Cliff's Quadrajet Parts and Rebuild Kits
General Category => Quadrajet Carb Talk and Tips => Topic started by: Vince57 on November 30, 2013, 05:57:29 PM
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Can I modify a marine carb to use on a vehicle? If so, what mods do I need to do? I believe that the marine carbs don't have the idle air/fuel mixture adjustments but I may be wrong. The carb I have is a 17057282.
For reference, I am building a V8 trike with a TH350 trans and a Corvette C4 rear.
The engine is also from a boat. It is a .060 over 350 4 bolt main 9:1 compression with the largest hydraulic Crane cam I could get at the time but I don't remember the specs on it. The heads have had extensive work (port, polish c c'd) and I am using an Edelbrock performer manifold.
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Marine units will have a much richer idle and cruise system, as they were designed to run on engines with no vacuum advance. They work fine on most non-emission set-ups without a lot of help, but may be a tad "thirsty" unless you lean them up a bit.....Cliff