Carburetor Question
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Instructor
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Carburetor Question
Hello,
So lately i've pretty much just getting myself familiar with the car, taking her apart and putting her back together. I've decided to get a new carburetor, but i was wondering what I should look into when looking for a carburetor.
I have a 1978 L82 Pace Car vett all stock.
Any suggestions, im looking for an emission legal carburetor?
So lately i've pretty much just getting myself familiar with the car, taking her apart and putting her back together. I've decided to get a new carburetor, but i was wondering what I should look into when looking for a carburetor.
I have a 1978 L82 Pace Car vett all stock.
Any suggestions, im looking for an emission legal carburetor?
Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '10
...And if you do get it rebuilt, and the young punk dosen't ask you for your distributor also, FIND AN OLD TIMER that knows what he's doing ! The carb and the distributor need to be synched. You can actually chance things inside the HEI distributor to get more HP w/o affecting the stock quality.....SAVE ALL OF THE PARTS.
Melting Slicks
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The Rochester Quadrajet can't be beat. It will give performance equal to any "hot rod" carb, and give you good fuel economy at the same time if it is set up by someone who knows what they are doing. Any aftermarket carb is downgrading.
God bless, Sensei
Le Mans Master
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I don't mean to jump the thread, but I was considering putting a Eldelbrock carb & intake combo on mine. Do your guys think the stock carb would work better on the Eldelbrock performer intake, or should I get the Edelbrock carb too?
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From: CORVETTE 77 385 C.I. TEXAS
You might find this interesting. CARBS Tests TQ/HP.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=233837
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=233837
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AGREED ! ...And if you do get it rebuilt, and the young punk dosen't ask you for your distributor also, FIND AN OLD TIMER that knows what he's doing ! The carb and the distributor need to be synched. You can actually chance things inside the HEI distributor to get more HP w/o affecting the stock quality.....SAVE ALL OF THE PARTS.
...And if you do get it rebuilt, and the young punk dosen't ask you for your distributor also, FIND AN OLD TIMER that knows what he's doing ! The carb and the distributor need to be synched. You can actually chance things inside the HEI distributor to get more HP w/o affecting the stock quality.....SAVE ALL OF THE PARTS.If you want the best Q-Jet rebuild, here is the guy-
http://www.cliffshighperformance.com/index.html
Be prepared to tell him your combo including camshaft specs, rear diff ratio, etc. He'll send it back to you perfectly set up for your car. And I do mean perfect.
Melting Slicks
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God bless, Sensei
Melting Slicks
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From: St Louis MO
Quadrajets are the best. Three days ago, my '78 with a 406 sbc, and an 800 Q-jet ran an 11.74 sec quarter with open exhaust, 3.08 gears and air conditioning. Sixty foot time was 1.79. What's not to like?
