i had always heard people and read that the TQ bodies warp, crack and leak bad no matter what gasket and thats why people always chunk them in trash.. i have a TQ on the shelf that came off a 77 360 truck engine. one reason i have never messed with it
The bodies can and do warp. Is it a given fact that they will? Not from where I stand, I say no. Heat is there enemy. I have had only one warp and crack on me. JB weld fixed it and was used for another couple of years.
Im not sure what your exact TQ has on it as far as vacuum ports go but I normally try and find the ones with the least amount of ports and ones without anything on the front top of the carb. The less emissions ports on it the better.
