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Eddie O:
Hello, new to the site and getting ready to rebuild a 17058213 on a 78 Chevy C10 "Big 10". Truck hasn't been used in a while and I bought it at an estate sale. One owner w/71K miles. Had to replace the fuel pump to get it running and then drove it about 8 miles home. Idles great, but sputters and try's to die when I give it gas. Anyway, I'm looking to get a rebuild kit from Cliff and wondering if there is anything special I need for this carb since it is a Big 10 and without your normal emissions requirements. Also, any recommendations on how to improve performance on the stock 350 engine with automatic transmission. I have no intentions of rebuilding the engine or modifying for performance anytime soon. I just want it to run right. I haven't rebuilt a Quadrajet or any other 4 barrel in about 40 years. Any help or recommendation will be appreciated along with should I just get a standard kit to rebuild or the SR?

quadrajam:
Nice find.
I would say a carb rebuild, tuneup, maybe a dual exhaust setup would
be about it for a relatively inexpensive improvement. You can keep the
stock manifolds for now.

Cliff has some high quality parts and going for the best kit will include
parts that cover all the common problems. And get the book too. It will
enlighten you on lots of things we didn't know 40 years ago.

Make sure your timing advance both vacuum and centrifugal are correct.
Invest in a timing tape and pointer for your balancer.
Choke pull-off also needs to work correctly.

That's all that comes to mind now,Lots of knowledgeable cats on this forum
to help you out.
Good luck

 

Cliff Ruggles:
That is an excellent carburetor and doesn't need any help anyplace to work fine on the stock engine.  At most I would tap the access hole to the APT so you can make fine tuning adjustments with the APT once placed in service.  I can supply that part with a rebuild kit......

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