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More often than not, we opened hoods and were faced with what many owners thought was the ultimate Jeep engine upgrade: a swapped-in small-block Chevy. Mike Smith acquired this 1953 M38A1 with the GM mill already inside, but it sported a Holley carb. After trying vainly to get the Holley to work in the rough, Mike swapped on a Quadrajet carb. He feels injection is nice, but knows that the Q-jet will continue to run without electrical power, and if it&#8217s set up correctly, it won&#8217t spooge fuel like a Holley can.
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 More often than not, we opened hoods and were faced with what many owners thought was the ultimate Jeep engine upgrade: a swapped-in small-block Chevy. Mike Smith acquired this 1953 M38A1 with the GM mill already inside, but it sported a Holley carb. After trying vainly to get the Holley to work in the rough, Mike swapped on a Quadrajet carb. He feels injection is nice, but knows that the Q-jet will continue to run without electrical power, and if it’s set up correctly, it won’t spooge fuel like a Holley can.  View Related Article

 

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