Q-jet rebuild

[420ponies]

This is going to be long. Don't fall asleep!

So, Went to a great car show/race this past weekend(Watkins Glen International Raceway). Took  my just turned 7, grandson to watch these race cars go on the old, thru town road course Friday night. Had great time, they had a special race within that race, Ragtime Racers! what a fantastic group of racers. 2 of the cars came from Corky's collection (Coker Tire). Saturday was the show and with your admission, you get 3 parade(fast) laps, around the road course(Watkins Glen international),while showing your car all day. They only give out 3 awards, lost mine to a '85 Monte Carlo SS, oh well. Nice to see all the classics, Porsche, MG,Triumph,Austin Healey,Aston Martins, Pantera's, etc. .The marque car for this year was the Porsche. Next year, it will be Firebirds and Camaros. The last time they were the marque cars, there were a couple of hundred of them there. Anyway, As everyone was out looking at cars, A gentleman approached me and asked if my car had an Q-jet carb. I told him no, there is a Holley on it for now and going to go with fuel injection soon. He told me he has a '80's Corvette with a Q-jet on it ,and it runs terrible. I remember a post on here that was talking about someone who rebuilds these, could not find it so I posted a request of who does these rebuilds. I assured him that I would find out who and where, and get back to him on it.  Dret (Dennis), told me that there is a place in Ohio that rebuilds these carburetors.  Cliff's HighPerformance. com is the place . Located in Mt Vernon, Ohio. I called him back and let him know I had the info. He was very happy that I called him back about this. Usually, you get to talk with many people and the conversations get lost with all that goes on at this car show. I'm just glad he picked up the phone when I called, hate cold calling someone. Like I said, he was very appreciative of me getting back with him. I told him if all is good with it, he should drive it up for the show!

 

[Dtret]

Thanks. See if you can get the corvette owner to keep you informed of the procedure for Cliff doing it, timeframe, cost, etc. This is probably something many of our members would be interested in. Centrally located in Ohio ( The Heart of it All). 

[Rob Peters]

Pictures please, come on, you know the drill

rob

[420ponies]

Here are a few

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[420ponies]

A few more

[Rob Peters]

Thanks for sharing!!!   I love the photo's of the old ones with the people around them dressed in the vintage clothing.  Not much in the way of safety features on those though.

rob