Rochester carb. rebuilder?
 

Anyone know if Bob Stone is still in business? I can't locate a contact for him outside of personal venues.

Found a business that goes by "carb. doctor". He's in Canada, so the added expense. Nice guy and helpful too. He offered to set me up with a complete divorce choke. OT: I wasn't sure that would work with ceramic coated high heat parts, which reduces surface temp. He thinks so long as I got the stove pipe and the crossovers are open a divorce choke should work under reasonable winter conditions. This is a Nevada garage queen anyway. I'm still on the fence though, electric is a sure thing, a divorce choke is vintage:chevy:

Other than that, any other carb. builders recommended? Small business types preferred. Thanks.............

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I've dealt with a local business for all my carb, starter, and alternator needs for years. But as far as a business on the national scale to suggest I would say Carb Doctor. I thought they were in PA, though. I understand they do a great job of building the carb for evilethanol exposure.

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I would contact Quadrajet Power LLC, they're out of Texas. They rebuilt my Quadrajet and have great customer service too. https://quadrajetpower.com/

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I had the impression Carb Doctor was in the USA as well, but Rusty (Canada) is the only one I can locate under that name. To Rusty's knowledge he's the only business on the web that falls under that label.

Say Tim, another question. I'm losing the external voltage regulator, any suggestions for a replacement that's internally regulated?

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Edit: For what it's worth, here's Rusty's response. I don't know what a M4ME choke is yet. Sounds like 4MV is a divorce choke. I may have been wrong about the crossover, don't know what a "crossover choke" is, though I think he means the crossover in the intake. Be a twist if a divorce choke actually worked better because of ceramic coatings.

Hello,

This is Rusty (redacted). Over the years there have been a few Carburetor Doctors. I thought I was the last one, online at least.

Briefly, the best set up to use depends on which carb # you have and which manifold you're using. Ceramic coatings help retain heat inside the exhaust, which helps the crossover choke. The lack of a heat riser impacts the choke. In any case, for anything other than full-out winter operation the 4MV type choke would be fine. But it depends on which carb you're going to use.

The simplest solution is a late style M4ME electric choke carb. Out of the box, this carb would work well:

http://carburetordoctor.com/carbs/A246.html

Restoring your 7041209 would cost $375, choke parts to fit a 1971 cast intake would run about $75. Time required for the restoration is around 8 weeks or so.

Regards,

Rusty

Re: Rochester carb. rebuilder?
 

Do you mean this guy.
https://carburetor.ca/

As for your divorced choke working in cold weather. I used them for years before electric ones came out. Good down to 40 below. Might of had to fine tune them a bit. You can’t expect them to just bolt on and work perfectly.
And remember the dollar difference. You’re gaining 30% on your buck.

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Cliff Ruggles is about the best in the business for Qjets
https://cliffshighperformance.com/

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Lars. He is a qjet guru

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Yes that’s the dude out of Canada. You lost me on gaining 30%.

Very cool...I've heard of him.

Lars?

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The exchange rate.
You buy a carb for 300 bucks Canadian, you pay 200 US bucks.
Here’s Lars.
https://www.digitalcorvettes.com/for...ad.php?t=88376

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Thanks Geezer. I think he charges USD only, USA and Canada. I read some of Lar's info., interesting guy.

Re: Rochester carb. rebuilder?
 

This shop rebuilt a Rochester 2 barrel for me a few years back. Did a nice job.

Carburetor USA
http://www.carburetorusa.com/default.htm

This might be the one Special K was referring to in PA.

Re: Rochester carb. rebuilder?
 

Bob Stone- 267-467-6018
Located in Pennsylvania