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Hi all,
I am trying to decide whether to keep my 4 barrel rochester or upgrade to a bigger carby. Maybe a Holley 600. But I don't know that much about the subject. It will be sitting on a red 308 with 3spd auto box. The only problem with the roddy is that the primary butterfly valve sticks and won't close properly... so it sounds like I am sucking too much air whenever I accelerate. Anyone got any suggestions / advise ?
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It's not my area, but I've seen it come up here many times before... if you want to tune your engine to go hard, but chew the juice, it seems the Holley may be the go. But if you're after a well behaved engine, you might be better off putting a kit throu
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Quadrajets are around 750-850cfm, so a 600 Holley is a smaller carb. The Quadrajet has baby primaries, so that under normal driving they are much more efficient than a squarebore Holley. Given that Hume performance sell fully remanufactured Quadrajets fro |
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Cheers guys,
I am gonna keep the roddy, and take it to a carby servicer here in Darwin. He reckons it just needs a service and maybe some new springs. Thanks for your assistance.
Simon.
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