squeakie:
kustommodeler1:
Well, I guess I will take a shot in the dark, and if I recall, it was the California emissions Corvette with the 305 in 1980.... it was called Computer Command Control.
Am I close?
As a side note and NOT part of the answer: While at the Chrysler dealership, after Carter quit making carbs and went strictly EFI components, Chrysler bought the Q-jet from GM for the 4 bbl applications, the Diplomats and Grand Furys having O2 feedback, most of the truck apps did not. Quite the little mess of parts I found in that solenoid assembly, it wasn't a 1-piece assembly. A little tricky to service.
Chrysler used the Carter Thermoquad. It has the same bolt pattern as the Quadrajet, and a similar bore design, but a much better carb design that worked like an AFB and yet had the air valve like their AVS carbs did. It unlike the Quadrajet was tunable
gary
Yeah, Gary, the last years of the M-body (Diplomat-Grand fury) Chrysler had to switch from the Thermo-quad to the Q-jet, like I said in the earlier post, Carter discontinued carb production and became strictly fuel injection components supplier 4 years before the demise of the M-body. While possible the 5th Avenue had it as an option, I never saw one. Just the Dips and Furys, mostly for police and fire apps.
Chrysler made Rochester do a few things to the Q-jet in the contract to buy, the most notable was they had to polish the accelerator pump bore so it didn't eat up pump cups so quickly.
The trickiest part of a Thermo quad adjustment is the secondary accelerator pump stroke. Thermo quad caught the nickname "Thermo-Bog" because most folks didn't realize that it gave a second pump shot when the secondaries opened, and if it didn't, it would "bog" before picking up power.
I love discussing Mopars, thanks!
Now, to bring my question back to the top--Ford had what many consider to be a design flaw with it's I.A.R. series of alternators throughout the early and mid 1990s that caused loss of charging and sometimes an underhood fire? What was the flaw and the current modification/cure for it?