[Mr T81]

Interesting comments, front fuel inlet is pretty important I guess.
I heard about Cliff's book and plan on getting one. But I cant wait
6 to 10 months for a carb. The Holley is not working properly and I
want to try a split bore carb. By the way, it does not really matter
to me if it's numbers matching or not.

[72LuxuryLeMansLa.]

Originally Posted by Mr T81

Interesting comments, front fuel inlet is pretty important I guess.
I heard about Cliff's book and plan on getting one. But I cant wait
6 to 10 months for a carb. The Holley is not working properly and I
want to try a split bore carb. By the way, it does not really matter
to me if it's numbers matching or not.

I called this guy and gave him the specs of my new build and he supposedly set up the carburetor accordingly. We shall see. I received the carburetor as promised and will use it on my new build. It looks great, every part has been refinished and it has the Adjustable Part Throttle.

http://www.smicarburetor.com/product.../productID/839

Karl

[Bruce Meyer]

Im pretty sure Cliff is the only rebuilder that properly fixes the leaky fuel well plugs on all Q-jets. Just putting epoxy over those plugs only lasts a year or so.

[Mr T81]

Maybe I'll get a carb from Summit Racing. If I have any problems with
the carb I can always send to Cliff for rebuild over the winter.

750 or 800 CFM

[Young Pontiac Guy]

There is a guy that uses all of Cliffs methods, recommends all of his kits and then rebuilds them over on Transamcountry.com. His name is Maryland Bandit. His turnaround time is 10-14days. If you get a core, he can redo it.

I would recommend calling Cliff for your kit and telling him what you have in terms of cam, heads, rear gear, tranny, plans for the car if you decide to use Maryland Bandit. As all know, he is the man! According to the link below, Cliff will drop ship the kit to Cliff for a rebuild.

Here is a link:
http://transamcountry.com/community/...?topic=38779.0

IMO- Summit will not be specifically dialed in for your car. If you call Cliff, it will be.

[rexs73gto]

As I said before ALL the summit carbs are chevy side inlet only. If you want a true Pontiac carb you have to use a true Pontiac carb. Also most all of the carbs after 76 have the APT valve built into them. Depending on who you talk to it may or may not be important to use. Again all Pontiac carbs after 76 also are the 800 cfm carbs, even the 301 carbs are 800 cfm carbs. The carb I run on my 500 HP 461 is from a 301 & it works great. I had to do a little bit of work on it as far as changeing the primary jets & the secondary rods, but it works fine. The car runs mid 11's with the 301 800 cfm carb.

[gregneun]

Competent carburetor rebuilders are not exactly an endangered species. The Q-jet has been around for over 45 years and most of the secrets are out there. It's not like there haven't been a couple million of them rebuilt since 1967.

What you need is a good core and a competent shop. The skills required to rebuilding these are somewhere between rocket science and brain surgery.

I mean no disrespect to Mr. Ruggles and I am a customer since I bought his book.

That said, I can name a few shops around here that could do a decent job of rebuilding one. People that work with these everyday become very good at what they do.

These guys are within 1/2 mile of my house and I don't think you could call them amatures or that they don't know what they are doing.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/290919920139...9#ht_282wt_917

Info on these carbs are all over, watch the redneck guy on YouTube explain them. Think he could do a competent job of rebuilding one?

Greg