Estimated best guess cost to rebuild stock carb?

[AJLChase]

I have an original stock carb that came with 67 327. Was wondering ball park what I should expect to pay to have it rebuilt? Or would it be smarter to just save it for later and buy a new carb?

[Lee H]

What kind of carb?
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[oldblue1968chevy]

original stock probably q jet

[AJLChase]

Yes you are correct a Q-jet. Rochester I believe

[huero]

$195

[OJ1988]

$100 plus parts around my area.

[stsalvage]

Into days times where are all trying to get a little more performance out of are daliy drivers.I will say this the new edalbrock carb's and intakes take all the guess work out of working on your fuel delivery problems and running the HEI is the best for durability.If you look at the pictures you see that i run them on all my trucks Now But i ran that 4V carb that came out in 1963 and i had to rebuild that thing at least every 3 years the gas of today is nasty gas has a lot of crap in it back in 1977--1999 we had good gas but now.Its horse piss

[stsalvage]

more pictures on what your looking for

In this listing your seeing the HEI where the Temp sending unit is factory on the head and was moved to the intake manifold you have to use the 1964--68 straight hose out let for the radiator hose best off the cast iron on and the engine wire harness hope to have more pictures up show how it all work and how easy it is to put on

[rsavage]

Probably a couple of hundred bucks - ask around as to who is good in your area and get some quotes. If you want stock appearance, stick with the Q-jet. Rebuilt properly, they run very well. If you have AC and add an aftermarket set up such as the edelbrock depicted above, your compressor brackets won't fit without modification, and, of course, you are talking a lot more money.

[AJLChase]

I plan on someday rebuilding the motor but not to stoc specs. It has the original oil bath breather on it whcih I want to put away and go with something more modern? Which edelbrock carb and manifold should I go with? Again it's a 327

[Eddie H.]

The last stock Q jet I rebuilt cost me about $25 and some change. ( not counting my labor) That was a couple of months ago.

[LEEVON]

Do it yourself if you can, it's not hard. Just get organized and go slow. There are rebuild services, but they can be pricey. The throttle shafts are known to wear on Q-jets and can cause a vacuum leak, the solution is to bore and press an insert in. If your throttle shafts are worn it might be better just to get a new carb. One word of caution, remanufactured Q-jets are know to have problems most of the time.

Either rebuild yours yourself for the price of a kit, pay somebody to do it or buy a new carb.

I'm not a fan of the Edelbrock 1405/6's. This is my new favorite carb, and I've had them all:

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-M08600VS/

It has alot of things you can't get for the price and it's very tunable. But most likely you'll pop it on, adjust the idle/air mixture and just cruise.

[AJLChase]

Originally Posted by LEEVON

Do it yourself if you can, it's not hard. Just get organized and go slow. There are rebuild services, but they can be pricey. The throttle shafts are known to wear on Q-jets and can cause a vacuum leak, the solution is to bore and press an insert in. If your throttle shafts are worn it might be better just to get a new carb. One word of caution, remanufactured Q-jets are know to have problems most of the time.

Either rebuild yours yourself for the price of a kit, pay somebody to do it or buy a new carb.

I'm not a fan of the Edelbrock 1405/6's. This is my new favorite carb, and I've had them all:

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-M08600VS/

It has alot of things you can't get for the price and it's very tunable. But most likely you'll pop it on, adjust the idle/air mixture and just cruise.

I probably wouldn't rebuild it myself as I am 100% sure I'd have more issues then any person would think is possible. On the carb that you recommend what changes will I need to make being that my truck has the manual choke lever inside of the truck? Is this truly just pop it on and make some minor adjustments and I'm good to go? I'm not to savvy and a lot of the issues I've been dealing with to some are easy and to me have been troublesome. Thanks!

[mbgmike]

Originally Posted by Eddie H.

The last stock Q jet I rebuilt cost me about $25 and some change. ( not counting my labor) That was a couple of months ago.

I think he was asking about having a carb rebuilt . usually that means its completley redone and looks lke new. its around $250.00depending on carb around here but these our pros building them not amatuers but i am sorry not to offend. I was speaking of a used carb to bring it back to original

[cpisani70@aol.com]

I bought a rebuild kit for $26 and a brass float for $9 so it wouldn't swell up anymore. Then I took my time tearing all apart taking pics along the way , with some carb clean and compressed air and of course this great site things turned out quite well, if I were you I would give it a shot , I assume you have good mechanical sense if you own a 40 year old truck.
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[Longhorn Man]

the EPA (depending on your state) has made rebuilding carbs quite expensive to do profesionally. I know here places have a hard time getting rid of the solvents they use. I paid a place a tic over 300 a couple years ago to rebuild a quadra jet. It's going on the Longhorn when it gets it's new motor.

