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mlincoln
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Now that's what I've been looking for...do you have any pictures of this modification, Gary? Do you know if this works on the quadrajets fitted to the 403s?
I need to get my carburetor rebuilt...I wonder if this fellow Dick Patterson can do what you describe.
Best, Mike
Born a Buckeye, but went to U of Mich, normally living in Utah
1978 Royale
On Feb 17, 2010, at 10:46 PM, Kosier wrote:
> Mike,
>
> On the late Q-Jets, there is an adjustable part throttle screw,
> which regulates the height of the primary needles in the jet.
> Directly above it is an aluminum plug. Knock the plug out and
> tap the hole for 3/8" thread. put a short socket head
> set-screw in it. Take a fairly long 5/16" bolt, cut the threads
> off and slot the end. To change the mixture, you have to
> stop, raise the engine lid, remove the bonnet from the carb,
> remove the set screw and adjust the APT screw. Not as easy
> as leaning the mixture on a plane, but you can't pull the plane
> to the side of the road and shut it off. Works for me!
>
> Gary Kosier
> 77EII & 77PB
> Newark, Ohio
>
> ----- Origial Message -----
> From: "Michael Lincoln" <mlincoln1@gmail.com>
> To: <gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 8:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Injection versus Carbs
>
>
>> Has anyone tried a carb (a fixed carb, not an
>> altitude-adjusting one) that has been specifically leaned for
>> altitude? Does it detonate (too lean) at sea level? I'm
>> thinking that one of the experienced tinkerers might know.
>>
>> In airplane flying in the Rockies one leans to peak rpm (fixed
>> pitch prop), then richens to make the exhaust gas temp 50-100
>> degrees cooler for takeoff. There's a big difference in power:
>> running full rich (firewalled mixture control) compared to
>> optimally leaned makes a huge difference in a high
>> density-altitude situation. In the Utah mountains I once
>> foolishly filled up a Cessna 152 (a little underpowered
>> straight-tailed 152 from the 1950's) with avgas the night
>> before, and then took off the next day. My friend and I flew
>> the plane in ground effect for three miles to the edge of Bryce
>> Canyon (airport was 9000 MSL), in order to throw ourselves off
>> the edge and get some altitude beneath us. If I hadn't leaned
>> for altitude I'm sure we would never have even gotten into
>> ground effect. (By the time we got to the Grand Canyon 45 min
>> later, I had thermaled to 14,500 feet, and LA Center didn't
>> believe our type aircraft--an 89 hp 152--given our
>> altitude-encoding transponder rea
>> ding, but that's what rising air will do for you).
>>
>> Therefore I suspect an optimal air *mass* to fuel mixture might
>> make a significant difference in the GMC too. But, without the
>> manual mixture control, it may be that the altered air/fuel
>> volumetric mixture of the "mountain carb", when running at low
>> altitude with the air mass much greater, would result in a too
>> lean situation, with unacceptable detonation or at least higher
>> cylinder head/EGT and wear in the valve train.
>>
>> Has anyone tried it?
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> On Feb 17, 2010, at 6:57 PM, Ken Henderson wrote:
>>
>>> Mike,
>>>
>>> Larry W. must be off line while travelling or he'd have chimed
>>> in: He got
>>> all excited about an altitude compensated Quadrajet he came
>>> across. He
>>> spent a lot of time and his expertise on getting it working --
>>> for a while.
>>> From what I recall of what he told me, it worked great as long
>>> as he kept
>>> working on it. As if the QJ's not complicated enough, imagine
>>> what those
>>> extra bellows, jets, needles, etc., would add. I don't
>>> remember whether
>>> he's running it right now -- I don't think so -- but I do know
>>> he's planning
>>> on port injecting his Cad 500 ASAP.
>>>
>>> Ken H.
>>> Americus, GA
>>> '76 X-Birchaven
>>> www.gmcwipersetc.com
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 6:34 PM, Matt Colie
>>> <mcolie@chartermi.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> mlincoln wrote on Mon, 15 February 2010 16:31
>>>>> Does anyone have actual experience with "splitting the
>>>>> difference" in the
>>>> Quadrajet enrichment to suit a MSL of 4500 to 5000 feet? I
>>>> was once told
>>>> that some old Detroit iron came with a "high altitude option"
>>>> (possibly a
>>>> re-metered carb?). A shop in ...
>>>>
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By: Larry on Mon, 15 February 2010 14:40
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By: mlincoln on Mon, 15 February 2010 15:31
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Re: [GMCnet] Injection versus Carbs
By: Kosier on Wed, 17 February 2010 21:46
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Re: [GMCnet] Injection versus Carbs
By: mlincoln on Wed, 17 February 2010 22:01
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