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09-26-2016, 05:49 PM

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QJ's are about the simplest carb to work on.............send them to Mike

holley,s are much easier but after you do a few q jets it,s no big deal.

09-26-2016, 05:51 PM

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Been doing some clean-up tweaks to old school closed cooled carbed Merc 454s - stock 330HP flavor. Time to replace the flaky and encrusted Quadrajet carbs with something new, off the shelf, bolt on. I dont trust myself to do the carb rebuilds right and I hear they suck anyway.

What do you guys like? What would you pick up and what would you do to them set-up wise?

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S

if you replace the q jets i will buy them from you but they will need to be cheep.

09-26-2016, 06:26 PM

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QJ's are about the simplest carb to work on.............send them to Mike

Not too tough, I do a few a year typically...but definitely no where near as easy as a Holley with duel metering blocks and non stick gaskets.

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09-26-2016, 08:40 PM

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So many of the muscle cars back in the day had QJ's, but if you were lucky enough to have a DZ 302 Z28 , 375/396 or a 427 you get a Holley

09-26-2016, 08:48 PM

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imo a q jet on a stock 330 bbc boat engine is hard to beat when it works correctly.

09-26-2016, 10:23 PM

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So many of the muscle cars back in the day had QJ's, but if you were lucky enough to have a DZ 302 Z28 , 375/396 or a 427 you get a Holley

Which brings up a pro Holley statement - I would dare to say best carbs of all time where the Holley 3310's. I believe that series got started on the 454 LS6's.

The 3310's just worked...small block, big block, mild to somewhat wild.....perhaps 'runniest' carb of all time. It has my vote.

09-27-2016, 03:52 PM

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I have a Holley Marine 4150 on my 330. It took an adapter spacer, a new throttle cable mount, and a new fuel line to make it all work. I prefer the Holley platform just because they are easier to work on and I already had the parts to make it work. I cant really comment on performance since I never ran the boat with the q-jet but it runs flawlessly with the 4150.