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Hiluxxulih

01-03-2015 07:08 PM

Rube Goldberg Quadrajet

I have been working on the Quadrajet on my 1985 Chevy pickup and I have come to the conclusion that its basically a Rube Goldberg contraption that supplies the engine with gas , its kind of cool how the engineers worked everything on these carbs .

MikeB

01-03-2015 09:08 PM

Re: Rube Goldberg Quadrajet

The Q-jet is probably the most sophisticated carb ever used on trucks and cars. Certainly not Rube Goldberg.

Hiluxxulih

01-03-2015 10:21 PM

Re: Rube Goldberg Quadrajet

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Originally Posted by MikeB (Post 6983740)

The Q-jet is probably the most sophisticated carb ever used on trucks and cars. Certainly not Rube Goldberg.

That's what I am saying its cool how to do one thing the linkages have to stop something else from happening like the secondaries won't open with the choke is closed , these carbs are pretty well engineered .

SilverMiner

01-04-2015 02:01 AM

Re: Rube Goldberg Quadrajet

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hiluxxulih (Post 6983840)

I couldn't agree more. I've been fascinated with Q-Jets since the mid 80's when I rebuilt my first one. At the time I was in school taking engineering courses and was amazed at the idea of designing a carb as sophisticated as the Quadrajet from scratch. And it was all done on drafting boards with slide rules - no computers, calculators, or CAD/CAM for those old boys!

Have you checked out Cliff Ruggle's book and web site? An amazing amount of useful info there.

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