Quadrajet Problem Solving > Diagnose a Quadrajet carburetor problem
Cliff making a chart
oktorque:
I find this amusing and I want to make it clear that I value Cliff's expertise, but this forum has become useless.
What I find amusing is that the business has grown and you are making a decision not to keep up. You have an opportunity to expand and make more money. Why don't you create the chart I mentioned, showing/listing the various engines in diff. builds, and list the calibrations of a QJ for each, and hang it on the wall as a reference for a hired assistant. They could sit and take orders and make you money.
I mean consider this: I am a customer. I want to give you business. I posted on the forum to know what parts I need to buy. Two days passed. I didn't get a response. I still want to give you business. I called and left a ph. # , and got zero response. You have obviously spent many years building up your name and parts business, but now you are making a decision to let it go.
So now I will use the site where I can click and buy. I wanted to give you the business. This forum, by the way, is now useless. Good Luck.
Ethan1:
--- Quote from: oktorque on March 06, 2015, 10:06:47 AM ---I find this amusing and I want to make it clear that I value Cliff's expertise, but this forum has become useless.
What I find amusing is that the business has grown and you are making a decision not to keep up. You have an opportunity to expand and make more money. Why don't you create the chart I mentioned, showing/listing the various engines in diff. builds, and list the calibrations of a QJ for each, and hang it on the wall as a reference for a hired assistant. They could sit and take orders and make you money.
I mean consider this: I am a customer. I want to give you business. I posted on the forum to know what parts I need to buy. Two days passed. I didn't get a response. I still want to give you business. I called and left a ph. # , and got zero response. You have obviously spent many years building up your name and parts business, but now you are making a decision to let it go.
So now I will use the site where I can click and buy. I wanted to give you the business. This forum, by the way, is now useless. Good Luck.
--- End quote ---
No patience I guess. I don't find anything "amusing". Cliff is a busy man and from talking to him several times, he is old school. Call him up! Keep calling or try e-mailing him. He is a great guy. And no, this forum is not "useless". ::) Sorry, but I don't get it.
429bbf:
making a chart and calling it the god of charts would be useless. because somebody would copy it to a tee and then when it didn't run right they would blame the chart . every engine and every carb is different. 2 engines built by the same guy with the same parts will not run the same. most people i deal with want the answer they aren't willing to read or study or tinker to find the the perfect combo. they want the easy button.i deal with this everyday their to lazy to work on the solution they want the answer so they can lay around and do nothing while the other person does all the work.ive been a heavy equipment mech for close to 40 years and i tinker with quads for fun. i get bothered by more than 10 people every . because there to lazy to read the book . I've read it enough times that i have almost all the answers but I'm tired of giving them the easy button . maybe thats how cliff feels I'm not answering for him. some people should not take a quadajet apart . because its way past there skill level. i credit the ones that are trying to learn you can tell who they are by the question they ask.i learn by trial and error and i am not afraid to screw something up its all about learning . sorry for the rant but i get tired of people pushing the easy button.
Frank400:
In my opinion, and from everything I've learned here and by reading Cliff's book from cover to cover MANY times, such a chart can not apply to every single carb. I mean, they are almost all different, with different air bleed sizes, location, transfer slot lenght, etc etc.
What I've learned (I am not by any means an expert, but I am getting better every day by tinkering with those Q-jets) and what I believe is the most valuable, is I now know which part of the carb affects what and under which conditions, and I know how to improve one part without screwing the other.
Getting the "feel", as if you're on the rich or lean side is acquired by experience and practice as well. Practice, practice, practice, trial and error, it's a slow but very rewarding learning curve.
Last summer I installed a wideband air fuel gauge in my car, along with a vacuum gauge. Learned even more things, and makes me want to tinker some more.
If it wasn't for Cliff, his book and his parts, I'd have a lot less fun with my summer cars. They now all use less fuel, provide crispier response, and always start easily.
Frank.
Cliff Ruggles:
We have a new book in the works, and it will go much greater in depth and detail into high performance modifications......Cliff
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