I have a 69 427 4 speed car with some carb issues. Rochester quadrajet.

The carb that was on the car when I bought the car decodes to a 71 350 truck carb. Not only does it appear to not be large enough it doesn't quite fit right on the intake (has some wierd linkage).

The car came with what I was told was the original carb but it decodes to a 68 427. Pretty close, so I took it in to get it rebuilt and was told and witnessed, that the threads for the fuel inlet are stripped and pretty much unrepairable. He said that a helicoil could be put in but Im thinking once that is done the rebuild is going to cose the same as a new one and not be original anyways.

Since the carbs I have are not original I was wondering what people thought were some alternative and good options?

Should I go with a place like chicago corvette supply that has carbs for my year that are remanufactured?

http://www.chicagocorvette.net/item....=23605&rc=1939

219$ seems fair but I assume I have to pay shipping to send in core and shipping to receive the new carb. That, I would assume, is going to be a total of at least 30$ more in shipping alone.

Is it going to be cheaper just to go a local parts store and buy a a remanufactured carb?

If I try to sell the carb on ebay with the stipulation of saying the carb neds rebuilt and the threads are worn, will it give me more money than what I would get for a core charge by chance?

thanks for any answers
jim

 

Jim,

Your situation is not uncommon, do a "Search" and look over the previous quadrajet posts.

 

Qjets don't come in different sizes externally. You were given good advice in your other thread(s) that asked essentially the same questions.

 

I would not buy an aftermarket carb (downgrade from the Q-jet and usually more $ than rebuild) or a rebuilt Quadrajet from a discount parts store (commercial rebuilds are known for carb destroying shortcuts).

A rebuildable core for a Q-jet on Ebay will bring an average of about $25.

If the guy that is going to heli-coil your BB carb knows what he is doing, I'd go that way. I might have a BB rebuildable core (not correct for your year) lying around here that I could build for you for a bit less, but there would be a bit of a wait. PM me if interested.

God bless, Sensei

 

What I would call the throttle linkage is what im talking about. The 68 carb looked ok but when I put the carb that was on the carb when I bought it back on after doing some work, I noticed there on the linkage was more than normal. The carb had some metal that hung down that would get caught on a intake manifold bolt. It probably made since on a diferent intake but didnt on this one.

 

You can get a self tapping fitting to fix fuel inlet at auto parts in Help section & rebuild yours.

 

I replaced my Q-junk with a Barry Grant Demon carb.

 

just had to open the worm can didnt you

 

The 350 carbs have a metal tab on the linkage that the 454s don't have. As far as being interfered with on the engine, I don't know, but they are there. I'm trying to find a pic....


I am sending you a PM on the fuel inlet.

 

Let the games begin......

 

No wonder Lars left.

 

Jim....While you are checking around....Check with Jet Performance. They build performance q-jets specifically jetted for big blocks.

 

Try Shawn Murphy at SMI Carburetion
http://www.smicarburetor.com/
He has built me several Q-Jets over the years and his carbs are excellent right out of the box and his service is top notch.

 

I used a quick fuel on my 402. Very quick response