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Old Dec 8, 2008 | 2:41 PM
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My father is looking to put a new 4bbl carb on my brothers '72 1/2 ton chevy pickup, so I have just a couple of questions.

1. The truck is stock, what is already there?
2. Will we need to change the intake manifold? Would a spacer work? or will the stock manifold work?
3. what kind special stuff will the new carb have to accomidate? i.e. valves, vaccum lines ect?

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Old Dec 8, 2008 | 2:57 PM
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l your leaving it pretty open ,what do you have now 2 brl ,quadrajet ? i do not like adaptor's they can cause a whole host of problems .you will have vacuum hose issues ,air cleaner ect .
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Old Dec 8, 2008 | 3:29 PM
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Thats the problem, I don't know what is on there. But in doing some looking around, I found that we can just put an adapter spacer on and then put just about any 4bbl carb on it, which is what they are wanting, something cheap.
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Old Dec 8, 2008 | 3:37 PM
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well can you take a picture with the air cleaner off and e-mail it seabee2@mchsi.com if you are bound and determined to use a adaptor ,you might not have to if it is a quadrajet ,just get a spread bore holley or carter afb . if it,s a 2brl it not worth it or possible .
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Old Dec 8, 2008 | 4:23 PM
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Picture coming soon, I am not where the truck is (its in CA, Im in AR), so my dad is going to take a picture within the hour.
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Old Dec 8, 2008 | 4:45 PM
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Old Dec 9, 2008 | 12:00 PM
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well you already have a 4 brl rochester quadrajet on it ,you might try a eldebrock afb style i belive the part number 1400(stock a milage ) (1406 stock performance ) 600 cfm might need a 8036 bracket
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Thanks, I will pass the info along.
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