Further to another post detailing carburetor woes in '59-261..
'Rochester' arrived from China. To my surprise, car runs and drives fine. Longevity, well, we'll see..
Purist that I am, this is absolutely temporary. I can use the car for now, and wait for a rebuilt that I've ordered from Autoline as a result of a tip from a kind gent in Morris MB.
Chinese unit will make a fine spare for emergency use. An option if you're really stuck.
Sometimes the cheap overseas junk is sold by aGM dealer? I am a big sceptic of Chinese parts but they do have some half decent stuff once in a while. Id keep driving that Chinese carb and use the Autoline as a spare, if it aint broke, dont fix it?
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
there was a pretty in depth discussion looking into the Chinese knock-off Quadrajets on the Performance Years forum (?)last year; The concensus (iirc) was that the knock off carbs marketed for smaller engines were decent, but the Quadrajet needed extra work, and could be fixed, but an original USA (re)manufactured one was going to likely perform better, with less modification.
-- Edited by unruhjonny on Tuesday 19th of July 2022 06:15:09 PM
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1970 Formula 400 Carousel Red on black (std) interior "no drivetrain option" car (same base drivetrain as GTO) 1:411 1970 Firebird Formulas originally sold in Canada
