Edelbrock VS. Original

[Poohbair]

Is a rebuilt original qjet going to perform anywhere close to like a new Edelbrock Qjet? 2 of my friends have the Edelbrock and that thing is almost like fuel injection in the hills! I have an Edelbrock 1406 and it sucks...bogs out and dies on all hills and bumps. I also have an original qjet that I was thinking about having rebuilt and putting on my motor.
Opinions?

 

[Silver84k5]

i bought a reman qjet for 200 bucks, and i have 0 complaints on it, 2 of my buddies have that same Edelbrock you have and they hate em

i used to have that Spendy ass Edelbrock Qjet the 1910 i belive, and either i never got it tuned right, or i got a crappy carb from the assembly line, or whatever, but that thing was the biggest PIA, POS, i have ever delt with, i ended up trading it and getting 200 dollars credit for my gear swap.

 

[jakeslim]

pulled out the old quad, sold it on ebay, dropped in a new edelbrock quad. Runs excellent. Cold starts are a breeze now. Just bolted right in with no problems.

 

[Silver84k5]

the 850 cfm one? do they make a different one?

 

[jekbrown]

those edelbrock q-jets are so $pendy... i mean at some point you might as well just get real FI...

j

 

[Poohbair]

I am basically trying to figure out if I should just deal w/ the carb I have and wear it, or if I get that other Qjet rebuilt if it is going to be a better off road carb than what I have...cause I don't think it can get much worse...

 

[Silver84k5]

i would rebuild that q-jet, but since i have bad luck with rebuilding carbs (they never seem to work quite right)

i just bought a Reman from the parts store for 200 bones. it handles Bumps real well, and it handles Steep terrain good as well.

 

[rcpilot]

Put the off-road needle seats in your Edelbrock and you won't stall out... /forums/images/graemlins/thumb.gif