REGAL Carb opinion and input request

[Daca214]

Look at Mr. Sony the Q-jet master! I'm impressed! Well done. Anyway check out this site and look up all the Q-jets used by Olds on various models thru '79. http://www.newagemetal.com/pages/Oldsmobile/70-79/index.htm Find something close to your motor and target that. If not at least see what jets and rods you need and swap them into the best carb you can find. I agree the non-CCC Q-jet is the way to go and the jets/rods did not vary that much from motor to motor in those years.

Awesome link. thanks man.
although i dont know the exact year of my engine, the block casting number and other stamped info (3161, with 5A code on head, 5.0L) tells me it was made starting in 81.
but i think based on what I have seen here and elsewhere, i will search for a 79-ish carb.

Do you still have all the computer stuff? If not, any qjet from an olds 350/403 will work. Get one from 76-79, those are the best ones to get. Final design of the qjet before all the computer crap. 1705625x, 1705725x,1705825x, and 1705925x would be carbs to watch for. The 1705 is the model of qjet, the M4MC (Modified 4M[OG qjet) with carb mounted Choke, ie hot air, M4ME would be factory electric choke. Olds used hot air until the bitter end). The 5 denotes the division in which the carb was for. 0,1,2= Chevy 3= Cadillac 4= Buick 5= Olds 6,7= Pontiac. The 2 is the 49 state Quadrajet, a 5 would be the Cali Qjet. And the last number can be whatever. It usually means if it was an auto or manual trans car. Even normally means auto (provision on linkage for kickdown cable) and odd normally means manual, but there is little to no correlation to it. An 8 at the end means it's a Checker/Marine carb. Just search into ebay for a carb of your choice and just pick one from there. For example, I have a 17057252 800cfm sittin on my shelf. It's an 800cfm '77 Olds qjet I nabbed off a 403 toronado.

thanks for all your input. helped alot. im going to look for a late 70's Qjet on ebay now that i know how to decode and see what I can find

 

[Daca214]

Or just go to your local salvage yard and pick through. idk about Flordia prices, but I walked out of my local yard with 2 qjets and an old carter AFB for 75 bucks. AFB was fine, sold it for 100 the next day, sold off one qjet after a rebuild for 150, still have the one, the 17057252 I mentioned previously.

i was browsing through the link that bonnewagon listed above gathering info and came across your carb #....in case you were wondering, the manual has that number listed as off of the Toronado, Fed, AC and Non AC version with Auto Trans from 1977...just an FYI

that site is very good, lists all the manuals with associated part numbers for every carb in the 70's

 

[MrSony]

i was browsing through the link that bonnewagon listed above gathering info and came across your carb #....in case you were wondering, the manual has that number listed as off of the Toronado, Fed, AC and Non AC version with Auto Trans from 1977...just an FYI

that site is very good, lists all the manuals with associated part numbers for every carb in the 70's

Coolio

 

[Clone TIE Pilot]

Why do you want to delete the ccc for? Just get an Olds CCC Qjet. The ccc system doesn't rob power.

 

[olds307 and 403]

Why do you want to delete the ccc for? Just get an Olds CCC Qjet. The ccc system doesn't rob power.

It all depends on what is hacked up and missing. My 88 had the carb and distributor missing and wires cut everywhere. Add in the rareness of CCC parts up here along with my 403 plans, it made no sense. This is assuming no emissions testing.

 

[MrSony]

Yeah, unless you have strict visual inspections, testing, etc, if most of the parts are gone, its not worth it to try and tack down all the parts and make an obd1 system work properly with 30+ year old parts.

 

[Daca214]

Why do you want to delete the ccc for? Just get an Olds CCC Qjet. The ccc system doesn't rob power.

Nothing of the ccc was connected and most of the cac lines were missing. Previous owner did a hack job on this thing.

 

[Daca214]

Nothing of the ccc was connected and most of the cac lines were missing. Previous owner did a hack job on this thing.

I meant vac lines. Stupid phone

 

[Bonnewagon]

Let's not forget that the distributor needs to be non-CCC also. Those are a lot easier to find. Now you will need to tune your motor to pre-computer standards and you will appreciate what a good job the computers do.

 

[Daca214]

Let's not forget that the distributor needs to be non-CCC also. Those are a lot easier to find. Now you will need to tune your motor to pre-computer standards and you will appreciate what a good job the computers do.

Yeah i bet. im not against CCC, just wish I knew how to make the olds motor work in my buick most efficiently.