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Re: thermoquad VS. Holley 750 DP [Re: Performance Only] #1031724
07/14/11 01:33 AM
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if ther A/F ratio is the same for either carb, can you please explain why one will get better mileage over the other? same amount of air, same amount of fuel.








BECAUSE the TQ does a BESTer job mixing air and fuel on the primary side than any other carb out there. Just-like EFI does a better job than any carb.

Re: thermoquad VS. Holley 750 DP [Re: dIc dOc Deity !] #1031725
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Holley use a power valve, it's either on or off, there is no inbetween. A thermoquad uses vacuum controled spring loaded metering rods. This alone if tuned properly gives the mpg edge to the thermoquad. Dave

Re: thermoquad VS. Holley 750 DP [Re: DaytonaTurbo] #1031726
07/14/11 08:10 AM
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The TQ or QJ will still win over a squarebore carb, smaller primary bores get better mileage if the AFR is the same on both carbs. & you can make a 750dp get right at the same mileage as a 3310.




if ther A/F ratio is the same for either carb, can you please explain why one will get better mileage over the other? same amount of air, same amount of fuel.

the one thing i could never get used to on a spread bore carb is how much further you need to push the gas pedal in normal driving to get the same acceleration as a square bore carb.




The smaller venturis are supposed to be more responsive to small changes in vacuum/load during normal driving, so they should respond more precisely to fine changes in throttle position as you would encounter during daily driving. FWIW I always found spread bore carbs to be more responsive when driving around town than square bore carbs.




just here but since the TQ has much smaller primarys wouldn't that make the secondarys open faster? As mentioned before by me and others, a tuned carb is going to use the fuel/air it needs to push the car. What about a 6-pack? It runs off a small 2bbl most of the time.
Anybody got andy real world numbers?

Re: thermoquad VS. Holley 750 DP [Re: Performance Only] #1031727
07/14/11 09:53 AM
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The TQ or QJ will still win over a squarebore carb, smaller primary bores get better mileage if the AFR is the same on both carbs. & you can make a 750dp get right at the same mileage as a 3310.




if ther A/F ratio is the same for either carb, can you please explain why one will get better mileage over the other? same amount of air, same amount of fuel.

the one thing i could never get used to on a spread bore carb is how much further you need to push the gas pedal in normal driving to get the same acceleration as a square bore carb.




Its not really the same amount, i'm only talking on the primary side, Who drives around at WOT all the time, you have less air/fuel being drawn in on the smaller primary carb staying on the primaries, but yhou can still adjust the AFR to where you want it, now why wouldn't you think if the AFR was the same on both carbs, that the larger throttle bores would get the same mileage, The engine is able too pull in more air at the same throttle possition as the smaller primary carb,, lets say 1/4 on both carbs, so the larger throttle bodied carb lets the engine draw more air, more air needs more fuel, resalting in more consumption, its not a brain teaser.

But i do agree with you on how the larger primary carb feels better under moderate throttle (more responsive) then the smaller primary carb


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Re: thermoquad VS. Holley 750 DP [Re: joedust451] #1031728
07/14/11 10:41 AM
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Thamks guys! I wantr to take some trips of 300-400 miles. The better gas mileage is important. Once I have the carb setup, I will need less gas. I havwe the money now, but may be tighter in a year or two. I hqave an Innovate A/F setup so I will know what my mix is. So far the DP is not good on gas. We'll see after I get it runnung with my new master cylinder, cam and power steering. Aging is not for sissies.

Re: thermoquad VS. Holley 750 DP [Re: Mr.Yuck] #1031729
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The TQ or QJ will still win over a squarebore carb, smaller primary bores get better mileage if the AFR is the same on both carbs. & you can make a 750dp get right at the same mileage as a 3310.




if ther A/F ratio is the same for either carb, can you please explain why one will get better mileage over the other? same amount of air, same amount of fuel.

the one thing i could never get used to on a spread bore carb is how much further you need to push the gas pedal in normal driving to get the same acceleration as a square bore carb.




The smaller venturis are supposed to be more responsive to small changes in vacuum/load during normal driving, so they should respond more precisely to fine changes in throttle position as you would encounter during daily driving. FWIW I always found spread bore carbs to be more responsive when driving around town than square bore carbs.




just here but since the TQ has much smaller primarys wouldn't that make the secondarys open faster? As mentioned before by me and others, a tuned carb is going to use the fuel/air it needs to push the car. What about a 6-pack? It runs off a small 2bbl most of the time.
Anybody got andy real world numbers?


I thought the center carb on a 6 pak was like a 500. Same as a 67 and down carter 4 bbl

Re: thermoquad VS. Holley 750 DP [Re: RemCharger] #1031730
07/14/11 11:40 AM
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"I thought the center carb on a 6 pak was like a 500. Same as a 67 and down carter 4 bbl"

It is but I've heard of people unhooking the oputboards for long drives...

Re: thermoquad VS. Holley 750 DP [Re: Mr.Yuck] #1031731
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"I thought the center carb on a 6 pak was like a 500. Same as a 67 and down carter 4 bbl"

It is but I've heard of people unhooking the oputboards for long drives...




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TQ's are great if you fix the throttle shaft slop in the rebuild. Also buy an air door tool off of Doc.

