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Thomas, I promise I WILL GET THET qJET RUNNING RIGHT OR FRANK WILL lol..... Stick with a Qjet, Pontiac engineers are smarter than all of us.... believe me...... LOL DR. Kevin Young System Engineer and part time car freak LOL........ 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: Thomas R. <[email protected]> To: First Generation Firebird-L <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 8:52:28 PM Subject: RE: [FGF] Frustrated with Q-jet - feedback on Edlebrook - 69 400 TH400 First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List ......................................................................... I am not knocking Q-Jets because I know a LOT of guys that swear by them and I have one on my 77 T/A, BUT... I could also not get a good stable idle with 3 Q-jets on my '69 Bird. It was pissing me of so bad. So I took off the Q-Jet, and bolted down a brand new Edelbrock 600cfm I had lying around from a parts car I bought. No tweaking, just opened the box, put on a new gasket, bolted it down, and hooked up the gas. No adjustments. Once the bowl filled with gas it turned over on the FIRST crank and idled like a freakin' champ. This carb has not been taken of since then, and I have never even adjusted it (short of the idle speed screw the first day) in the 2.5 years since I put it on. Just turn the key and go. I'm sure it's not a performance powerhouse like the Q-Jets can be, but at 19 mpg on the highway, my pocketbook doesn't care, and it's plenty fast for me. No sure on the factory air cleaner, but I'm sure someone you know who has an Edelbrock can let you try to fit yours. The TH-400 kickdowns should be just fine. Millions of folks use Edelbrocks with TH-400s. Thomas -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 8:10 PM To: First Generation Firebird-L 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>
