Nice comparo Doug

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Originally posted by 67 Indy L34:
Mike

Who was the correct manufacturer of the original Q-jet that was on the camaro? The Carter for GMC looks like the body was originally put on a truck. The Rochester looks original. Notice how there are extra stake marks for the data plate on the Carter.

Not really sure. Book refers to Rochester 4MV so I would assume they were Rochester built.

got a couple quick air cleaner questions

big block 396 air cleaner is gloss black-- is a basecoat clearcoat super shiny gloss black too much? same with the heater box? Would a spray bomb gloss black be better?

one more question for now. the air cleaner service inst. decal. where exactly does that go? under the lid directly on the underside of the engine id sticker?

thanks

jeb

Gary is gonna tell you what he did

GARY - GARY IF YOU ARE OUT THERE

CAN YOU PLEASE POST A PICTURE OF THE RIVETER THAT YOU HAVE TO RIVET GRILLE TO MLGS AND VALANCE ALONG WITH YOUR INPUT ON THE AIR CLEANER AND HEATER BOX


THANKS

JEB

Jeb/Dave,

Take a good read through my #3 update under the lounge section. Alot of your questions can be answered from my million questions asked. Here's a lik to an very good carb builder.

Posted 03 November 2008 05:40 PM Hide Post
I've rounded everything up but the correct shift lever coming out of the trans. The guy that is painting my Z11 said I could have the power glide parts he had. (Thanks Andy) I also just bought a 202 A7 Carb this afternoon that is being sent off for rebuild and coloring. Check out: http://www.carbjunkys.biz/

or:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...ME:X:RTQ:MOTORS:1123

Jim sounds like a great guy and restores them for $299. He says his work is much better than Holley. He replaces everything instead of only the faulty parts needing replaced?

Tom

Weave.. Looks good...price seems too good to be true.. Is the carb plated for 300? Looking forward to hearing more

His are yes. They are tits. Mine was done by superior-carburetor-service in Tampa FL. His price has gone up but still very good. Look at the pics and judge for yourself.

http://www.manta.com/c/mm7s949...r-carburetor-service

Sorry, I was in Vegas for SEMA and now I am playing catch up.
I have a new PC and still do not have everything loaded.
As far as the black goes, I am not the best person to talk to. I went with about five different black finishes. The heater box and air cleaner parts got gloss black. I tried spray bombs and had horrific reults(spitting, dripping, etc.) I finally ended up spraying them with acrylic enamel and a spray gun.
Put it this way, I did not lose any points in Concours judging, the way that I did them.

Oh, I forgot....the instuctions are silkscreened underneath the lid. A decal will get burned by backfiring and such.
They would be white on a black lid.

I would imagine using base-clear black would be way too show boat but using gloss straight enamel ( single stage paint ) would be the hot ticket.. The lid and the radiator always seemed to be the glossiest stuff I've noticed in the bay. the rest has some percentage of gloss but not 100% gloss.. Its a tough one but remember each production day, each vendor, each plant and each employee made things ever so slightly different.. If your in the ballpark your good in my book..

gary

do you have all of those riveters or is that just a pic of the style and or does it take more than one to do the frt end riveting?

just wondering

can you get them anywhere? where is the best place? i would be interested in getting one if possible.

thanks

jeb

anyone got a photo of the inside letters of the air cleaner?

is it possible to get it reprinted on the inside like factory anywhere?

thanks again

jeb

I know that somewhere it is probably on here and I am sure that I have read it somewhere but I will ask anyway

Masking off the exhaust ports on a big block?
how much of the flattened flange gets masked off if any and left bare or is it painted with manifolds on at the factory?

probably a duh question but just want to make sure!

jeb

does anybody have a photo of how much overspray is on a manual trans bellhousing? i have heard quite a bit but not sure




jeb