Dumb carb question

[OhBuoy]

I have a 302 engine with a Holley 1850 Carb. Currently, I have the fuel inlet and throttle on the drivers side of the car which has a short run of fuel line to the fuel pump on the drivers side. I have seen a lot of cars with the inlet on the passengers side? What is the best way? One think I am noticing is that it is a little difficult to run the throttle cable without tight bends and without touching the headers.

Thoughts?
Tom

[Jack21]

Either way that works for you. Most Holleys I've worked on have the fuel inlet on the passenger side, throttle linkage on driver side. Present 351W included. To keep things neat, I used a length of 3/8" steel hard line as a crossover, clamped with wiring clamps bolted to block face of water pump. Used fuel line rubber tubing to fuel pump, and to car fuel inlet from both sides of the hard line.

Not familiar with B&B. Used Lokar throttle cable with "S" bend, and it just touches the valve cover. Might be able to use a cable clamp, or twisty tie around steering column to keep throttle cable off header.

[Mr.Fixit]

That is because you have the side hung float fuel bowls with an aluminum balance tube between them right? You can replace both bowls and floats with the center hung variety and then plumb inlets to both like the other Holley's you have seen. Each bowl with a fuel line running to it on the pass side.

[Rick Parker]

Some of the OEM 4150 Holleys used on Ford HP applications had a hardline running between the front drivers side float bowl down to the fuel pump I believe the Fuel inlets were threaded on each side of the bowl, the passenger side had a 5/16" tube connecting the rear bowl with the front one. That was the OEM way of doing things, instead of a conventional duel inlet configuration.

Rick