bit more power at wot. I run a 1962 ford galaxie with a 351 in it. At a sea level air pressure, I run 8.8 to 9.3 et on the motor, cuz bottles are for babies. I have won trophies and before I realized the stupidity of it I street raced in east LA which is where I was born and raised. But that's the great thing about America. You can say what you wish. Even if you are rude and insulting.
@@JohnGalt-vr3lx 4 weeks later...still crickets. You: make a valid point, succinctly, (Who wants to write a novel) using what is prolly ur real name. Meat: Comes in hot, calls you stupid, using fake name. You: Show details to back up your position, call out rude guy for his rudeness. Meat: Slides backwards into bushes in silence. Just... the arc of the story, just like fb, most social media drama, keyboard warriors. I salute you, you handled that guy
I’ve installed a couple sniper units. The only gripes I have had with them is that the touch screen hand held was pretty cheap/junky and I had to make an extension for the throttle arm/lever on the sniper unit in order to get enough leverage for it to open smoothly. This was about 5-6 years ago though so idk if any improvements have been made since then.
Would love to see that truck down here for cruising the coast ☠️
Heh Pat, nice job on the video... I just bought a Sniper today for that vortec 383 we discussed last winter. Hoping to see at the track someday.
Sandy
Awesome Sandy! Looking forward to seeing that 383 running one day!
Considering converting my boat over to these. Ready to learn more. And damn these are pricey, X several engines!
Love the content brother! My sniper is running pretty good just want to hook it up to the laptop and do some cleaning on the maps.👍
Thanks man I appreciate that! Transferring the learn to the base map and then smoothing things out really helps 👌
Lv1 or 3. Straight supercharged to 375 hp.
Very cool truck 😎
I just assumed that the only tuning you could do on the system is a hand-held controller, but if you can get in there and tweak the mapping with a laptop, that's a major plus! I know you can on a high-end EFI system, didn't think the Sniper would let you do that.
You unlock soo much potential when you hookup a laptop
Nice video & Truck. I'm ready to trade in my sniper system. But you have given me hope. I don't know anything about these and my "Builder" has tried to tune it 3 times now. He says it runs good and as soon as I drive it runs like crap to me. It back fires and stalled one time. It back fired cruising at 70mph. It sounds and feels like it's only running on 7cyl 350 crate motor. Do you know any one in the vegas are that can tune?
to a tuner and everyday machanic this thing is maybe a good buy but to a average DIY like me with some knowledge of what im doing this thing is a nightmare i got a fresh 383 and fell for the hype. this thing had my engine running so bad i thought the engine had issues took it off put the carb back on and set it on the shelf but its hard to spend 1300 on something and just let it set so i tried it again same shit...so my engine guy said try it with the vacuum advance plugged and unplugged climb over this thing to hook the line only to see one of the jets is not even firing this thing is fresh out the box call holley OH thats a common problem with this unit he says now im on line looking for a fix found one that involve opening the unit up which will VOID the warrantee pulled the injector out put 12 volts to it and it squirted so on to the plug OK tampered with plug put it all back together now all jets are shooting gas so it was late left the shop came back next morning thinking now i can finally drive my truck fired it up looked in the sniper same jet not working again pulled it back out put a zip tie on the plug got it back together went for a drive now its spitting out the top and backfiring all jets are firing. now im told OH now you need the 100 dollar spark plus wires its getting interference from surrounding electronics... so i go to summit buy the wires but i also put a 4150 double pumper in my cart another 600 a may have to spend cause the vacuum advance carb that came with the engine is ASS if these wires dont get me going good this thing is going back on the shelf ill deal with the card ..all the time fresh out the box this thing was bad and the hand held controller is a whole nother story i've had my engine over a year and its still has the break in oil in it THOUSANDS spent no enjoyment yet if you get this thing you better be very good at tuning or very lucky not to get a flawed one like i did ...7000 on engine 500 on torque converter 1300 on sniper all the fancy brackets fuel line connectors pressure regulators all the workers in autozone know me name all this for the sweet sound of a 383 that i cant even put the break in miles on...BOY IT IS BAD!!!
That truck is awesome I think the owner did an awesome job….
Yeah he did, very cool truck 🤘🏻
Only grip I have with the Efi systems is that they just give you something else to fail with all the sensors computer and injectors
Yeah theres not doubt its hard to beat the simplicity of a carburetor
I still like the stock gm TBI better myself to update at a fraction.
