Quadrajet carb and poor miledge

[Wrenchbender Ret]

One thing you don,t wan,t to do is buy a reman. & give them your old carb. About 3 out of 4 are no good. Do it yourself or get a good carb man to do it. It may have a bad float or the metering rods are stuck in the up position.

[86k10]

2.73? Is the truck your talking about the one in your sig? Those are to high of gears even if you have a 3 speed trans. I would just take your carb and boil it out good and make sure the float isn't getting to heavy and even lower the metering rods by a turn and see if that helps. Make sure the metering piston is free and doesn't bind. I have sanded it and the bore with 600 sandpaper and had good results doing it. You could probably go 2 sizes smaller on your main jets too if you can find some.

[crawdad]

Originally Posted by 86k10

2.73? Is the truck your talking about the one in your sig?

Yep, that's the one. It came from the factory with the 2.73 gears. At least that's whats on my glove box sticker. It's not my daily driver, so I think I'll try to rebuild the carb myself. If I screw it up, I'll buy an Edelbrock intake and carb and be done with it I still think that, considering the engine, tranny and gears, I should be getting better around town miledge than 11 mpg. What are the rest of you getting for miledge around town and open road and what is your setup?