If there were a category titled Good Carb, Bad Reputation, the Rochester Quadrajet would be at the top of that hit parade. It's doubtful there is a domestic fuel mixer more universally misunderstood ...

The four-barrel Rochester Quadrajet can be stripped and kit-built in less than an hour—and for less than $10 Just as with almost every other engine component, carburetors do suffer the pangs of age ...