Carb deconstruction

In preparation for building a blow-thru Carter...I tore down the carb today...about froze my butt off doing it...it was cold and carb cleaner is like alcohol...it evaporates fast and makes your hands even colder...Anyhow I got it stripped. It was pretty rough...everything was frozen and stuck...the big suck came when removing the throttle plates...8 screws...5 of the snapped off...so that sucks drilling and tapping is in my future.

I still have some reservations about doing a Carter (Edelbrock, Weber, whatever you want to call it...) So, I still have my eye out for a 650 double Holley...but none are falling into my lap... The Carter is nice though...simple, easy to understand, no gaskets below the fuel line to leak...a nice carb...but 99% of the blow-thrus out there run the Holley...so there must be something to it???