My 511 '67 Cuda got 14mpg combined with the 6pak.























































































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Re: thermoquad VS. Holley 750 DP [Re: Rug_Trucker] #1031732
07/14/11 12:31 PM
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I've had a bunch of t-quads, none needed the shafts redone, but these were off performance cars that i bet were removed early on in favor of a holley

Re: thermoquad VS. Holley 750 DP [Re: ademon] #1031733
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The Holley 500 two-barrel is rated as a two-barrel, with more vacuum across it than the four barrel rating. I believe the four barrel rated at 1.5" depression and the two-barrel is rated at 3" depression. The correction factor is the square root of 2. So rated like a four-barrel, the 500 Holley is really a 354.
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Re: thermoquad VS. Holley 750 DP [Re: dogdays] #1031734
07/14/11 01:18 PM
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"TQ's are great if you fix the throttle shaft slop in the rebuild. Also buy an air door tool off of Doc.

My 511 '67 Cuda got 14mpg combined with the 6pak."

I noticed on the 1st 6-pack build (mild 440 w/ 528 solid) I was getting pretty good milage. This build is much more agressive and on the last trip to the track (22 miles) I avg'd about 13-14. Not bad considering I got on it a few times. This is mainly backroads (45mph) stopping in 4 small towns.

Re: thermoquad VS. Holley 750 DP [Re: dogdays] #1031735
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The TQ takes a lot to tune and is absolutly no comparison to a DP Holley. I tried to run a TQ and succeeded but in the end the Holley won out hands down in Performance. When you are talking tenth's of a second I will now stick with Holley.
PS in mileage try a Q jet easy to tune and reliable and with Chrysler linkage from 1985 up to 1988

Re: thermoquad VS. Holley 750 DP [Re: Mr.Yuck] #1031736
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"TQ's are great if you fix the throttle shaft slop in the rebuild. Also buy an air door tool off of Doc.

My 511 '67 Cuda got 14mpg combined with the 6pak."

I noticed on the 1st 6-pack build (mild 440 w/ 528 solid) I was getting pretty good milage. This build is much more agressive and on the last trip to the track (22 miles) I avg'd about 13-14. Not bad considering I got on it a few times. This is mainly backroads (45mph) stopping in 4 small towns.




Read down lower in my post. I got 7mpg. 3:23's .538-.5?? Crane solid cam.


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Re: thermoquad VS. Holley 750 DP [Re: Rug_Trucker] #1031737
07/14/11 01:44 PM
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"TQ's are great if you fix the throttle shaft slop in the rebuild. Also buy an air door tool off of Doc.

My 511 '67 Cuda got 14mpg combined with the 6pak."

I noticed on the 1st 6-pack build (mild 440 w/ 528 solid) I was getting pretty good milage. This build is much more agressive and on the last trip to the track (22 miles) I avg'd about 13-14. Not bad considering I got on it a few times. This is mainly backroads (45mph) stopping in 4 small towns.




Read down lower in my post. I got 7mpg. 3:23's .538-.5?? Crane solid cam.




I'm running .030 over 440 w/ a 588 solid roller, ported stage VI heads, 3800 stall and 3.91's. I think my good milage was do to a nice slow steady drive of 40-45mph. Not much stop/start and not much outboard action...

Re: thermoquad VS. Holley 750 DP [Re: babarracuda] #1031738
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My GTX had a 780 DP on it when i bought it. Made good power but didn't stay in tune. It was old and leaked and had other isues but over all not a bad carb. Milage was poor. Went with an 800 eddy thunder series. Good carb, took a little to get the stumble out as car has a big cam. Milage was decent, throttle responce was good but lacked that kick in the pant's you get when you open up a spread bore and those big secondaries come in. Just switched to an 850 TQ and love it. Milage is a tad better, throttle responce is crisp and at WOT hold on. Over all i prefer the TQ to any other street carb.

Re: thermoquad VS. Holley 750 DP [Re: Dougsmopars] #1031739
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A well-tuned TQ is fun to drive. Demonsizzler worked his magic on mine and I'm very happy with it.

Re: thermoquad VS. Holley 750 DP [Re: gd9704] #1031740
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I have a 850 TQ on my warmed 340 ebody and headers. When the secondaries kick in it feels like a passing gear. Have never compared it to anything else, gas mileage I have never checked. Don't care, it's not a daily driver.

Re: thermoquad VS. Holley 750 DP [Re: Paul_Fancsali] #1031741
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The TQ takes a lot to tune and is absolutly no comparison to a DP Holley. I tried to run a TQ and succeeded but in the end the Holley won out hands down in Performance. When you are talking tenth's of a second I will now stick with Holley.
PS in mileage try a Q jet easy to tune and reliable and with Chrysler linkage from 1985 up to 1988




If the holley won hands down in performance it means your TQ was WAY out of tune. I've had a 750DP and a TQ on the same engine and the difference was 11 mpg from the holley and 17 from the TQ around town.
Never saw any track times but the TQ had the holley by the butt dyno. And apart from that [and here's a name from the past] Ed Hamburger insisted that a TQ will have 2 tenths over a similar sized double pumper all day. As someone stated previously holley tend to cover up deficiencies in their design by making it rich, they CANNOT meter fuel properly at part throttle apart from all their other problems.

Re: thermoquad VS. Holley 750 DP [Re: Mcode69] #1031742
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A holley DP is not calibrated for fuel mileage.If you tune it properly it wins hands down. TQ's have their place,and I have some in a box on a shelf.

Re: thermoquad VS. Holley 750 DP [Re: goldmember] #1031743
07/16/11 04:31 AM
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Well goldy ....don't let them take-up ALL that shelf-space ... I will help-you get rid of them ...no problemO.

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