i've read some pretty good reviews about q-jets if you tune them correctly. theres a bunch of parts missing from the holly and it deffenitly needs to be rebuilt from the looks of it and i'm novice at best when it comes to carbs. I just thought it would be easier to just drop on the stock carb and plug it in and not have to worry about the comp.
If you are going to buy a new caburetor, they will all require minimal tuning out of the box (Holley, Edelbrock, qjet, etc).
Yes, you can get qjets running well if you know how to tune it, but running better than a holley or some other newer technology carb? I doubt it. I am sure you will get many conflicting opinions when it comes to this subject. When it was new carburetor time for me, I ditched the qjet and went with holley and never looked back.
Holley is very popular, ease of tune, and then large flow rates, good for drag racing,......however, years ago a buddy worked for GEICO, settling inside claims....one thing he picked up on real quick, was that the vast majority of the fire claims across this desk....HOLLEY CARBS were the cause, from all the field investigations.....ever since then I have paid attention to what I see at car shows, and sure enough, it's rare to see a Holley and NO evidence of a fuel leak on the mani/lines///whatever....
just by the numbers.....:bonkers::shocking:
