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Old Jul 29, 2006 | 08:43 PM
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Car: 84 Camaro
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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
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Old Jul 30, 2006 | 01:28 PM
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no one?
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Old Jul 30, 2006 | 01:33 PM
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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.
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Old Jul 31, 2006 | 12:48 AM
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is it hard to rebuild one!!!!!!
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Old Jul 31, 2006 | 08:15 AM
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no, just keep track of all the little parts.
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Old Jul 31, 2006 | 03:39 PM
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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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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 01:08 PM
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Am I Gonna Need Any special tools
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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 04:15 PM
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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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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 11:48 PM
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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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Old Aug 3, 2006 | 12:25 AM
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Car: 1982 Trans-Am
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Rochester carbs - by Doug Roe
Rochester carbs - By haynes? or chilton?
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Old Aug 3, 2006 | 01:10 AM
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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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Old Aug 8, 2006 | 08:45 PM
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thanks
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