What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (38 Viewers)

[Skreddy]

Yeah... I was oversimplifying. My point is that the Q-Jet adjusts for far more driving conditions than a comparable Holley or Edlebrock (Carter). It's more similar to an FI system than either of those other carburetors while delivering better fuel economy and response.

I completely agree about the Q-jets. They are great carbs when in good condition and properly set up. I’ve run them on lots of small and big blocks of all power ranges. I’ve gotten lots for free or $20 or less because someone is always taking them off “for something better”.

 

[Pighead]

New grill badge. Really gives the Pig a classic car look.

 

[Mr. Green]

I love the cardboard diaper you have. I have a stash of those at home but haven’t thought to bring it along yet!

 

[Pighead]

I love the cardboard diaper you have. I have a stash of those at home but haven’t thought to bring it along yet!

I put the cardboard down recently to show location and quantity of oil leakage to help me determine if I should change the pan gasket or just change it's name to "Puddles".

 

[Rochfort]

Keep up the fight Dan. Congratulations and good job.

Hang in there buddy

 

[bikersmurf]

Never underestimate the importance of a ground.

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[mdsims]

Never underestimate the importance of a ground.

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Wait a minute, I thought it was…

 

[Michael B]

Buy the Quadrajet book by Cliff Ruggles. Well worth it to dial these carbs in. They will out perform anything but a well tuned FI system. The only problem with the much-maligned Q-Jet is always the last guy who worked on it.

I was raised on this saying: There’s nothing better than a good running Quadrajet and there’s nothing worse than a bad running Quadrajet.

 

[kbahus]

Saw this today, interesting way to reinforce a frame. There are a few gems in this photo.

 

[Chilkoot]

Took a page from the book of @wngrog with my special paint booth setup today. Snuck it in between the rain showers to get it done.

 

[rainingagain]

I was raised on this saying: There’s nothing better than a good running Quadrajet and there’s nothing worse than a bad running Quadrajet.

A grease monkey colleague of mine at the time used to call them quadrapukes! He hated them but I disagree. Like you said, when they are working and dialed in, they are a gem. They do have a service life and wear out; throttle shaft for example. They are a bit complex and you have to know what you are doing to set them up. And they are not for performance engines. There was a few years in the mid-90s where ethanol was eating all the gaskets on them and they would start puking fuel everywhere. There was a time when I could pull in to a Safeway or whatever and pick out the GMs with quadrajets because they stunk like ethonol gas.

 

[bernardbar3]

Refurbished the jump seat straps. Good rainy day project:View attachment 3893538

Mine are worn out as well. Need to do this. Yours look great.

 

[franklin40]

oil change, welded an exhaust hanger and swapped out winter tires to a set off another 40 i haven’t run for a few years! 33x12.5. they fit real nice

 

[Chuckha62]

... And they are not for performance engines.

I'll beg to differ on this, though... The standard Quadrajets flowed 750-780CFMs. The early 70's saw them on 455 BOP (Buick, Olds, Pontiacs) and they flowed 850CFM. With the small primaries, intake velocity came up quicker and gave you more bottom end grunt. Once the massive secondaries opened and the metering rods pulled from their seats, it was on!

All my performance cars ('67 GTO, '69 Vette and '63 Nova SS) performed better with the Quad than the Holley or Carter.

I have a text from my buddy from over the weekend, he set up the correct Quadrajet on his '69 400hp 427 Corvette (stunning car, by the way). His quote says, "It's a totally different car".

Yeah... I'm a fan (and I'm old)

 

[jhynesrockmtn]

I mostly finished a Sniper 2300 and Hyperspark installation on my 77. I still need to de-pin the unused wires and clean up the spark plug wires I made. The biggest to do will be a better heat shield on the intake manifold. I bought a bunch of parts from Red Line, but the heat shield didn't work because my intake is from an older model. I will also add some heat protection for the surge tank and more of the fuel lines. I have a temporary one in place on the intake using extra exhaust gasket material I had. I had to break out the welder to build some install parts including modifying the gas pedal, coil mount, mount for the pressure regulator, filter and surge tank. I bought the distributor from @zerotreedelta and wanted to thank @knuckle47 for advice along the way. I also had to source a factory air cleaner assembly. I used a RobbMC surge tank and pressure regulator. The dual battery setup and additional fuse panel in my truck made space in the engine bay difficult to find. I first installed the Sniper with my old distributor and coil, put about 40 miles on it and then did the Hyperspark installation. I did a short drive yesterday and will put more miles on today. The hyperspark added some pep off the line and really helped with the Sniper returning to idle more evenly. Before that, it would dip well below 750 and then regulate itself.

