Any Carb Gurus?

[Beefer]

I have a Rochester QuadraJet on my 488r. The number on the carb is 17081299. Is this interchangeable with the Rochester QJ with number 17081297? Can an automotive carb be used in a marine environment?

 

[Bt Doctur]

Re: Any Carb Gurus?

Because of how it`s vented, No.

 

[Beefer]

Re: Any Carb Gurus?

Ok. Are carbs interchangeable? If so, how do you know what yours can be interchanged with?

 

[180shabah]

Re: Any Carb Gurus?

Is your existing carb not rebuildable???

 

[xltier]

Re: Any Carb Gurus?

marine carbs r jetted fatter also because they r always under a load.vacumn is different also.i bought a qjet on ebay,new one.worked great.i think it was around $250.00

 

[Alpheus]

Re: Any Carb Gurus?

Rebuild yours...

http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=362542&highlight=quadrajet+video

 

[CV16]

Re: Any Carb Gurus?

I replaced my dads quadrajet with an Edlebrock 1409. Had to buy an adapter kit, but it went on with no problems and works great. Holley also makes one, but I would have had to wait a few weeks to get it.

 

[bigdan1]

Re: Any Carb Gurus?

quadajet are way better on response & fuel economy (for same performance)

and yes a car carb can be installed on your engine if same jetting !

but if yoy have no mecanical skills , better keep yours and get it rebuild

 

[Beefer]

Re: Any Carb Gurus?

The reason I was asking, mine does need to be rebuilt, but a buddy of mine has a Rochester QJet that he was going to put on a TransAm he's restoring, but after he bought the carb, made some changes and went with a Holley of some sort, and has this carb just sitting there. He's offering it to me (for free), but I don't want it if I can't use it. I'll be getting the number off it later today.

 

[Shamus O'toole]

Re: Any Carb Gurus?

Don't use it. Your in largo, head over to Gearhead Performance and get an Edelbrock 1409.

https://gearheadperformance.net/Home.html

 

[Beefer]

Re: Any Carb Gurus?

Don't use it. Your in largo, head over to Gearhead Performance and get an Edelbrock 1409.

https://gearheadperformance.net/Home.html

I'm also down the street from Flying Fish Carbs, where I was thinking of taking mine.

Is the E 1409 ok for marine? And what is the advantage to it over the R QJet?

 

[Shamus O'toole]

Re: Any Carb Gurus?

http://www.edelbrock.com/automotive_new/mc/carbs_acc/marine.shtml

I've sold hundreds of these carbs over the years. Only complaints I ever had came from people that had no business working on a boat (just stupid stuff realy). That Q-jet isn't a bad carb if you can find the right person to rebuild it and tune it. The Edelbrock is more user friendly.