Carburetor L81

[David J.]

I have a question related to L81 Corvettes exported to Canada. Is it possible that exorted cars carried the California Q-Jet if the vehicle was equipped with automatic transmission and air conditioning. I am about to rebuild the carb and the number on it is 17081218, which, according to the 'books' is for a California emissions vehicle. Any help would be appreciated. It probably does not matter a lot, since the kits seem to fit all three part numbers, ie 1217, 1218 and 1228.

Thanks....

[Clem Z.]

Re: Carburetor L81

I have a question related to L81 Corvettes exported to Canada. Is it possible that exorted cars carried the California Q-Jet if the vehicle was equipped with automatic transmission and air conditioning. I am about to rebuild the carb and the number on it is 17081218, which, according to the 'books' is for a California emissions vehicle. Any help would be appreciated. It probably does not matter a lot, since the kits seem to fit all three part numbers, ie 1217, 1218 and 1228.

Thanks....

if that carb is a computer controlled carb you need special gauges to set items once they are removed from the carb.

[Joe L.]

Re: Carburetor L81

I have a question related to L81 Corvettes exported to Canada. Is it possible that exorted cars carried the California Q-Jet if the vehicle was equipped with automatic transmission and air conditioning. I am about to rebuild the carb and the number on it is 17081218, which, according to the 'books' is for a California emissions vehicle. Any help would be appreciated. It probably does not matter a lot, since the kits seem to fit all three part numbers, ie 1217, 1218 and 1228.

Thanks....

David----


Check the engine suffix number. If it's "ZDB", it should have been originally equipped with the 17081218 carburetor; if it's "ZDD", it MAY have originally been equipped with a 17081228 carb. However, I think there's an excellent chance that all 1981 Corvettes with auto transmission received the 17081218 carburetor regardless of what some references might say.

[Joe L.]

Re: Carburetor L81

if that carb is a computer controlled carb you need special gauges to set items once they are removed from the carb.

clem-----


...and the 17081218 is definitely a computer-controlled Q-Jet.

[David J.]

Re: Carburetor L81

Thanks Joe; I appreciate the information and will check the number on the block.....I have the original information from General Motors Canada which shows the vehicle was built for export and delivered to a dealership (now out of busniess) about 20 miles east of where I live. The car has been in this area since.

Regards....dbj

[Clem Z.]

Re: Carburetor L81

clem-----


...and the 17081218 is definitely a computer-controlled Q-Jet.

if that is the case you will need the gauge set to reset the mixture control solenoid rich and lean stops.