If your TQ is a good one (and if you are getting 15-16 mpg you need to put
an armed guard around it) and yours seems to be. Once it warps or gives
problems it becomes a different story. The WCFB and AFBs are WONDERFUL
carbs, simple, dependable, and efficient.
KerryP
Patch panels fabricated
Pinkertonk@xxxxxxxxx
dte.net/57imperial
Imperials -- 50 Limo, 57 roadster, 61's, 62, 68 Convert, 73, a 66 300 and a
bunch of lesser marques
----- Original Message -----
From: Roger Farrar <tenpalms@xxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: IML: TQ's and other carbs
> <<<<<<<<Phil wrote:
> The solution to most TQ problems is an Edlebrock 1406...been there, done
> that. It's a perfect fit with factory air cleaner.>>>>>>>>>>
>
> Not sure I'd agree with that. If you take that reasoning to it's logical
> conclusion, what you have is the
> guy who says the solution to all
> these old-car problems is to just buy
> a new car and junk these old crates.
>
> To each his own. It's hard to know where to draw the line. Most of us
> would agree that modern lubricants
> and tires make sense. We mostly repaint our cars with modern paints and
> methods. And who wants to drive around with no seat belts ?
> But remember the poor guy who put a
> Delcotron alternator on? Yow-eee!!
> But what's really the difference between that and the racer-boy carbs?
> Visibility?
>
> We have Edelbrocks on our CJ5 and on our 56 Imp. They're OK, I guess, but
> I'm in process of building up an
> original WCFB for the 56. It's a good thing I don't drive the Jeep much
> because the mileage is hopeless. On the other hand, the Thermo-Quad on
> our 73 LeBaron starts and runs perfectly, and returns an honest 17-18
> mpg at a steady 60-65. The hard start
> after a hot soak is easily solved with an insulator kit, never had any
more
> problem after installing that, and the
> originality is important to us. It may be less so to others. And the
> insulator kit is not stock, for that matter. Like I said, it's hard to
know
> where to draw the line.
>
> Cheers
> Michael
>
> Roger and Michael in San Diego
> 67 Crown Convertible "Moby"
> 73 LeBaron Coupe "La Bomba"
> 56 Sedan
>
>
>
>
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