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Old 11-20-2020, 01:12 PM   #646
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Re: Frankentruck

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Originally Posted by 350TacoZilla View Post
For all the people that complain about a Q-jet I think they must have had 1 bad one or knew someone who did. I have had them on multiple trucks and cars with 0 issues but I'll admit my uncle knew how to tune them so thats a big help. I had a square body 4x4 that came with a holley 750 double pumper on it and the 780 q-jet picked up 4mpg in my overall normal drive.
I picked up about 4 mpg or so compared to the old 2 barrel and that's even with my lead foot I like to hear the sound of the engine all the time
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