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Thanks! I bought it this way but have gone back through everything. It’s roughly 4.5/6, 2.5” McGauphys spindles, big block springs with 1 cool cut and an axle flip. I wanna trim another half cool off the front but it sits and rides good as is
What swap are you doing?
(Here goes my opinion again)....those quadrajets are a very badass carb when tuned up properly, but then again I am bias (well I am now, I used to hate them)!!! I had a Holley 6-fiddy on my 455 Rocket Olds, and it did not perform close to that of my re-built quadrajet I had on my Olds 350 Rocket.
My dad knows those carbs inside & out (I still don't get it!!) and he did a full rebuild on the carb for my 350 Rocket that I built up (had that engine in my '80 Olds 2-door Delta 88 Brougham) and holy balls, when he was done it would literally make that tank car rocket! Nothing better than hearing a massive vacuum under the hood with all 4-barrels open singing her American glory and being pressed back into the seat....so once again, he had proven me wrong when I told him quadrajets sucked....
I plan to build a quadrajet (with my dad's assistance, again) for the 455 going in the 76 square, if it performs anything like my 350 did this will be fun as hell!!
Nothing better than the seat of pants horsepower gains!What swap are you doing?
(Here goes my opinion again
My dad knows those carbs inside & out (I still don't get it!!) and he did a full rebuild on the carb for my 350 Rocket that I built up (had that engine in my '80 Olds 2-door Delta 88 Brougham) and holy balls, when he was done it would literally make that tank car rocket! Nothing better than hearing a massive vacuum under the hood with all 4-barrels open singing her American glory and being pressed back into the seat....so once again, he had proven me wrong when I told him quadrajets sucked....
I plan to build a quadrajet (with my dad's assistance, again) for the 455 going in the 76 square, if it performs anything like my 350 did this will be fun as hell!!
Awesome, I put the 4.5/6 kit on my truck and have been dying to know what it's going to look like. It's scattered all over the garage right now though.
You won’t be disappointed. I also have Belltech SP shocks. It rides great. My only complaint is that I wish the rear was a little more controlled. The shocks are mounted in the stock locations and they’re at a pretty steep angle, so they don’t function quite like they should.
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).....well we were stopped and waiting to turn left, light turned green so I slowly rolled into the intersection about 8 foot and then hammered it to the floor, that damned thing lit right up (vacuum sound again), we went sideways and I held it to the floor until it straightened out and went it got traction my buddies were laying into the seats saying "holy **** are you kidding me, we thought you were kidding".....the sound of those 42 inch glasspacks was insane, not crackling either, I can't describe it really...
Thanks! I agree, the PO did a good job on it. I want the front down another 1/2” or so but not too far
Oh man I love that sound!!!! Good choice 82!!!
Even in my dads 78 Suburban Camper special (what a beautiful rig!! Two tone, tan (in center) and white (top & bottom), black tinted windows, lights all along running boards, top lights on windshield visor, custom rolled grill, dual exhaust dumped behind rear tires, 42 inch long glasspacks, non-emissions 454 (he took all that crap off)).....wow I went on a tangent there, sorry guys!!!
Anywhoo....he built the quadrajet for that too for pulling the big camper (he said he did bigger jets all around, something with the pump...blah blah carb blah...whatever language he uses that I am trying to learn myself), and I guess the old trick on some of these also was to flip the air cleaner cover upside-down for more air so he did that too, but holy crap balls you talk about a vacuum sound under the hood, I had never heard one like that baby before!!!! I have also never seen a suburban lightly squat in the rear, with the left front picking up a bit when you nail her to the boards from a dead stop and sounding like all hell was going to break loose. I don't know WTF else he messed with on that engine when he replaced the crank & cam but holy **** that thing was a ride!!!
So, one night I had my buddies with me going to Rochester MN from Zumbrota where we lived, ran it up to about 100 mph on the 4 lane around 9:30 pm one night to get to a game store before they closed (very important ya know, them video games
On the way home at a stop light I asked the guys if they had ever seen a suburban go sideways and laying rubber and then get pressed into the seats, they all said "whatever, this tank can't do that" and they were laughing at me (I love a challenge
Sorry if this post shouldn't be here, but I have fond memories of the two suburbans my dad owned years back, and I do miss them. Talk of the quadrajet's though brought back some of those memories of me thinking I knew everything until my dad would prove me wrong...
Fired her up so she could jump the old lady.
I guess Goldie is a kinky old gal ...
5 year old battery in the wifes truck gave up the ghost at the gas station.
First kill for Goldie!
Pyrrhic victory, though, cause guess who went home, and who went to Wally World to buy a new battery?
Just paid that card off today, too...
And, who got to install it by trouble light since said wifey did not want to drive the Cobalt in case she needed to go somewhere tomorrow?
Yeah.
Not to nit pick too much, but I definitely recommend that you install the lower fan shroud to ensure proper cooling
Thanks for the heads up, I had a 73 I6 3 on the tree no a/c with full shroud. Learned something today!!
