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ButchM reacted to hey mister's post in the thread Need a breather for my 1987 7.4L "N", ideas? with
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I would go to a local pull-a-part and stroll the grounds. I woyld be looking for a close match in the "correct bends" category. You... -
ButchM reacted to Ricko1966's post in the thread Need a breather for my 1987 7.4L "N", ideas? with Like.
I'd bend something out of steel tubing,just like a brake line a fuel line or transmission line. If I didn't think I could do it in steel...
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Its not "air" that you need. It's "compression". Yes.. you do need air, but if it is being allowed to come in to the engine at the wrong...
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Its not that you NEED the fiber floats. What he is saying is that they react differently and if you don't know what you are doing it...
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Respectfully disagree, after doing emission work for 20+ years brass floats to not react the same or hold fuel at the same level. I was...
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True, unfortunately today’s gas is much different than what came out of the pumps when these cars were new. Meaning some calibration...
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Yep, other than idle speed and mixture, that’s as far as most people will go with tuning. Most people don’t have any jets, no float bowl...
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GM also spent hundreds of hours fine tuning them by application using tools that nearly no one else had access to at the time. And folks...
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Bingo!! Exactly my point, the people who say Q-Jets are junk are either too lazy to study them, too stubborn to learn, or too stupid to...
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A year ago, I had never touched a QJ. And I had friends saying, "just put a holley on it." (Bad advise) I bought a couple books on QJ's...
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To mimic the OEM electric choke trucks, it is recommended to wire that through an oil pressure switch. This will only provide power to...
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Get it running again first. Then deal with the carb after you've sorted out the other issues. Reason is you change x y and z at the same...
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Whens the last time its gotten plugs wires and a coil? Failing to run on ether is the red flag, its not a carb issue i dont believe
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I'm thinking it should at least fire on ether regardless of carb issues. Have you checked for spark at the plugs?
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When choke is completely warmed fast idle on right side shouldn't change idle speed. Either choke isn't warmed enough [no preheat], bad...
