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Old 08-30-2004, 11:21 AM
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switch from lg4 quadrojunk to edlebrock

had my whole car rebuilt from radiator to rearend yet it ran like crap after trying three different quadrjets. ( u know the ones with the computer controls) anyway unhooked those and installed new edlebrock and what do u know this car hauls but and doesnt look back .....now it it not smog leagle and will have to find 74 or below camaro to transplant everything into....bummer but dont want to lose the thousands i put into the drive train due to california stupit smog laws...

it probably runs cleaner now than it ever has ....hahaha
Old 08-30-2004, 12:15 PM
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3 carbs and it didnt run right..what does that tell you, the carb wasnt the problem, probably the ecm or a sensor

place blame were it belongs.
Old 08-30-2004, 01:52 PM
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probably but what a nightmare those sensors are........
Old 08-30-2004, 01:55 PM
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what size edelbrock did ya run? i am looking at a 650 to replace my CC Quadrabomb...just curious as to what you used and how it did

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Old 08-30-2004, 04:37 PM
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"...quadrojunk..."

Excuse me, your bias is showing.

And it's a pretty lame one, too.

Maybe I'm just lucky, but I've been running one for over 5 years in a daily driver with the only adjustments required when I "changed" something - like the mods in the sig.

The sensors are only a nightmare for the illogical and those unwilling to learn.

For the record, I'm not all that "lucky"...
Old 08-30-2004, 05:06 PM
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750 cfm edlebrock
Old 08-30-2004, 06:29 PM
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You stuck a 750 edelbrock on a stock 305? Damn, talk about overkill. Seriously though, you could have made that quadrajet really perform. I thought about one myself, but went with what my money could afford.
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well, now reading the article in the link, to be honest, i think i am just gonna tune my quadrajet...nothing like using what ya have when ya can...thanks guys!

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i love my qjet, its a non cc mind you, but it sips gas on the freeway, and as the woman says "it sounds like death" when the secondaries open up.
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