Lol…..your joking right😅😅😅
Sell it and get a carb!!! Carbs been around decades. Electronics are out dated in 5 year and will require another $2,000+ upgrade.
Its running great with the EFI, he couldn't be happier. But a carb can work great too. All preference
I'd just love to see more videos.. I also noticed that it looks like you were in a new shop. Compared to the other videos.. you're videos are to far and few in between..but I do love what you do so keep up the great work..and some day I'll get you to do me a set of 062 vortec heads for my old 1995 tbi. K2500 4x4 regular cab.. looks like Gm is still the only ones that make an intake so I can keep my tbi.. but the intake here in Canada 🇨🇦 is $900 bucks before tax.. I also want to switch to a roller cam. I'm sure you could pick me a good match for it and I'll purchase the cam and lifters..I'm just going to leave the bottom stock for now.. and in the mean time I'll look foe a 4 bolt main block. Or maybe I won't need it .. anyway sir have a great evening
Good eye! The shop you see in the video where I spend my days making money, the other shop is my home shop where I spend my nights spending money haha. Ive gotten very busy with projects the last few months but I been preparing behinds the scenes for some good youtube videos content coming up.
Actually planning on doing some TBI head stuff too
@@cuttersperformance seriously. Lol . Well that would be interesting.. every thing I've every heard about them isn't very good. I hear they call them the swirl port head.. nothing but junk as far as performance goes.. but that's only what I've heard . And I've never actually heard of anyone doing up a set of them for performance.. I don't know how far your going to go with them but I'll be watching.. lol
All mechanical setup fix on the side of the road all electronic setup tow it home and pull your hair out trying to figure out why the damn computer shutdown
I’m building a SBC 355 and have a built LS 5.3 already. I’m stuck on which one to throw in my project 4runner. Both are carb ready. But I purchased the Holley Sniper EFI. Since it’s in an off-roading truck. I don’t know which motor I want to use. I’m afraid of the electronics on the LS going bad when I’m in the middle of the desert or Dunes.
Go with the LS…..if done right its literally bulletproof
@@trentdawg2832 I ended up selling the 5.3 and built a 383 gen 1. I wanted the electronics to be minimal. In case I get stuck out in the middle of no where
A person has to decide.. Analog or digital. I'll take an Analog carburetored device over any Sniper system any day of the week. QFT makes some fantastic carbs.
Carbs are quite amazing devices if you ask me. I do install and tune lots of fuel injection systems but I tune and install just as many or possibly more carbs. My personal opinion is that better drivability, fuel mileage and power can be better with Fuel injection theres is no argument that carbs are a much better bang for you buck overall
@@cuttersperformance I will agree with you on the FI. The learning curve is something one has to accept with FI. The transferable skill set going from carburetors to FI is a huge advantage, it shortens the time. I personally do quite a few tunnel rams and dual quad set ups and would like to dive in to some FI tuning one day. Thanks for the replies and I'll be following your channel.
I love my sniper and have tuned a few myself. Saw your vid with nick and want to hear what your Mpg was and how you tuned it to get better. I have gotten 15mpg with my sniper in my 4000lb caprice with estimated 600hp with th350 and later th400. Strange thing was I got 15 with 3.42 gears and still can manage 15 with 3.73 gears
Is that 600hp na? If so thats already pretty great mileage
@@cuttersperformance yes specs are 427 small block bored over closer to 440c.i.. sniper efi hyperspark 240/244@50 112lsa +4 advance ground into it 608/614 lift 1.6 rockers dss gsx flat top pistons, stage 2 port brodix dragonslayer heads motown single plane intake 3500 stall with close ratio th400
Im a carb man i like being the computer
Do you think its possible to get better fuel mileage on a vortec 4.3 with this system?
I don't wanna learn ,
I just want TIRE-SMOKE !!!!
My Mega-Squirt is smarter than your Honor-Student.
😄
After you tuned it what kind of fuel mileage is it getting?
ok i seen newfie bullet badge haha, what part of the country are u in? im not too far from newfoundland canada myself
The guy is a newfie that owns it but Im in Ontario
@@cuttersperformance ohh hey neighbor . thought you were inthe states
Carburetor is better 😜
I was waiting for someone to say that lol
@@cuttersperformance 😆 honestly I just prefer a carburetor because I can tune it to my liking. EFI has it's place though
That truck is a 54 with earlier nose
I believe you are correct 👌