Author Topic: 1976 Chevy Q-jet with front fuel inlet  (Read 1030 times)

Offline Glutenfreecarbs

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1976 Chevy Q-jet with front fuel inlet
« on: June 02, 2021, 04:14:04 AM »
Sometimes I swear my cores purchasing guy intentionally seeks out oddballs just to mess with me. This is a P/N 17056212; luckily Cliff's book mentions these, or else I would still be scratching my head....

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Re: 1976 Chevy Q-jet with front fuel inlet
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2021, 04:25:48 PM »
BTW, this carb had the skinniest primary rods I've ever seen: 32B! You can hardly even see the taper from .032 to .026; they just look like needles....

Offline Cliff Ruggles

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Re: 1976 Chevy Q-jet with front fuel inlet
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2021, 03:21:55 AM »
Those were used on the 454 engines in Suburbans back in the mid-1970's.  They may have used them elsewhere but that's where I remember seeing them.  They have odd calibrations as you are seeing with tiny primary metering rods to put more fuel to the engine at light engine load.......