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Cast Iron Ford 4bbl intake Holley 4160 or Edelbrock 1409 but if the efi is working well, might as well wait till it needs to be done

Ah I see so as long as you keep the EFI system you have to use them. A carb conversion does make things easier

Is this because the EFI parts are mounted to the exhaust elbow, but the ones for carbed engines don't have that provision? If that's the...

Wonder if you have an air leak in the fuel line from the tank to the primer bulb…or a restriction in the fuel pick up tube…

Sounds good post up your results glad the electric chokes work properly. The will definitely open faster than the old manifold heated...

What I did was remove the metal fuel line at both the pump & carb (use a line wrench so you don't round off the hex fittings) and took...

I disconnected the steel line from the pump to the carb and made up a rubber line with the right size barbed fittings and put the fuel...

Did you replace the fuel pumps? Ever check the fuel pressure? Higher than normal fuel pressure (over 7 psi for a Quadrajet) can overcome...

There was a guy by the name of rick who was on the Bayliner Owners club and he was a marine mechanic in Washington State. He had made up...

Thinking more about it, I think the part of the driveshaft that's in the coupler, has to slide in/out a bit when you trim up/down or...

https://www.florida4x4.com/tech/quadrajet/qjtshoot.pdf probably more than you want to know, but the guy who wrote it is one of the Q-Jet...

Is the carb that's on it original to the original engine? Given the fact that the Vortec heads flow more air, I'd expect the original...

Well the driveshaft on the I/O can actually slide on the coupler splines not sure if this actually happens much but you are supposed to...

Interesting questions! The basic alignment is lining up the gimble bearing to the coupler which as you say is 2 points that have to...

I can't wait to hear your theory behind the mystery of how it unwound itself!