New carb or rebuild??????????
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From: Vallejo California
Car: 84 Camaro
Engine: 355 or 5.7
Transmission: th 700 r4
Axle/Gears: stock
New carb or rebuild??????????
Well i have to either rebuild mt carb or buy a new one..............
i have a 84 camaro 350 so the carb has a computer........
so im not sure what im lookin at such as which carbs im limited to .....im pretty sure i have to get one with a computer if i wanna smog it right?????????
so if someone could let me no what is better just buying a new one or paying some one to do a rebuild..............and suggestions which carbs am i limited two
i have a 84 camaro 350 so the carb has a computer........
so im not sure what im lookin at such as which carbs im limited to .....im pretty sure i have to get one with a computer if i wanna smog it right?????????
so if someone could let me no what is better just buying a new one or paying some one to do a rebuild..............and suggestions which carbs am i limited two
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Car: 1982 Trans-Am
Engine: 355 w/ ported 416s
Transmission: T10, hurst shifter
Axle/Gears: 10 bolt, true-trac, 3.73
might as well just rebuild the one you have. It's not rocket science. You ever built model cars as a kid? Yea, well this is pretty similar, just smells worse.
Aftermarket your choices are pretty slim. I think JET can build you one, but don't choke when you see the price.
Aftermarket your choices are pretty slim. I think JET can build you one, but don't choke when you see the price.
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Car: 89 Firebird
Engine: 408
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I agree Rebuilding the one you have is best plus you get a great learning experience. Just have a very clean work area and lay the parts out so they are easy to keep track of. Also try to find a book or article on the web that gives step by step instructions on rebuilding your sytle of carb.
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Car: 1987 SC/1985 TA
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You'll need a dwell meter and maybe the idle mixture screw wrench. You can buy more tools but can usually get by without them. There's a recent thread on rebuilding the ccc-qjet, maybe under Nate86?
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Car: 84 Camaro
Engine: 355 or 5.7
Transmission: th 700 r4
Axle/Gears: stock
Yeah thnaks that was my next question for you guys is there any books or articles that i can buy or find to help me out along the way??????????????
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Rochester carbs - by Doug Roe
Rochester carbs - By haynes? or chilton?
Rochester carbs - By haynes? or chilton?
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roe's book is badass
highly reccommended if you are going to try to rebuild it
rebuild kit form napa are pretty good
some parts dont come in th kits, including a floatsome other partd
q jets are not complicated, wel they dont have a billion parts to fall out and losoem i have been inside of many, many q jets and some other carbs over the years
some i have successfully "rebuilt" and alot of them also just never run right regardless of what you do
to replace the throttle shaft bushings it best to have a press
i ahve never replaced any so far
if your throttle shaft bushings are sloppy worn enough then can allow manifold vacuum leakage
thats not good and canmake it run oddly
i bet a few ppl at any given moment have a problem with their car due to just this
and there is a very siple way to test for this leakage
hope any of this helps you at all,
you should use google and wikipedia.com to find out info too
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highly reccommended if you are going to try to rebuild it
rebuild kit form napa are pretty good
some parts dont come in th kits, including a floatsome other partd
q jets are not complicated, wel they dont have a billion parts to fall out and losoem i have been inside of many, many q jets and some other carbs over the years
some i have successfully "rebuilt" and alot of them also just never run right regardless of what you do
to replace the throttle shaft bushings it best to have a press
i ahve never replaced any so far
if your throttle shaft bushings are sloppy worn enough then can allow manifold vacuum leakage
thats not good and canmake it run oddly
i bet a few ppl at any given moment have a problem with their car due to just this
and there is a very siple way to test for this leakage
hope any of this helps you at all,
you should use google and wikipedia.com to find out info too
:"D
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