Rebuilding Q-jet carbs.....any good books???

[spudz]

I am wanting to rebuild the q-jet in my 79...is there any good books or online refrenses I can check out??? I don't simply want to tear it apart and put it back together.

[Thumpin455]

Funny you ask..

Cliff Ruggles is a guru with Qjets, I have this book and I have learned a bunch from it, and I was able to rebuild and modify them before I got it. Now I make them run better and I have a reference as to what parts I need and where to get them.

Its not how to put a gasket kit in, its how to rebuild them, that includes throttle shaft bushings (easy to do) main jet well plugs (even easier to do), and tuning it for power, economy, and drivability.

You can get it from a number of places. I ordered it direct from him in Ohio, and got some throttle shaft bushings at the same time. Now I need ethanol friendly accelerator pump diaphragms, since they dont come in any of the kits.

Cliff's website

There are a couple other books out there, and if you want I can find the links. This one has a bit more info in it than one of them, and is on par with the other one.

[spudz]

Originally Posted by Thumpin455

Funny you ask..

Cliff Ruggles is a guru with Qjets, I have this book and I have learned a bunch from it, and I was able to rebuild and modify them before I got it. Now I make them run better and I have a reference as to what parts I need and where to get them.

Its not how to put a gasket kit in, its how to rebuild them, that includes throttle shaft bushings (easy to do) main jet well plugs (even easier to do), and tuning it for power, economy, and drivability.

You can get it from a number of places. I ordered it direct from him in Ohio, and got some throttle shaft bushings at the same time. Now I need ethanol friendly accelerator pump diaphragms, since they dont come in any of the kits.

Cliff's website

There are a couple other books out there, and if you want I can find the links. This one has a bit more info in it than one of them, and is on par with the other one.

I ordered one titled "How to Rebuild and Modify Rochester Quadrajet" I think it will get me started...I will check out his site too ...thanks!

[spudz]

Awesome seems the book I ordered is the same one you are talking about!... Also is there a electronic choke conversion??

[Thumpin455]

I swap the electric chokes over from carbs that have them to carbs that dont. Not that difficult to do provided they have the right bosses and throttle shaft pieces.

[spudz]

Can you explain to me how this choke works?? I dont see any heat tubes or anything.... this is the carb I am going to be rebuilding and the intake I am going to use after its blasted. its a edelbrock spread bore intake and the carb that came on my truck...

[Slonaker]

Originally Posted by Thumpin455

Now I need ethanol friendly accelerator pump diaphragms, since they dont come in any of the kits.

There's an article in the new Rod N Custom that lists the brand and part numbers for kits with the ethanol friendly (Viton?) accelerator pumps for most carbs, including quadrajets.

Slonaker

[COMP]

Originally Posted by Slonaker

There's an article in the new Rod N Custom that lists the brand and part numbers for kits with the ethanol friendly (Viton?) accelerator pumps for most carbs, including quadrajets.

Slonaker

need to pick one up at the store