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Big Ray

Big Ray

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I just got Cliff Ruggles Rochester Quadrajet book. If you are dedicated to making yours work I highly recommend it. Tons of new to me info, lots of pics and how to hot rod info.

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Big Ray said:
I just got Cliff Ruggles Rochester Quadrajet book. If you are dedicated to making yours work I highly recommend it. Tons of new to me info, lots of pics and how to hot rod info.

Not associated in any way.

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People still have those?
 
I've got 15 - 20 of them in the corner of my pole barn that people have given me over the years
 
You can send me your unwanted Q's if u don't want them and are rebuildable, even if it's just parts. No trash

What do you have?

I've got the shipping USPS flat rated box
 
Big Ray said:
I just got Cliff Ruggles Rochester Quadrajet book. If you are dedicated to making yours work I highly recommend it. Tons of new to me info, lots of pics and how to hot rod info.

Not associated in any way.

That is all...
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Excellent Book!
 
Yeah, they're not as cheap or easy to find as they once were...
 
Yeah, whatever you do, don't trash those qjets! They are getting a little harder to find nowadays.
 
I've got a JET stage II that I used on the Maiden when first built...

http://jetchip.com/shop/performance...ig-block-quadrajet/rochester-big-block-q-jet/

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It ran real good on the 461, I thought it was giving me issues on hills, but it turned out to be a fuel pickup problem in the tank.
Anyhow I let Adam try it on his 406, he couldn't get it to work and ended up breaking the accelerator pump part of the casting on the airhorn and now it has sat for 4 years. It would need a replacement airhorn and a rebuild kit from sitting for a while. interested give me a PM!
 
You'd be surprised at the folks that swear by them. They came on a lot of vehicles over a few decades with relatively minor changes up to 75. Then they came out for another decade. They wear, like anything else. With a little love they can be awesome again.
 
I saw a truck box full of old carbs at the salvage yard I went too the other day--too bad they have been there for decades ,most were white and crusty and seized--ditto for any still on the few carbed vehicles out in the yard...but I bet if I dug through the pile ,there would still be a few that could be used still..

I had a dozen or more Q-jets hanging around for years,I used to put Carter AFB's or Edelbrocks on my GM vehicles ,but kept the original carbs...eventually I either gave them to friends in need of one or sold them at swap meets before they turned to crap--it used to be you saw hundreds of them at swap meets and $5 would buy one you could drop on and drive!..now its a "hunt" to find a decent one that is even rebuildable..
 
Cliffs book is good starting point .I built 4 and have plained some warped air horns .Got a Edelbrock 800 Q at a junk yard in RI for $5.00 rebuilt it .They are very hard to find in the junk yards.
 
I know this is an old thread but I love my Rochester Q. I'll tell you why. When I bought my '72 K5 from the original owner in 2004 with 67,000 original miles it was starting to run a little rough. I found a guy, probably 75 years old, who is known locally as the Q jet guru. He used to rebuild these carbs and tune them for local racers. He rebuilt it for me for $130 which included re-bushing the shafts. It was a beautiful rebuild of the Q jet and has not had any problems since 2007.
The other thing he advised me to do was replace the points and condenser under the original distributor cap with a Pertronix Flame Thrower ignition. That is the best advice I have ever gotten. I have not had to look under the distributor cap since 2007 as well. The only problem with the Pertronics, I'm told, is that when it decides to go belly up there is no warning. It just dies on you. The options are to carry a spare Flame Thrower in the glove box or, do it I do, and carry The points and condenser I removed in a Ziploc bag in the glove box. I have had zero problems with my 72 for the last dozen years. ( knock on wood) How many can say that?
 
I see more than one ad on craigslist looking to buy ANY and all carbs,and other fuel related "cores"...these guys are buying up all they can get at swap meets and other places too..
One ad also stated "old stock rebuilt carbs,preferably still in boxes,(old store stock,etc),is especially desired..

I have a "brand new" Holley Economaster for a '76 Chevy 350 with a 2 bbl in the box,bought it probably 15+ years ago at a swap meet for $10...still "looks" brand new,how good things inside it are like the accelerator pump is questionable..Wonder what that would bring for money ?:thinking:..

If not for guys like us who may still have a few dusty take offs sitting on a shelf in a shed or garage,you probably wont find any in junkyards soon,or anywhere else...none you can just bolt on and run,or get away with putting a jiffy kit in anyways..
 
Have a book by Doug Roe

We used Qjets on our Stock Eliminator and Super Stock cars for years. They are as good or better than anything else made.
 
I just like to pick up whatever I can find from those who don't want them, and to save them from the trash.

I'm guilty of throwing my original 74 K5 carb away for a Holly years ago before I knew better.

Very simple but complex carb that operates on engine demand. I prefer the later 76 + models with the APT and can be electric or converted to electric choke.

A lot are trashed, porous bodies, bent shafts, corroded etc.

The commercial rebuilt can be ruined and b not fixable.

I've got it a few , but not that many.

They were used from the 60's to mid 80's, they must have done something right.
They were also used on some Shelby 428 Cobras so that says something.
Dodges and Fords for some apps.
 
bent72 said:
Have a book by Doug Roe

We used Qjets on our Stock Eliminator and Super Stock cars for years. They are as good or better than anything else made.
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Doug Roe was The Book years ago. Cliffs book is simpler and modern. The both are Great Books and have super info.
I have them both.
 
I was surprised to read they even had some Dodge vehicles using Rochester 2 bbl carbs in 1971 when Carter had a strike!--we had a '71 Dodge Dart at the junkyard that had one factory,and my co-worker never believed me when I told him that--till I found it in writing in a book I got from the library..

I have a Holley Economaster on my van's '73 307 ,it is identical to a Carter carb Mopar would have used in the early to mid 70's--it was a bolt on swap for the Rochester "small venturi" 2 bbl that was on it--everything plugged right in--choke linkage,throttle cable,etc..

I found it at a swap meet in CT ,paid $5 for it,was still in the box,guy said it was on his aunt's 318 in a Dodge for only a few months ,when the torsion bar mounts rotted off the undercarriage...thing still works great,despite me letting the van sit since 2003,I only start it once every blue moon,but run it out of gas every time to avoid ethanol damage..(I use a small lawn mower gas tank hooked to the fuel pump)..

I have seen a few Dodge based motor homes with Q-jets,but I'm not sure if they were just swapped on by the owner after the Carter Thermoquad melted (they had phenolic resin float bowls that could melt if they got hot enough!)--maybe not factory?..I recall hearing some Fords used them too,but wasn't aware of the 428 CJ using them..

I have seen a few factory Q-jets on 1966-69 Pontiac straight 6's with the OHC too--proof they'll work on just about any size engine..
I would have put one on my 250 six instead of an Edelbrock if I had a Q-jet still hanging around..
 
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