1-Have 73 fj40 with stock 3 speed transfercase,400 sb,350 trans,sprungover with reversal,traction bars,35 15.50 tsl/sx with about 4 lbs of air,lockrite in rear, ARB airlocker up front, I run it fairly hard on slickrock, have heard 3 speed transfer case is weak,I have never had a problem, anybody had problems, or just a bad rumor!

2-Anybody have any idieas for Quadrajet carb dont like to run vertical, have heard carb can be built to be almost as good as EFI,

Hey Newbie to Newbie, in regards to your transfer case ? the early cases are brittle and can break when running extra large tires and horsepower. Check out Don Anways site at www.tcase.homestead.com/

It is true, most of the 3-speed cases are weak. However, there was a 3-speed case, think it was 74, that had a stronger case. It has more ribs on the outside of it. Either way, I would run the case reinforcements.
As for your quadrajet, I just lowered the float on mine & it runs great. Goodluck.

FJHEAD, the problem with a quadrajet is that if you take the carb apart and set it at about 45 degrees, the fuel almost uncovers the primary jets in the front of the bowl, so I raised the float level in mine to as high as I could get it and still shut the fuel off when the float is up, there is an article inMar 2002 Fourwheeler about the Edelbrock Quadrajet #1910 and how well it worked, I also see they added a wedged spacer to tilt the carb a bit for better float performance......I also use a Cagle fuel pressure regulator so the carb does not overload at idle...........Frank