Quadrajet carb. I am not able to identify it further. Fuel injection would sure be nice but the ~$2500-3000 for the parts give me pause. I am glad to get input from other people who have been down these roads before. Most of the time I think it...
I really appreciate this forum. There is so much wisdom here. I just ran elephant hill yesterday in a 100, nice and slow on those steep inclines. I would like to do that with the 40. My 40 struggled on steep inclines in Silverton CO despite...
I am looking for an engine recommendation. I have a 1970 FJ 40 that has a sbc in it and I am also struggling with the carburetor stalling on steep inclines, possibly also due to altitude. Adding fuel injection is about the cost of a new engine...
We've owned & driven both quite a bit (driven the HJ47 vastly more though). HJ47 is turbo'd & H55F, but the turbo only run 4psi in boost. I can't speak to the gearing in the axles, but for all three trucks we started out in 2nd most of the time...
On the tall skinny vs wide tire… the contact patch is the same between the two.
This guy scientifically tested both on the same truck and the findings are surprising.