First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List ......................................................................... Hmmm... I had Sean Murphy work on one of my Q-jets a year ago. I wouldn't go there again.
> From: Kevin Young <[email protected]> > Reply-To: First Generation Firebird-L <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:46:16 -0700 (PDT) > To: First Generation Firebird-L <[email protected]> > Cc: Clifford Ruggles <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [FGF] Frustrated with Q-jet - feedback on Edlebrook - 69 400 > TH400 > > First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List > ......................................................................... > > Send your carb and all your engine and car specs to > http://www.smicarburetor.com/ Sean Murphy or even better Cliff Rugles to get > it set up correctly for your bird. > > I have cc's Cliff on this and I am here to tell you all Cliff is the best Qjet > man in the contry. ...... http://www.cliffshighperformance.com/ > > so contact the Pontiac GOD and put your carb in his hands..... > > Now if ya need paint that is a different story, HAul it to GA to Daniel Ray > her on the group list. I can on but I wont..... > > KY > > > > > Just Smile... It makes people wonder what you have been up too... > > http://www.dingdongtx.org/wapa/fb.htm > http://firstgenfirebird.org/show/closeup.mv?CarID=53 > > > Thanks, Kevin > "In God We Trust" > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Jim <[email protected]> > To: First Generation Firebird-L <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 8:10:07 PM > Subject: [FGF] Frustrated with Q-jet - feedback on Edlebrook - 69 400 TH400 > > First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List > ......................................................................... > I bought a proper # Q-jet and rebuilt it. Found that someone had monkeyed > with it before and plugged a couple idle circuts and some other things. It's a > lot better then the wroing QJ that was on my engine but it seems to bind and > does not want to return to idle. It seemed fine on the bench. The idle > screws don't work evenly either, turning one in will kill the engine but > turning the other in does not. The choke mechanism sucks too. Anyway I"m > really frustrated and wondering if I should just by an Edlebrook. My 64 > T-bird has the precuser to the current Edlebrooks, a Carter, and it idles and > runs very smooth. > > Who's swapped their QJ for an Edlebrook, esp if you had a TH400 - how is the > downshift switch handled???? Does the factor Air Cleaner fit without > adaptors? That's the biggest problem on my T-bird, the factory air cleaner > hits stuff and I have to use a spacer to lift the air cleaner up and it almost > hits the hood. I really want to keep the factory air cleaner. > > Jim > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> > Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[email protected]> > Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> > > Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> > Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/> > > Donations: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store/cart.mv?999999> > FGF Merchandise: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store> > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> > Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[email protected]> > Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> > > Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> > Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/> > > Donations: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store/cart.mv?999999> > FGF Merchandise: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/> Donations: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store/cart.mv?999999> FGF Merchandise: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store>
