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quadraget CFM on a L48 Motor (1/7)
 7/15/17 8:57pm
carls73
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looking for the cfm rating on my 1973 L48 quadrajet, anyone know where I can find the info?
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Re: quadraget CFM on a L48 Motor (2/7)
 7/15/17 9:10pm
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Most of them are in the 600-650 range.

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Re: quadraget CFM on a L48 Motor (3/7)
 7/15/17 9:42pm
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1973 Orange Metallic Coupe (orig owner), L82, 4 spd (WR), PS, (A/C & PW (I installed from wrecked 73)), leather, AM/FM Stereo, ran with '65 FI unit earlier & will again some day.


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Here's some info:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuqz5Bs96Tw

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrajet

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Some reading:

https://www.motorstate.com/Quadrajet.htm

Hope this helps. Basically the Q-jet is a variable CFM carb up to the maximum of either 750 or 800.  The 800s are fairly rare.


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Re: quadraget CFM on a L48 Motor (4/7)
 7/16/17 9:34am
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thanks for the information, I am in the process of rebuilding mine and am not having much luck right now. seems to be an issue with the power valve because when I adjust the mixture screws not much happens.  
Re: quadraget CFM on a L48 Motor (5/7)
 7/16/17 7:21pm
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Overland Park, KS - USA

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There's a couple of good books on Qjets, one by HP books and the other by Cliff Ruggles.

At idle the power valve should be down unless there's a vacuum problem.  A good cleanup and rebuild will probably take care of the problem unless there's a vacuum leak somewhere else.  It's surprising (at least to me) how little air an engine uses at idle so a minor leak can have a large effect..


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Re: quadraget CFM on a L48 Motor (6/7)
 7/21/17 3:34pm
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Make sure your primary throttle shaft doesn't have any up, down, front to rear play in it. This will be a source of a vacuum leak. If it does, there is a bushing kit out there that will fix that problem. Very common with Q-jets, especially 4 speed car because of being on and off the gas pedal between shifts. 

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Re: quadraget CFM on a L48 Motor (7/7)
 7/22/17 12:10am
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Good point.  But it happens to Holleys also.  I bushed my friend's '66 427 Holley.  Really helped.  The kit came w/ a reamer and bushings.

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