 

[zerotreedelta]

I mostly finished a Sniper 2300 and Hyperspark installation on my 77. I still need to de-pin the unused wires and clean up the spark plug wires I made. The biggest to do will be a better heat shield on the intake manifold. I bought a bunch of parts from Red Line, but the heat shield didn't work because my intake is from an older model. I will also add some heat protection for the surge tank and more of the fuel lines. I have a temporary one in place on the intake using extra exhaust gasket material I had. I had to break out the welder to build some install parts including modifying the gas pedal, coil mount, mount for the pressure regulator, filter and surge tank. I bought the distributor from @zerotreedelta and wanted to thank @knuckle47 for advice along the way. I also had to source a factory air cleaner assembly. I used a RobbMC surge tank and pressure regulator. The dual battery setup and additional fuse panel in my truck made space in the engine bay difficult to find. I first installed the Sniper with my old distributor and coil, put about 40 miles on it and then did the Hyperspark installation. I did a short drive yesterday and will put more miles on today. The hyperspark added some pep off the line and really helped with the Sniper returning to idle more evenly. Before that, it would dip well below 750 and then regulate itself.

Very nice - glad it found a home vs sitting on my shelf! Interesting to see the A/B test - I didn't have a before comparison, so couldn't tell if it made any differences from stock. Did you have to do any tuning changes?

Related to de-pinning, it may be worth keeping one of the signal wires and doing a hidden kill switch - it's pretty easy and cheap insurance:

Sniper Killswitch/Immobilizer - Weekend Project

A recent episode from the MCM guys down under about theft got my thinking - with a bit of trickery, one can actually add a bit of an "immobilizer switch" to the Holley Sniper. The simple Snipers we run only have two ground-trigger inputs, but one thing you can control with that is a secondary...

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[mattressking]

I’ve had an 8274 sitting in Reno for what might be a year….a buddy was finally passing through and brought it to me. Looks great once I actually mount it

Ran into a local - his wife was driving also which was cool.

 

[jhynesrockmtn]

Very nice - glad it found a home vs sitting on my shelf! Interesting to see the A/B test - I didn't have a before comparison, so couldn't tell if it made any differences from stock. Did you have to do any tuning changes?

Related to de-pinning, it may be worth keeping one of the signal wires and doing a hidden kill switch - it's pretty easy and cheap insurance:

Sniper Killswitch/Immobilizer - Weekend Project

A recent episode from the MCM guys down under about theft got my thinking - with a bit of trickery, one can actually add a bit of an "immobilizer switch" to the Holley Sniper. The simple Snipers we run only have two ground-trigger inputs, but one thing you can control with that is a secondary...

forum.ih8mud.com

I only got to do the basic setup last night. I drove it a couple of miles and it ran great. This morning it initially felt like it was missing on one cylinder. Ran better when it warmed up, but dieseled on shut down. I'm wondering if I didn't go through the initial timing settings right. I did adjust it to 7 btdc per the instructions and then cleared it, but it was showing 15 btdc on the handheld going to work this morning. More poking around to do.

 

[Nothinghead]

I’ve had an 8274 sitting in Reno for what might be a year….a buddy was finally passing through and brought it to me. Looks great once I actually mount it

Ran into a local - his wife was driving also which was cool.

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@Owyhee Jackass ?

 

[sleepycruiser]

Installed new turn signals on the ‘64.

Also rolled over 88k…or 188k….or 288k…or 388k….488k….1,088,000…who knows. I really think it is 88k given the condition of everything.