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Old Oct 13, 2012 | 08:53 PM
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Anybody out there know what the stock size idle pick-up tubes are for a 1970 7040207 Rochester?
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Anybody out there know what the stock size idle pick-up tubes are for a 1970 7040207 Rochester?
The restriction at the bottom of the idle tubes will be ~0.032 most likely.
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Send an e-mail to Lars Grimsrud at V8FastCars@msn.com and ask for his advise/help. He knows Q-Jets.
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Brian -
The stock '69-'70 Q-Jet performance carbs that I have measured all check in at .038" including your 7040207. It's common to open these up into the mid-'40s range on performance engines pulling poor manifoild vacuum, so it's common to see them a little bigger than mid-30's.

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Thank you sirs. This forum makes everything Corvette easier.
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