Holly 94 carburetors new information

[FRANK PKNY]

I’ve been rebuilding carburetors most of my adult life. I’m not going to claim that I’m an expert. However my carb’s work well and run very good. Over the past few years I rebuilt several Holly 94s and had nothing but problems, running rich , flooding over. I purchased kits from my regular old Ford suppliers , thinking I was getting good parts. They outwardly looked good, however they were not doing the job well. The power valves failed terribly and the needle valves did not seal. Causing running rich and leaking even at two lbs of file pressure. I have two flatheads running duel carbs both hopped up 59a engines. I tried several kits , rechecked my work but still had the same problems. I contacted our friend Charlie Schwendler he suggested trying Datona part’s in Florida. I called ordered six kits as I had a single 94 for a 8BA to do for a friend and four for me. Charlie said there the only ones that have the correct style power valves. He recommended 3.5 for duels but the closest they had were 5.5. For duels and 7.5 for the single. They also put their kits together with new style float valves with modern rubber a completely new design. I am posting photos for those that are interested. The power valve on the left is the Datona correct style and the one to the right is brand x that doesn’t work or seal properly. After redoing all five carburetors with the correct parts all three engines are purring nicely. I was beyond frustrated and to the point where I thought I had lost my talent. Thanks to Charlie and Daytona parts I’m back on the road and very pleased with the results I’m only posting this with the hope that it may help someone in the future I don’t get any Commission from Dantona parts company or Charlie lol but my quest to make these vehicles run properly was over a period of a year and caused me great frustration.