Nother carb for the Riv.....

Well, I have purchased a 670 cfm holley to go on the 425.... we will see how much better it runs with that... I am hoping that the fuel mileage stays about the same,,,,[18 mpg out on the road] if I can just keep from stomping the loud pedal too much.....

Pity you can't replace the 4-Jet with a Quadra-jet...

Eldo wrote:

Pity you can't replace the 4-Jet with a Quadra-jet...

Not a big fan of Holley carb's. Quadra-jet is easier to tune IMO.

Wellllll,,,,, Did you ever notice that when GM and Ford and Chrysler really wanted to go fast , they used Holleys or Webbers , not qjets????
Actually I am more familiar with holleys because I have been to school on them, and for me , they are easy to work on and to tune...

Well, I got the carb ready,,, I cut the choke tower off, and did all the basic settings ,,, Idles really smooth and responds in a crisp manner to the throttle.... now all that remains is to make a road trip with the car and see how the mileage does;....

Sweet. I actually had to rebuild a Q-Jet from a 6.6L TA last week. Right down to cutting out the front to expose the adjustments. It wasn't fun....

Glad to hear it's runnin smooth. Hopefully the gas mileage is acceptable.

Doc,
Have you ever posted pic's of your car and engine on here anywhere.
I did a look see and couldn't find anything.
If you could direct me to some pic's I'd appreciate it.
Rick

No, Rick, I havent,,,, I am not real computer savvy,,,, I know how to send them by email , but not direct to a web site....If I could I would make some pics and send them....

doc, how's the 670? I'm looking at one currently for my project

James,
How is the project coming along.???
Forgot what site you said it was on, could you refresh my memory a bit. I wanna take a look see, at what's going on.
Rick

Well, it is great to hear from You, James....
The carb is great... it is just like every other holley that I have ever had,,,, Wonderfull... I got it installed, drove it around, made a couple of small changes and the results have been great..... actually what I had to do to get it situated was rebuilding the air cleaner like I wanted to..... I adapted the original ''pancake'' air cleaner into a ''cold air'' type,,,, you know,,, ''redneck ramair''.... the other day I drove it on a short trip and apparantly it is getting just as much or slightly more gas mileage....I am well pleased with it .... How is your project coming along?????

haha, redneck ramair.

I updated my thread with as much as I could say. thanks for the info on the carb!