Heyas.
I have the '86 that was stalling when i pushed on the brakes. Six mechanics later i found one (the guy with twenty cars in his yard that all run great and lives and breathes small block chevys) that was trustworthy and actually seemed interested in the problem. it turns out the culprit was in fact the dirty quadrajet carb. i bought an Edelbrock 600 carb and my brother in law had a brand new Air Gap intake manifold that he traded me for doing some wiring in his attic. the mechanic ended up pulling a distributor off a camaro he had laying around along with a few other bits and pieces. He did away with all the emission controls (they don't test up here in Michigan, hehe) and the car runs sooo good now. no more rpm dips and flutters. no more stalling at stop signs. i'm curious how much horsepower it gained, or if it's just all in my head that the car feels like it's got way more get-up-and-go.
the only snag we ran into was the connection on the throttle kickdown cable. the cable end is supposed to slip over a nut on the carb, but the connection on the car is a hole. he said he could've macguyver'd something, but he's gonna try to find a legit way to do it, first. he wants me to bring the car back to him in a few days anyway so he can check for leaks and do any tuning that's needed (pretty awesome customer service, i must say).
also, i'm gonna need a new air filter. the setup sits a little higher now and the old one doesn't fit. any suggestions or preferences for the new one?
anyway, here's a pic of all the space that's in the engine compartment now. i shoulda took one of the pile of hoses and other junk that came outta there.
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I have the '86 that was stalling when i pushed on the brakes. Six mechanics later i found one (the guy with twenty cars in his yard that all run great and lives and breathes small block chevys) that was trustworthy and actually seemed interested in the problem. it turns out the culprit was in fact the dirty quadrajet carb. i bought an Edelbrock 600 carb and my brother in law had a brand new Air Gap intake manifold that he traded me for doing some wiring in his attic. the mechanic ended up pulling a distributor off a camaro he had laying around along with a few other bits and pieces. He did away with all the emission controls (they don't test up here in Michigan, hehe) and the car runs sooo good now. no more rpm dips and flutters. no more stalling at stop signs. i'm curious how much horsepower it gained, or if it's just all in my head that the car feels like it's got way more get-up-and-go.
the only snag we ran into was the connection on the throttle kickdown cable. the cable end is supposed to slip over a nut on the carb, but the connection on the car is a hole. he said he could've macguyver'd something, but he's gonna try to find a legit way to do it, first. he wants me to bring the car back to him in a few days anyway so he can check for leaks and do any tuning that's needed (pretty awesome customer service, i must say).
also, i'm gonna need a new air filter. the setup sits a little higher now and the old one doesn't fit. any suggestions or preferences for the new one?
anyway, here's a pic of all the space that's in the engine compartment now. i shoulda took one of the pile of hoses and other junk that came outta there.
