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RE: [oletrucks] long beds and quadrajets

To: "'New Mexico Jim'" <ADvent@thuntek.net>
Subject: RE: [oletrucks] long beds and quadrajets
From: "Schorn, Tim" <SchornT@ci.fort-worth.tx.us>
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 07:59:55 -0600
Out there meaning as far as you can see looking out of your screen door
toward your front yard, Jim?
     One word.....Weber! Agreed the Quad is the best mass-produced readily
available to the masses carb in New Mexico though!!

        Tim in Tx  '50 Chev 1/2t dlx

            

> -----Original Message-----
> From: New Mexico Jim [SMTP:ADvent@thuntek.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 6:42 PM
> Cc:   oletrucks@autox.team.net
> Subject:      Re: [oletrucks] long beds and quadrajets
> 
> The Quadrajet is the best ever engineered carb out there. It is the most
> tunable
> carb, too. that is where the trouble comes. People tinker with them like
> some do
> their Harley's who does not understand what he is doing. In other words,
> Those
> who condemn a Quadrajet doesn't know what they are talking about. Boy,
> this
> ought to start something.
> 
> Brian _ wrote:
> 
> > hi all,
> > my '57 is a long bed,. its a 3200 and has the longest of the 3 bed
> lengths
> > that were produced then, also, i have a quadrajet on my 355. most
> everyone i
> > know who is into cars and such says long beds arent worth anything. has
> > anyone else had people tell them this? why? personally, i like the long
> beds
> > a LOT more than the shorties,. theyre good, but the long beds look more
> > proportional to the length of the cab.
> > most people i know also say quadrajets are "quadrapukes" and
> "quadratoilets"
> > why? mine works perfectly, even having never been rebuild, i get 20mpg
> on
> > mid grade gas, and theres still plenty of power in it. whats so bad with
> > them?
> >
> > one last question,.. will a '70s 350 water pump create too much presure
> for
> > a stock heater core?  i have my original to truck, non-leaking,
> non-corroded
> > heater core, and am wondering if i could hook it up straight to my water
> > pump, of if i should put something in the feed line to keep pressure
> down.
> >
> > thanks.
> > Brian M
> > Atwater, CA
> > '57 Chevy 3200
> > '55 Chevy 6400 (comming soon)
> > '00 Dodge Neon
> >
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