351w swap and guages question.

86er · January 14th, 2009, 04:49 PM

i just did a quick skim, but I didnt see any info on the motor. Thats the biggest mistake people make in carb selection. Just throwing a carb on the car that doesnt work with the parts needed. cam duration, manifold rpm range. If its a stockish 351 i wouldnt go any bigger than a 650 tops.

throw the quadrabog away, and as stated make sure the vacuum source is good

1slo5.0 · January 14th, 2009, 05:05 PM

Originally Posted by 86er

just some random .02 cadillac on their big motors had 830's and i believe 850cfm quadrajets......

I don't remember for sure what the Cadillac 500s had off the top of my head but I thought it was something odd like 745 or something like that. Either way, Quadrajet and horsepower shouldn't be used in the same sentence because it is a contradiction of terms.

GT347SC · January 14th, 2009, 05:43 PM

Originally Posted by qwkvert

On subject again, why would you want to use the other factory guages as they are so inaccurate? Yes they can be made to work, but they serve no usefull purpose.

Personaly i just dont like dead guages. I used my MSD to trigger the stock tach and have a Autometer also, They both read the same all the time. I have wondered if the tach thing isnt a triggering issue. Not that it matters

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