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Cars that make your jaw drop.

My last project was a 65 Ford step side, 300 big 6, I dropped a 500 cfm Edlebrock, manifold & headers, then tuned it.
Over Thanksgiving weekend, I still have ICE magic in my fingers, :shhh
I can't say how many carbs I have done, over the years, but, running badly, they come cheap.
This truck had loose carb bolts and a tucked/folded intake gasket, high idle, when I bought it.
 
I'm not saying I can't.
I understand the process, I'm pretty good at it but it is pretty much a PITA I'd like to avoid going forward.
I have had great victories, and miserable failures, and a lot of time spent .

But, like drinking too much, lessons learned in older age now say "so dumb, not worth it"

Holley sniper FTW
Put an Aces FI on my friends fj40 with a tbi350, another fj40 with a 350 I did the sniper. Put a few snipers on the OG 6 cylinders of fj40s also.
LS in my fj40
Slowly getting away from carbd bikes.

The only time I will be touching it a quadrajet again is to remove it and put it in a box to be replaced with fuel injection.
 
augustiron said:
I'm not saying I can't.
I understand the process, I'm pretty good at it but it is pretty much a PITA I'd like to avoid going forward.
I have had great victories, and miserable failures, and a lot of time spent .

But, like drinking too much, lessons learned in older age now say "so dumb, not worth it"

Holley sniper FTW
Put an Aces FI on my friends fj40 with a tbi350, another fj40 with a 350 I did the sniper. Put a few snipers on the OG 6 cylinders of fj40s also.
LS in my fj40
Slowly getting away from carbd bikes.

The only time I will be touching it a quadrajet again is to remove it and put it in a box to be replaced with fuel injection.
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Man so thinking about going FI on the 70 in that vein I am going to drop the gas tank and put one with baffles so I can have options later.
 
If your gas tank is questionable, they sell a lot of popular model car new gas tanks already set up for efi.

I put an aeromotive phantom setup in my 40 with the LS, not the cheapest, but pretty sweet setup.
There are a lot of people who use an off the shelf GM truck pump and mounting ring that is easy to retrofit in a lot of vehicles, and is easily replaceable at any chain auto parts store.

If you have a carbureted car, you can't install a 55 to 60 PSI EFI pump in front of it, either running or not, unless you run a pressure regulator and drop it down to the three to five PSI the carburetor requires.
 
Truth, a dialed in Q-jet is sweet and they have the BEST, KOOLEST, RAW SOUND at W.O.T. :teeth

Not enough CFM's? Don't know about that, the 800 CFM's feed BBC's and SBC's quite nicely. Look at the NHRA Stock and Super Stock drag racing where an OEM carburetor is require, the Q-jet was a top performer. John Lingenfelter, a drag racer and engine builder, was among the first to turn the Quadrajet into a record-setter on his Super Stock Chevy's running in the "9's".

Often overlooked was the need for a high-volume fuel pump (not high pressure like in an FI application) and larger fuel lines to keep the beast happy. I've got an 800 CFM Q-jet, pulled off a '72 Buick, 455-Stage 1 engine. It's future residence is to be on a 400-SBC in a '54 Chevy 5 window pickup w/Turbo 400 trans.
 
Well shit....might work as a part time commuter, but thinking hopes will be dashed on seller's reserve.

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FLH03RIDER said:
Truth, a dialed in Q-jet is sweet and they have the BEST, KOOLEST, RAW SOUND at W.O.T. :teeth

Not enough CFM's? Don't know about that, the 800 CFM's feed BBC's and SBC's quite nicely. Look at the NHRA Stock and Super Stock drag racing where an OEM carburetor is require, the Q-jet was a top performer. John Lingenfelter, a drag racer and engine builder, was among the first to turn the Quadrajet into a record-setter on his Super Stock Chevy's running in the "9's".

