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On May 6, 9:55 am, "Eisboch" wrote:
"Vic Smith" wrote in message

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Geez, I remember in '76 I could get rebuilt 2-bbl Rochester for 25
bucks, a quad for 50. By '90 I couldn't find a Rochester quadrajet
for my 350ci for less than about 400 bucks.

That Rochester quadrajet (aka "quadrabog) has got to be the most miserable
carburetor to rebuild ever designed. Had one on a boat that despite the
best efforts of several people to rebuild, adjust, repair, etc., never ran
right.

Had one in my '67 GTO that was fine however, so I never touched it.

Eisboch

I agree! You would think that your carb is crapped up because of poor
performance, and rebuild it, and it'd run the exact same afterword! I
learned early in my gearhead days that the perfect fix for a Rochester
Quadrajet was a Holly 650 double pumper!

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The '46 Ford street rod that I had with a 454 chevy had a Holly 650. I
liked the color coded springs that you could swap for different performance
settings.


Eisboch