Switching from a LG4 carb to a H.O. carb.

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May 4, 2012 | 02:55 PM
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Could I just switch a LG4 carb for a H.O. carb without redoing anything else or do I have to mess with the ECU or anything else?
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May 4, 2012 | 03:23 PM
  #2  
Re: Switching from a LG4 carb to a H.O. carb.
By H.O. you mean L69? They're essentially the same.
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May 4, 2012 | 03:44 PM
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Re: Switching from a LG4 carb to a H.O. carb.
Oh are they so I don't need to change anything then right? (I am considering buying a L69/H.O. for my Camaro)
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May 4, 2012 | 03:47 PM
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Re: Switching from a LG4 carb to a H.O. carb.
Any differences between them are fairly minor.
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May 4, 2012 | 04:14 PM
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Re: Switching from a LG4 carb to a H.O. carb.
Install a set of DR seconday rods on a J hanger and PRESTO! You have an L69 carb. There are no other differences that I'm aware of.
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May 4, 2012 | 04:33 PM
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Re: Switching from a LG4 carb to a H.O. carb.
Quote: Install a set of DR seconday rods on a J hanger and PRESTO! You have an L69 carb. There are no other differences that I'm aware of.
Oh I don't actually have an LG4 in my Camaro. It has a 350 with an LG4 carb.
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May 5, 2012 | 01:55 AM
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Re: Switching from a LG4 carb to a H.O. carb.
Quote: Could I just switch a LG4 carb for a H.O. carb without redoing anything else or do I have to mess with the ECU or anything else?
Quote: Oh I don't actually have an LG4 in my Camaro. It has a 350 with an LG4 carb...
... so lets clear everything up, your running a stock LG4 carb on a 350 w/the LG4 ECM controlling spark advance?
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May 5, 2012 | 01:56 AM
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Re: Switching from a LG4 carb to a H.O. carb.
Haha. Wow, if you are then you are limiting that 350 BIG TIME.
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May 5, 2012 | 07:24 AM
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Re: Switching from a LG4 carb to a H.O. carb.
Quote: ... so lets clear everything up, your running a stock LG4 carb on a 350 w/the LG4 ECM controlling spark advance?
Yes I am. Some previous owner dropped a late 60s-early 70s truck motor in it.
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May 5, 2012 | 07:25 AM
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Re: Switching from a LG4 carb to a H.O. carb.
Quote: Haha. Wow, if you are then you are limiting that 350 BIG TIME.
How all of the aftermarket carbs are rated at 600CFM and from what I have read the stock Q-Jet gets 600CFM stock and you can get it to do 700CFM.
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May 5, 2012 | 08:50 AM
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Re: Switching from a LG4 carb to a H.O. carb.
Quote: Yes I am. Some previous owner dropped a late 60s-early 70s truck motor in it...
Then you need better rods w/hanger, and an L69 prom (has a much better spark curve)...
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May 5, 2012 | 11:13 AM
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Re: Switching from a LG4 carb to a H.O. carb.
Quote: Haha. Wow, if you are then you are limiting that 350 BIG TIME.
Not so much.
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May 5, 2012 | 02:50 PM
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Re: Switching from a LG4 carb to a H.O. carb.
Quote: Haha. Wow, if you are then you are limiting that 350 BIG TIME.
NOT AT ALL...The 70s smog heads and tiny stock cam are choking that 350. If it still has the LG4 exhaust its even choking it worse.
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May 5, 2012 | 04:53 PM
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Re: Switching from a LG4 carb to a H.O. carb.
So new exhuast, heads and cam will really breath some new life into it?
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May 6, 2012 | 12:05 AM
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Re: Switching from a LG4 carb to a H.O. carb.
Yes
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May 6, 2012 | 12:07 AM
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Re: Switching from a LG4 carb to a H.O. carb.
Ok, my bad. Whenever I think of someone dropping a 350 in. I don't assume it's a stock 350 with smogger heads. To me that wouldn't even be worth the time.
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May 6, 2012 | 12:18 AM
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Re: Switching from a LG4 carb to a H.O. carb.
Even if it wasn't a smogger, a Qjet will happily feed just about anything you'd want to run on the street.
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May 6, 2012 | 12:20 AM
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Re: Switching from a LG4 carb to a H.O. carb.
Well, I am not going to get into that argument.
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May 6, 2012 | 11:22 AM
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Re: Switching from a LG4 carb to a H.O. carb.
Quote: Ok, my bad. Whenever I think of someone dropping a 350 in. I don't assume it's a stock 350 with smogger heads. To me that wouldn't even be worth the time.
I know I am not the one that put it there, but even if it had nice heads the Q-jet would still feed it just fine.
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May 7, 2012 | 04:17 PM
  #20  
Re: Switching from a LG4 carb to a H.O. carb.
FYI, my 400hp 12 second 350 LG4 (was a 305 obviously) is not being limited by the carb, but by the heads and cam. So anyone who tells you it is a limiter until at least 450hp is blowing smoke up your buttski. Assuming the carb is working correctly.
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May 7, 2012 | 04:19 PM
  #21  
Re: Switching from a LG4 carb to a H.O. carb.
The carb is going to be rebuilt
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