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Title: 84 lwb 2wd scottsdale.
Post by: 84chvy on September 28, 2011, 09:22:35 pm
well yall. i cant post pics cuz it says its too big but heres the jist. my neighbor give me an 84 chevy scottsdale that had been sittin in a field for 8 years. i got 3 good tires on it, took off and cleaned the quadraJUNK carb and it ran. but i put it in geAr and it dont move. maybe it just needs some trans fluid. but im tryin to make me a nice truck for not a whole lot because im 14 years old an strapped for cash.  ..
Title: Re: 84 lwb 2wd scottsdale.
Post by: bigchevyc30 on September 28, 2011, 09:25:38 pm
have you checked the fluids. with the truck you will get to learn alot if you do the work yourself im 18 and have learned so much from my c-30 scottsdale dually.
Title: Re: 84 lwb 2wd scottsdale.
Post by: 84chvy on September 28, 2011, 09:27:31 pm
yeah it doesnt have any trans fluid so i havent ran it any more. but heck i got it for free and i have been around chevy motors all my life i have helped build many! im very exited.
Title: Re: 84 lwb 2wd scottsdale.
Post by: bake74 on September 30, 2011, 12:21:32 am
     Wow, 14 and somebody gave you a truck, that is great, just think you have 2 years to work on it so you can drive it.
Title: Re: 84 lwb 2wd scottsdale.
Post by: slammed79 on September 30, 2011, 12:55:16 am
Sweet hook up! Don't sell the Qjet short, I've got one on my 74 and it's a great runner. Much less finicky than a Holley and perfect for a DD IMO
Title: Re: 84 lwb 2wd scottsdale.
Post by: bake74 on September 30, 2011, 09:12:41 am
     If you rebuild the Q-jet right and know how to tune them right, they will out perform a holley any day.
Title: Re: 84 lwb 2wd scottsdale.
Post by: 84chvy on October 02, 2011, 10:17:15 pm
yeah i got a edelbrock permormer intake i might put that carb back on. idk yet tho.
Title: Re: 84 lwb 2wd scottsdale.
Post by: 1980c10 on October 02, 2011, 11:09:26 pm
Quote from: bake74 on September 30, 2011, 09:12:41 am
     If you rebuild the Q-jet right and know how to tune them right, they will out perform a holley any day.

As far as a q-jet vs holley; you should understand that the q-jet is a spread bore carb and the holley is a square bore carb. Properly tuned either will preform well as intended.

However a square bore carb will offer better a/f distribution at wide open throttle due to the primarys and secondaries being the same size and quicker throttle response period due to having a larger primary than a spreadbore carb.
Title: Re: 84 lwb 2wd scottsdale.
Post by: Captkaos on October 03, 2011, 11:17:55 am
keeping in mind you are going to be in wide open throttle less than 2% on a daily driver...
 
The Q-jet is much better for a street car, the Holley is better for a all out drag car, and even then with the right person working on it, the Q-jet is still a performer.  Holleys are inherently finicky also.

Check these cars out..  If it came with a Q-Jet, it HAS to run one..  And these cars are not slow... and they are doing this on factory tires....   http://www.fastraces.org
Title: Re: 84 lwb 2wd scottsdale.
Post by: bake74 on October 03, 2011, 10:08:36 pm
     That is a cool link capt.
Title: Re: 84 lwb 2wd scottsdale.
Post by: 1980c10 on October 04, 2011, 09:32:16 pm
Quote from: bake74 on October 03, 2011, 10:08:36 pm
     That is a cool link capt.

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