8v-of-fury
Well-Known Member
So, I have an 88 5th. Years back the ECU or the carb died and it wouldn't run right. To replace those items was looking at near $800. So I went the cheaper way and scored a TQ, performer 4bbl intake and a regular ignition distributor. Fast forward 7 years and 15k kms. It has always ran pretty good considering.. But I am plagued with the leaking secondary wells, and large primary's of the 850 TQ. I have tried many times to reseal the wells to no avail, so I am thinking it is time to get rid of this carb. What I have is a marine Q-jet off of a 4.3 boat engine (I am a marine tech, so GM parts are plentiful as that is what they mostly use) in running condition, so it would be a bolt on and go operation in that department. It should also be setup perfectly for my stock teener with the stock gears in the rear end.
I know I should have just found a non ECU 2 barrel back in the day, but whats done is done lol.
I guess what I am asking is, what am I looking at in terms of tranny kickdown? Should I get a lokar setup and call it done?
Ps. Other than having to bottle feed it to start it every time it sits more than 8 hours... it runs great and I put several hundred kms on it almost every weekend.
I know I should have just found a non ECU 2 barrel back in the day, but whats done is done lol.
I guess what I am asking is, what am I looking at in terms of tranny kickdown? Should I get a lokar setup and call it done?
Ps. Other than having to bottle feed it to start it every time it sits more than 8 hours... it runs great and I put several hundred kms on it almost every weekend.