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Cliff doesn't personally rebuild carbs anymore, I understand that he is retired. I bought a kit from him many years ago and it worked fine. It's up for rebuild again, and that's the way I'd go. The only real adjustments a carb needs is from winter to summer and back. My take is that vehicles sitting long enough for the fuel to evaporate out of the float bowl have problems. I know mine does. But if I start it even every other day, all I have to do is pump the pedal once and turn the key until it starts, and that may be as short as turn and release. As usual, one's mileage may vary.
FWIW, given the number of miles I drive my truck per year (~1000), I don't think that I'd ever recover the installation cost, even if I provided the labor for free. |
Re: To Sniper or not to Sniper...?
As others have already said, the main benefit of the Sniper I installed on my truck has been easy starting all year. Probably not worth the expense and effort just for that. Here a few other built-in Sniper features I like:
1) Idle RPM stays steady when the A/C kicks on 2) A/C shuts off at WOT 3) Temperature based dual electric fan control 4) Optional ignition timing control The Sniper 2 offers optional electronic automatic transmission control. |
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Every single vintage hobby vehicle I own has a Q-Jet, and all perform well no matter the weather. You have to be good with setting them up, as well as timing and other adjustments to get great results. |
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Failed to mention in my previous post that swapping a 'lectric choke onto a q-jet can simplify things, particularly since you mention cold start problems
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With the price of fuel up here at $1.60+ liter some sort of fuel injection makes sense. My '72 went from 13mpg to 19mpg when I LS swapped it. I thought about the sniper before I took the plunge. I saved the 350/350 in case I ever sell it. (unlikely)..
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