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- From: neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Neal Howard)
- Subject: Re: Carter Quadrajet?
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- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 22:07:47 GMT
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- Organization: CompuTrac Inc., Richardson TX
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- In article <ALC.93Jan11144515@gdstech.GRUMMAN.COM> alc@gdstech.GRUMMAN.COM (Al Chang) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan10.170740.5731@nosc.mil> koziarz@halibut.nosc.mil (Walter A. Koziarz) writes:
- >
- > In article <1993Jan09.033725.5851@eng.umd.edu> floyd@eng.umd.edu (Greg Butler) writes:
- >
- > >Is that a typo? Everyone knows Quadrajets are (were) made by
- > >Rochester, right? That's what I thought until I picked one up
- > > "MFD BY
- > > CARTER
- > > CARBURETOR
- >Are you sure its not a thermalquad(sp?)?? I think Carter made the
- >thermalquad in the 60's and 70's. I think my Chryslers with 440's and
- >383's had them.
- >Al Chang (516)346-6757, FAX: (516)575-0965, email: alc@calvin.grumman.com
-
- Nope, it's a QuadraJet, and they were made by both Rochester and Carter.
- The Carter thermoquad is an entirely different carb, it is a spread-bore
- design also (the Q-jet was the original spread-bore design that was mass-
- produced) but it only shares the bolt pattern and bore spacing with the
- Q-jet. The innards of a T-quad are radically different from a Q-jet and the
- T-quad main body is made of plastic (no kidding for those of you who have
- never seen one) to help keep fuel temperature in the bowls a little cooler.
- I have a 750CFM Thermoquad currently on a 1970 429CJ Ford motor but I'm
- thinking of trashing it due to repeated problems with needle/seat/float
- sticking open and several replacements of all of these have never permanently
- fixed the problem and I'm tired of all those "special moments" when about
- a half gallon of gas gets dumped all over the top of my engine and down the
- intake.
-
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- Neal Howard '91 XLH-1200 DoD #686 CompuTrac, Inc (Richardson, TX)
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- "Let us learn to dream, gentlemen, and then perhaps
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