anyone ever use The Carburetor Exchange

[truckdude239]

anyone ever use them i been trying to find a new carb after the 2 replacement carbs form advance where not good i even tryed rebuilting one and had no luck thye seem to have a good price at 189 buxs compared to the 3-400 i been seeing from napa and all of the others?

http://www.carburetorexchange.com/pl...n_model_id=291

[MotorSeven]

Call around to some of the auto parts stores particularly
the ma & pa places & ask for a factory re-built Holley. I got a 600 here for $190. It had never been bolted on to a manifold, so i am not sure why it was a re-man but it looked brand new. Runs great.

RD

[truckdude239]

i dont want a holly can't stand them i got mine mind set ona quadjet but am not paying the locals Napa ect. advance and autozone can't get anymore and napa and all the others want 300-400 buxs for a remaned quadjet

[Bus Ted Knuckle]

What are the problems that you are having with these carbs?

[truckdude239]

frist one wouldn;t adjust and then the second one won;t adjust plus it random would flood liek the neddle was sticking , i tried rebuilding the last one and i got so lost 189 buxs with a life time warranty isn;t bad

[Blue_71]

do you have an oversized cam? quadrajets will NOT adjust with an oversized cam unless you do some playing in them internally

[truckdude239]

nope stock cam left adjust screw would make a difference right side would not

[crites_72]

Originally Posted by MotorSeven

Call around to some of the auto parts stores particularly
the ma & pa places & ask for a factory re-built Holley. I got a 600 here for $190. It had never been bolted on to a manifold, so i am not sure why it was a re-man but it looked brand new. Runs great.

RD

man that would be nice the carb on my wifes camaro keeps cutting out.

[drman929]

I've got a few carbs from them and have been happy with them.

[Bus Ted Knuckle]

Originally Posted by truckdude239

frist one wouldn;t adjust and then the second one won;t adjust plus it random would flood liek the neddle was sticking , i tried rebuilding the last one and i got so lost 189 buxs with a life time warranty isn;t bad

The sticking float was probably caused by trash soming from the gas tank. The not adjusting could be any number of things. It can also be caused by the needle hanging on the float wrong (it'll bind in the seat).

Which adjustments were you not able to make?

As far as rebuilding, lots of step by step info on the web about it, pictures and all.

[truckdude239]

well i had a shop tune it after i put the motor in he was adjusting the mixture because it was running lean he screwed the screw in and out nothing changed has a fuel filter on ti that is clean as a bell

[Lugnut64052]

O'reilly and NAPA both sell Holley remans. I never had any luck with them. Sometimes we'd go through two or three Q-jets before getting one that worked right. They displayed a host of problems-- wouldn't idle right, off-idle dead spots, etc, etc. The story we got from the reps was that the cores were all worn out and it was getting tougher and tougher to build ones that worked correctly.

I called B.S. on this when a tech came to work for me that had worked at a GM dealership for several years. He knew how to build them and they always worked great after he went through one.

Edelbrock used to sell a new manufacture Q-jet which was made by Weber. They've been discontinued, which is a drag because they worked excellent. I put one on my dad's '85 pickup over 10 years ago and it still works fine.

Probably your best bet right now are ones remanufactured by Jet Performance products. Jegs and Summit both sell them, but you should probably call Jet directly just to make sure you're getting the right part number.