[AJLChase]

Would I be able to use the stock manifold with one of these new carbs? I'm a total novice when it comes to HP and the likes so I apologize if I sound ignorant

[Hubscrub]

I've never paid somebody to build a carb for me but i will say that the q-jets are great carbs for gas mileage and performance. I have edlebrocks on some now and probably not buy another there good and all but i'm buying up old q-jets for future use. My dad swears by them (except the later electric ones) and could probably almost build one with his eyes closed.

[AJLChase]

You all make me wanna rebuild it...but I fail a lot at the simplest tasks. My brother in laws will kill me if I say "I'm gonna rebuild X!" Then I call them over to help me fix my mess ups haha

[doctrouble]

Try browsing youtube for rebuilding Qjets, there are hours worth of people rebuilding them, some are pretty thorough and slow. Very helpful to watch before you decide to tear it apart. C=

I Like this one the most that helped me

Rochester Quadrajet Assembly Part 1 - YouTube

[biggestjohn]

Rebuilding works great if it not leaking around the throttle shafts. If it is, must be bored for bushings, very expensive.

[GASoline71]

Yup... there is a 90% chance that old Q-puke has a vacuum leak at the shafts. A shaft rebush can be done by the shade tree mechanic... but is a little more involved than just a rebuild.

You couldn't pay me to use an Edlebrock/AFB carb. A Holley 650 Spread Bore vacuum secondary carb will bolt right on to the stock manifold. It will also bolt to an Edelbrock Performer (non-RPM) without an adapter.

If you run the Performer RPM you will need an adapter to run the Q-puke or any Spread Bore carb. The squarebore Edelpuke will bolt up right to the RPM... as will all the Holley squarebores. Like a Holley 1850... which is 600cfm.

Now... you're gonna hear all the Holley haters chime in on how you have to screw with a Holley carb all the time to get it to "run right". That is simply not true. Dialing in a Holley is just as easy dialing in a Edelbrock/AFB. Heck most of the "Avenger" series of Holley carbs are great right out of the box.

Clear as mud?

Gary

[AJLChase]

Well my brother in law is agreeing to help me try to rebuild the carb. I went and picked up a carb kit and carb cleaner. I already poured some seafoam into the gas tank to see if that would remedy the problem with no such luck. When I stomp on the gas peddle it damn near kills the engine. I even saw spark infused flame shoot up from the carb. What would cause that? Also, any tips besides a clean work area and patience when rebuilding a carb for the first time ever? Thanks!

[69heavychevy]

Originally Posted by AJLChase

Well my brother in law is agreeing to help me try to rebuild the carb. I went and picked up a carb kit and carb cleaner. I already poured some seafoam into the gas tank to see if that would remedy the problem with no such luck. When I stomp on the gas peddle it damn near kills the engine. I even saw spark infused flame shoot up from the carb. What would cause that? Also, any tips besides a clean work area and patience when rebuilding a carb for the first time ever? Thanks!

Backfire like that is most likely due to a lean mixture, maybe due to improper adjustment or a tired old carb in need of a rebuild lol!

[C-10 simplex]

Seriously, i think the real trepidation i have, and i'm amazed in your case, is the good relationships you have with your brothers-in-laws, NOT how hard it is to rebuild a quadrajet (it's not hard btw). Seriously. In my opinion people are much more difficult than cars.


1) The rebuilt/"remanufactured carbs you can get at parts superstores are atrocitites. Junk. In that case you might as well rebuild your own because if you buy one of these, YOU WILL be rebuilding to get it right.

2) However, better companies that specialize in carb rebuilding can do a very good job. i think JET has a good rep. But $450.


3) As an outside "darkhorse" contender, i'm thinking of trying Holley. Yes, that's right Holley remanufactures rochester carbs! $320 ish.


So i don't know; If you think you might want to try it then you can always get a few quads off craigs(i love that guy) or ebay and experiment with them---eventually you'll get it right. The youtube vids are marvelous.

Or if you're really not interested/queasy then i would try the high quality remans.