Switching motors.. need advice

[77chevyinline6]

probably a 2bbl i dont know what brand yet no 4bbls for me

[Car'n'Guitars]

Are you totally against Quadrajets?

[77chevyinline6]

ive heard both good and bad about them i honestly dont know what makes them so special? haha im a junior in high school its hard to keep your foot out of it especially around a crowd im sure you had those days haha

[Car'n'Guitars]

Originally Posted by 77chevyinline6

ive heard both good and bad about them i honestly dont know what makes them so special? haha im a junior in high school its hard to keep your foot out of it especially around a crowd im sure you had those days haha

Im a junior too, I've learned as I go, I live Elkhart, IN there is nothing to do here except work the junk you have or find.

[77chevyinline6]

what carb would you recommend for the best mpg and performance?

[Car'n'Guitars]

Originally Posted by 77chevyinline6

what carb would you recommend for the best mpg and performance?

I personally like the Quadrajets better but everyone else seems to hate them. They have the capability of being 2 barrel and 4 barrel. 4 barrel when you nail the gas pedal to the floor, and I believe they 750-800 cfm.

[77chevyinline6]

im kind of leaning toward the quadrajet on demand 4bbl sounds pretty mean

[Car'n'Guitars]

Originally Posted by 77chevyinline6

im kind of leaning toward the quadrajet on demand 4bbl sounds pretty mean

Your best thing to do I think is research some carbs and see which one's you think work better for your application. My truck has a quadrajet on it and I like them a lot. Very effective and and fuel efficient I think.

[77chevyinline6]

yeah imma get a quadrajet imma do some homework on the brands though what motors in your truck?

[Car'n'Guitars]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrajet
Here's a little info, my tuck has a 305 currently.

[Car'n'Guitars]

http://www.carbkitsource.com/carbs/t...jet-index.html
Heres more.

[77chevyinline6]

305s good motors my dads is still purring like a kitten after 300000 miles

[Car'n'Guitars]

Couldn't tell you what mine has. Too much snow to go out right now.

[77chevyinline6]

we havent seen any snow this whole year in NC which sucks

[Car'n'Guitars]

Originally Posted by 77chevyinline6

we havent seen any snow this whole year in NC which sucks

This was our first big snow, it was enough to cancel school Friday.

[hotrod_991]

if you strust the 307 go for that one, putting a cam in it is going to wake up the motor depending on cam size and could cause it to get alittle worse MPG. The 3 Spd. is a large factor in your fuel milage on the highway at this point. With out the extra gear your engine is turning more RPMs to go the same speed as the rest of the traffic.

[csb#356]

Just throwin in my $.02 here but I got much better mileage with my 383 that had a mild cam, edelbrock intake and 4 barrel carb than I'm getting with my 100% stock 350 that I have now. I hardly had to touch the throttle to keep up with traffic and now I really have to press the throttle to keep up with traffic. Any small block v8s going to be pretty close mileage wise I think, a 307 will need more fuel to do the same thing a 327 will with less fuel. Not trying to persuade you either way but just think about it. if you really want gas mileage you should probably step out of this hobby right now and buy a honda civic. lol

[77chevyinline6]

lol NO IMPORTS my truck has a import pee on sticker hahaha

[Car'n'Guitars]

Originally Posted by csb#356

Just throwin in my $.02 here but I got much better mileage with my 383 that had a mild cam, edelbrock intake and 4 barrel carb than I'm getting with my 100% stock 350 that I have now. I hardly had to touch the throttle to keep up with traffic and now I really have to press the throttle to keep up with traffic. Any small block v8s going to be pretty close mileage wise I think, a 307 will need more fuel to do the same thing a 327 will with less fuel. Not trying to persuade you either way but just think about it. if you really want gas mileage you should probably step out of this hobby right now and buy a honda civic. lol

Ha 100% true

Originally Posted by 77chevyinline6

lol NO IMPORTS my truck has a import pee on sticker hahaha

I need to buy one of those.

[77chevyinline6]

yeah http://www.decaldriveway.com/decal-g...-decals/pee101

[Car'n'Guitars]

Originally Posted by 77chevyinline6

yeah http://www.decaldriveway.com/decal-g...-decals/pee101

Thanks!

[77chevyinline6]

just get the 7x8 and your welcome. im pretty sure im getting that 307

[Car'n'Guitars]

Originally Posted by 77chevyinline6

just get the 7x8 and your welcome. im pretty sure im getting that 307

Thats great, right now I'm trying to get another bed for my truck. This is the condition it's in. Are you going to build the engine or keep stock?

[77chevyinline6]

keep it stock until a graduate then it wont be my daily driver i plan on getting a small block iroc or something and keep the truck for weekends and stuff ya know then ill take the motor out and build it

[77chevyinline6]

and i would find a local junkyard with a decent bed