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joe_padavano · 05-14-2008, 06:32 AM

Just so we're all clear, the 50s vintage 4bbl would be a 4GC, not a Qjet. The Edelbrock carb is simply a 50s/60s vintage Carter AFB with the Edelbrock logo on it. It's a perfectly good carb and has some of the features of the Qjet - air valve secondaries and metering rods, for example. The AFB has the advantage that the metering rods on both primary and secondary sides are very easy to change. It is a square bore carb and thus bolts to the same flange as a 4GC. Given that the last 4GC was built in 1965 or so, rebuild kits and parts are not that easy to find these days.

05-14-2008, 06:32 AM	#14 (permalink)
joe_padavano Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 1,871	Just so we're all clear, the 50s vintage 4bbl would be a 4GC, not a Qjet. The Edelbrock carb is simply a 50s/60s vintage Carter AFB with the Edelbrock logo on it. It's a perfectly good carb and has some of the features of the Qjet - air valve secondaries and metering rods, for example. The AFB has the advantage that the metering rods on both primary and secondary sides are very easy to change. It is a square bore carb and thus bolts to the same flange as a 4GC. Given that the last 4GC was built in 1965 or so, rebuild kits and parts are not that easy to find these days. __________________ Joe Padavano 64 Jetstar 88 Conv 66 442 L-69 Conv 68 W-30 69 H/O 69 442 70 W-30 72 442 84 Custom Cruiser 86 Caprice wagon (w/307 Olds)