Kendog 170
Let the boy go !
I've never used one but seen them used on Air gap.
Is that a TQ on a race car?
Rob, while I haven't run the TQ on a HP manifold, I have bolted it up to a G1 Torker and RPM Air Gap using a Mr. Gasket adapter and the throttle plates all open and function. The biggest hurdle to get around is the choke linkage since it runs off a choke well on the stock manifold. Looks like the guy in the pic fixed that issue by ditching the choke altogether.This guy didn’t. At least looks that way on the Vic. (Below)
A spacer can add an added dimension to the dynamics of the system that is often discounted and/or ignored or brushed off. You have the air flow path going wide to narrow with or at what ever thickness the spacer is. Sometimes a spacer is good, sometimes a spacer isn’t. The only style available is an open spacer. Most times it is around 3/4 of an inch. I have seen 4 hole spreadbore to squarebore adapters for the QJ, not the TQ. IDK if the TQ will fit due to the reduced size of the QJ’s secondary butterflies and there spacing.
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That is a (IIRC) demonsizzler prepped TQ with the choke horn front and sides removed. A choke is the last thing it needs. So, yep!
The factory choke is only going to work with an available choke well. Very few aftermarket intakes have this ready to work with the carb. No single car planes have a choke well AFAIK.
I have fussed around with a manual pull cable connected to the factory choke. The have NEVER like the way it turns out. It was workable but a PIA to get it smooth and consistent enough for me to know exactly where the choke was. This is more due to an unfinished tinkering. I guess I could work it out if I really wanted to but I did t wanna go down that rabbit hole myself. I end up looking for perfection rather than leave “Good Enough” and let it ride.
There are 2 styles of TQ’s that can be used easy.
The smaller electric choke versions & the 2 race versions.
Of course we all know of the book on Carter carbs and this book cover picture below. The bottom picture is of the big race version of the TQ where you can see on the upper right side of the picture the clamp and system for a manual choke cable.
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I'd love to get a Air Gap manifold but I dont want to ditch the 440 TQ on my 340. Don't they make a Adapter/spacer for this?
Well yeah. Post some pictures. You can educate me.I'll add some carb adapter information here. To start off, back in 1976 when I got my 68 GTS 340, I had to rebuild the engine-just a rering, valve job and a Hemi grind cam. When I got the car it had some ancient little Holley carb on it. I found an original Edelbrock Torker, an adapter and a 850 TQ. It ran hard for what it was, considering I didn't know **** about tuning and such. It always had this loud whistle at idle and lower rpms. My friends said they could always hear me coming even a quarter of a mile away. They called me Whistling Dixie. Some years later I picked up another adapter, and noticed that it worked with the TQ a lot better, no more whistle. I have some pictures, If anyone has any questions-fire away.
So basically the TQ adapter is straight across the back?
Depends on if the engine will like the extra plenum to start with. Also, the contour of the adapter (wide to narrow) to the contour of the intakes plenum (a square carb pad to how it enters the plenum and then into the runners) can be a crappy thing as well. Lastly, engine combo & drive train w/the cars weight have an effect on how the whole system works because of the above. If the car is heavy and has Hwy gears & it runs OK or boarder line, but the. Runs crappy with the spacer.....So many people ***** that they hurt performance. Maybe it does, but my 340 Dart didn't care. I would use another one in a heartbeat.