Often overlooked was the need for a high-volume fuel pump (not high pressure like in an FI application) and larger fuel lines to keep the beast happy. I've got an 800 CFM Q-jet, pulled off a '72 Buick, 455-Stage 1 engine. It's future residence is to be on a 400-SBC in a '54 Chevy 5 window pickup w/Turbo 400 trans.
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Nobody uses Q-jets anymore. Everything is Holley or AFB style these days
 
FLH03RIDER said:
Truth, a dialed in Q-jet is sweet and they have the BEST, KOOLEST, RAW SOUND at W.O.T. :teeth

Not enough CFM's? Don't know about that, the 800 CFM's feed BBC's and SBC's quite nicely. Look at the NHRA Stock and Super Stock drag racing where an OEM carburetor is require, the Q-jet was a top performer. John Lingenfelter, a drag racer and engine builder, was among the first to turn the Quadrajet into a record-setter on his Super Stock Chevy's running in the "9's".

Often overlooked was the need for a high-volume fuel pump (not high pressure like in an FI application) and larger fuel lines to keep the beast happy. I've got an 800 CFM Q-jet, pulled off a '72 Buick, 455-Stage 1 engine. It's future residence is to be on a 400-SBC in a '54 Chevy 5 window pickup w/Turbo 400 trans.
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I had a Q-jet on a 455 Olds in my 18ft Tahiti jet boat. When you heard that "BEST, KOOLEST, RAW SOUND at W.O.T." You knew things were about to get fun.
 
bikeama said:
I had a Q-jet on a 455 Olds in my 18ft Tahiti jet boat. When you heard that "BEST, KOOLEST, RAW SOUND at W.O.T." You knew things were about to get fun.
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Oh yeah. A guy I knew years ago had a flat bottom vee-drive boat with a Tim Morgan built supercharged 454 with open headers. He took me out on it a couple times and hearing that thing scream was exhilarating.
 
augustiron said:
Not sure if I could ever consider posting a ford pickup inline with the theme of this thread.
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I have a friend with a Ford pickup that might fit here. It’s a 1949 pickup. Its fairly rough looking in primer gray but it has the following:

A built Ford V10

A 9” Ford rear drive axle

The complete front suspension from a NASCAR

A full roll cage

Big brakes

It’s a true sleeper.
 
FLH03RIDER said:
Truth, a dialed in Q-jet is sweet and they have the BEST, KOOLEST, RAW SOUND at W.O.T. :teeth

Not enough CFM's? Don't know about that, the 800 CFM's feed BBC's and SBC's quite nicely. Look at the NHRA Stock and Super Stock drag racing where an OEM carburetor is require, the Q-jet was a top performer. John Lingenfelter, a drag racer and engine builder, was among the first to turn the Quadrajet into a record-setter on his Super Stock Chevy's running in the "9's".

Often overlooked was the need for a high-volume fuel pump (not high pressure like in an FI application) and larger fuel lines to keep the beast happy. I've got an 800 CFM Q-jet, pulled off a '72 Buick, 455-Stage 1 engine. It's future residence is to be on a 400-SBC in a '54 Chevy 5 window pickup w/Turbo 400 trans.
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Agreed
EFI has its place, but so does a properly tuned carb.
I'd rather tune what I have than redesign half the fuel system to fix a problem I don't have.
What's everyone else's experience?
Geez….
PaulR
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I had a good laugh consulting with a customer with a kinda rare Old Land Cruiser.
It is really beautiful, somebody spent a lot of time on the body and interior, but the driveline, oh God the driveline.
It ran like crap, drove like crap, barely stopped, horrible suspension, wandered all over the road, top speed of 40 miles an hour on the flat.

He absolutely loves the thing, but hardly drives it because, well, it does everything related to driving horribly.
when I talked about making the vehicle enjoyable to drive (power steering, disc brakes up front, upgraded springs and shocks, engine sw....well, I knew he wouldn't go for a V8 engine swap, so I told him to just use a more modern 2f Toyota straight 6 that would look the same, with HEI ignition and a Holley sniper.... he didn't like the idea of not keeping it "original" LOL and won't do any of it

So it sits in his garage, sucking to drive for the 15 or 20 miles he can tolerate it a year.....being original.

Whatever.
 
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