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Offline omaha

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Milling the choke housing.
« on: January 12, 2011, 03:32:38 PM »
Does milling the choke housing work on a Q-jet?  (obviously it makes the choke inoperable).
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Offline Frank400

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Re: Milling the choke housing.
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2011, 06:42:10 PM »
Somebody correct me if I'm wrong but I think I recall reading somewhere (a while ago) that doing this actually hurts a Q-jet's flow.  It would be interesting to hear of some real world testing...

   Frank.
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Offline Cliff Ruggles

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Re: Milling the choke housing.
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2011, 04:59:51 AM »
I wouldn't touch it.  I've had my 1977 Pontiac q-jet on the dyno back to back against a dyno tuned HP950, and a few 850 Demon's and made more power.  The castings have never been touched anyplace by a grinder or sanding roll.  Since that carb easily supports close to 600hp and over 600ft lbs torque, little if anything to chase around with most engine set-ups......IMHO......Cliff
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