Thermoquad vs. Six Pack/Six Barrel. Which is best ?
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Thermoquad vs. Six Pack/Six Barrel. Which is BEST for BOTH power and efficiency on the street, on both big and small blocks? Any opinions or facts?
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Re: Thermoquad vs. Six Pack/Six Barrel. Which is best ?
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Re: Thermoquad vs. Six Pack/Six Barrel. Which is best ?
[Re: HYPER8oSoNic]
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Kinda depends, lot easier to put the t-quad on a good manifold. The 6 pack problem is the manifolds not the carb, unless you are me and can't get a holley to run right for nothin. T-quads run great and are easy to work on.
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Re: Thermoquad vs. Six Pack/Six Barrel. Which is best ?
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gets to be a pain to jet a t-quad when there are no aftermarket jets and rods. i have to scrounge for jets and drill them out on the lathe to get A/F ratio close.
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Re: Thermoquad vs. Six Pack/Six Barrel. Which is best ?
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They only flow 1300 if you flow them a 3.0 inches like 2bbls aree flowed. If you flow a 6pk at 1.5 like the 4bbls are then it will strugle to flow 1000 cfm, or about the same as a good T-quad and you are still stuck with a 6pk manifold, a simple adapter can fit a t-quad to just about any manifold.
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Re: Thermoquad vs. Six Pack/Six Barrel. Which is best ?
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They only flow 1300 if you flow them a 3.0 inches like 2bbls aree flowed. If you flow a 6pk at 1.5 like the 4bbls are then it will strugle to flow 1000 cfm, or about the same as a good T-quad and you are still stuck with a 6pk manifold, a simple adapter can fit a t-quad to just about any manifold.
HotRodDave has it right. According to the resident Mopar junky over at Hot Rod Magazine (David Freiburger,) in terms of 4-barrel air flow the mighty Six-Pack flowed closer to 975cfm because 2-barrel carbs are rated using different specs.
Throw on a street tuned Holley 950HP on an Edelbrock Performer RPM intake and there you go...
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Re: Thermoquad vs. Six Pack/Six Barrel. Which is best ?
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gets to be a pain to jet a t-quad when there are no aftermarket jets and rods. i have to scrounge for jets and drill them out on the lathe to get A/F ratio close.
As someone who has run both I'll take a TQ anyday.
I have two TQ strip kits on the shelf!
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