I never really appreciated the looks of a long bed until I took a look at my
cousins ground up restoration of his 1970 Chevrolet Fleetside. I mean this
truck was beautiful and like you said...." the long beds look more
proportional to the length of the cab". The main thing to consider is that
you like it, it's yours and who cares what other people think!
Q-jets are a great carburetor especially as a fuel economy carburetor. The
reason for this economy is the small primaries for around town driving and
the larger Secondary for everything else. The reason for the bad reputation
is people not knowing how to rebuild them and the common practice of
incorrectly adjusting the secondary air valve to open up to soon which leads
to the common Bog on full acceleration. I've had great success with
changing the primary and secondary metering rod and other misc adjustment to
really bring them to life.
You should have no problem with the water pumps pressure with a good heater
core. I ran a small block in my AD for over 15 years with a factory heater
core and experienced no problems with the proper radiator cap.
Joe Garcia
Yuba City, CA
1950 Chevrolet 3100
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-----Original Message-----
From: Brian _ <pkupman57@hotmail.com>
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 7:35 AM
Subject: [oletrucks] long beds and quadrajets
>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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