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Old Dec 1, 2004 | 06:45 PM
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I rebuilt my quadrajet and it runs pretty well. It could probably use a good tuning though, and I missed Lars' tour. If I remember right, he sent out a little carb tuning book a few years ago. Anybody have that or can anybody shoot some suggestions my way?
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I rebuilt my quadrajet and it runs pretty well. It could probably use a good tuning though, and I missed Lars' tour. If I remember right, he sent out a little carb tuning book a few years ago. Anybody have that or can anybody shoot some suggestions my way?
Go to www.corvettefaq.com and you should be able to find Lars' paper on how to tune a Quadra-Jet.

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Lars is friendly, if you messaged him directly and he would probably be happy to help you out.

A bunch more carb links

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Lars is friendly, if you messaged him directly and he would probably be happy to help you out.
...that depends on how many beers I've had. Without my beer, I'm just a grumpy old man...

..but if you need any assistance with the carb tuning, drop me a note and I'll be glad to assist.
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Did you get my email lars? I think I sent you two of them.
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