Some truly hilarious stuff.

Quadra-bogs.  Only one carb harder and less worthwhile to rebuild.  The old
Thermoquads with the plastic bodies found on Mopars.  ACK!

Okay you got me there, it sounds like I was wrong.

My memory must be getting bad but then again, I only emailed Nick about it a
few times. I do remember this post though, things were getting a little
heated by then:

http://tinyurl.com/yvcjd

You don't rmember the topless pitcrew thing? I have to apologize for my
wording then, I thought you would remember that part. I should have said
"your shining moment in my memory of aacf".

http://tinyurl.com/22fwp

I thought it was pretty funny.

You're right, it wasn't the NFME. IIRC, Nick's registration got bounced due
his email account so he put the MEND event together

Not lazy, it's the easiest thing to do. The qjets I build these days are for
people who want to keep the original carb on their car for whatever reason
(like an original cowl induction setup or a T/A shaker). Gettiing a qjet to
work with long duration cams with high lift is the hardest part since it
involves modifying the idle circuits.

Sounds like you run into the same kind of people that I do. They expect a
spreadbore Holley to add 50 hp over a quadrajet with no other changes. If
someone wants some advice, I'll try to help but it isn't always appreciated.
;^)

You would laugh at what I work out of but I'm lucky to have free access to
two repair type shops and one performance engine shop just down the street.
But for carb work, everything I need fits in a fairly small box (except for
the drill press).

Dave(getting in trouble again)

AC Delco advertises because it is the marketing arm for aftermarket GM parts.
The spark plugs are made by Delphi which is not part of GM.

AC Delco doesn't make anything (but they did at one time), they are just
marketing now.

I think you mean Colt Industries that owned Holley. Again, the Holley gaskets
are not Holley. They are from an outside vendor. So was alot of the engineering
and kit content decisions (Unlike RPD who did that in house).

As for Medium Duty GM trucks, different ballgame, dude. Med. duty trucks are
often spec'd out by customer, fleet or another criteria. That is why you have
the vendor cross reference book and why you need it.

Actually, that book is outdated :). If you have an EDS Parts Imager it's all in
there. :)

Newsflash: A Holley or Carter is far from "bolt on and run" in any case.
Especially if it's a universal performance unit. You're asking that unit to
perform duties for say a garden variety 350 or a wild 350. It can't do both (at
least not well).

A Rochester Q-jet is specific to what it was designed for. GM didn't need to go
outside to design their carburetors---the majority of their machines had their
own stuff.

Again, GM sold Rochesters to the other guys. Carter even made Rochesters for a
while because they were so popular GM couldn't make them fast enough...

The 17080274 that's on my 1980 Turbo Trans Am is specific for that car. Stick a
Holley or Carter on there, and it's not going to be 100%. Because that
carburetor is "middle of the road" for all the applications it is cataloged
for, but not ideal for any one application. The Rochester IS.

With that being said, that is why you should also rebuild your original so you
are sure you are getting the right core. For example, any off the shelf auto
parts store will show a rebuilt carb for my 79 400. What you will get in the
box is surely not the 17059263 core it came with originally. You will get a
1977 or 1978 400 core which are much more plentiful.

Put that on a 1979 400 and it will never be 100% because there are subtle
differences in the three years (that's how GM met emission standards in part).

No need for a Rochester upgrade kit to be sold because upgrading is done during
the rebuild and it doesn't take fancy parts to do it with a Rochester. It's
procedure and perhaps mixing of some parts (jets from this to that, etc).

Truth is there are about 5 companies in the  market that supply all the gaskets
you see in ANYONE's kit. :)

Some of the Chryslers you mentioned actually originally used Bosch injectors
which were subsequently swapped over to Holley units for cost "savings".

Joe--ASE Certified Parts Specialist & 10th Ann.Club Tech Director
'80 Carousel Red Turbo T/A, 26k orig.
'79 "Y89" 400/4 speed 10th Ann. T/A, 57k orig
'84 Olds 88 Royale Bgm 2 dr, 307 "Rocket" (lol), 141k and still going....
'80 T/A project car...