Edelbrock intake fit?

[OneShot]

Friends,

The day has finally come. I've heard horror stories about the Rochester quadrajet from every Chevy guy I've ever met. My truck is running rich, so I ordered the long flexible adjustment tool to lean er up.

It doesn't come in till next week, but it got me thinking. I HATE all the terrible vacuum lines in my engine compartment. I'm thinking it's time to switch to an edelbrock performer intake. Problem is, I see they are built for edelbrock carbs. I'm currently looking at the edelbrock 2701. Will this bolt up to my q jet?

Truck specs:
1979 C20
350, stock carb and manifold.
4bbl q jet (with annoying her adjustment screws that are a PITA to get to)

Thanks!

 

[Georgeb]

Your gonna want to look at a an intake designed for use with a spread bore carb.

 

[74 Shortbed]

The 2701 is a square bore intake for Holley and Edelbrock/Carter, the Performer is a spread bore for the Q-Jet, you can use the 2701 with a Q-Jet but you'll have to use an adapter.. BTW, only reason you heard horror stories is because they don't know/understand how a Q-Jet works..

 

[Georgeb]

The 2701 is a square bore intake for Holley and Edelbrock/Carter, the Performer is a spread bore for the Q-Jet, you can use the 2701 with a Q-Jet but you'll have to use an adapter.. BTW, only reason you heard horror stories is because they don't know/understand how a Q-Jet works..

I heard horror stories too untill I got one and had it working flawlessly.

 

[74 Shortbed]

I heard horror stories too untill I got one and had it working flawlessly.

Yep, they're not rocket science just different and just like any other carb, if you don't understand how it works you have no clue on how to tune one, it's a shame people won't take the time to learn how they work instead of bashing them, they do give good performance and mileage..

 

[MikeB]

Yep, they're not rocket science just different and just like any other carb, if you don't understand how it works you have no clue on how to tune one, it's a shame people won't take the time to learn how they work instead of bashing them, they do give good performance and mileage..

Exactly. Just like you hear some guys bashing Holleys or Edelbrocks. The problem is the bashers are sometimes "trusted mechanics with lots of experience". So what's a guy to think?

If I had a Q-jet, I'd buy the book by Cliff Ruggles and figure out how to make it work. And go here for the proper parts and tech support.
http://www.cliffshighperformance.com/

 

[Green79Scottsdale]

You don't need to get a different intake to get rid of the vacuum lines either. I got rid of my lines when I rebuilt my Qjet. If your engine is pretty much stock, a Performer intake is not going make a huge noticeable gain in performance either. Learn how to tune the Qjet and optimize what you have, IMO.

 

[Georgeb]

You don't need to get a different intake to get rid of the vacuum lines either. I got rid of my lines when I rebuilt my Qjet. If your engine is pretty much stock a Performer I take is not going make a huge noticeable gain in performance either. Learn how to tune the Qjet and optimize what you have, IMO.

Good idea!

 

[74 Shortbed]

Exactly. Just like you hear some guys bashing Holleys or Edelbrocks. The problem is the bashers are sometimes "trusted mechanics with lots of experience". So what's a guy to think?

If I had a Q-jet, I'd buy the book by Cliff Ruggles and figure out how to make it work. And go here for the proper parts and tech support.
http://www.cliffshighperformance.com/

Yeah, thing is the "trusted mechanics with lots of experience" don't have experience with "everything", it's a matter of preference but just because you don't like something and don't understand it no need to bash it. I'm not really a fan of the Q-Jet mainly for lack of simplicity but I learned how they work and how to tune them, and I use them because they flat out work good..

That is a good book to learn them, that's where I get my parts too, they have quality stuff..