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11-14-2002, 08:30 AM | #1 |
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anybody run a manual choke?
i think i'm going to have to go to one in my monte carlo......the dumbarse before me boogered up the automatic choke......
advantages? disadvantages? in my brief experience with cars, i've never ran anything through the firewall, is the install hard??
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11-14-2002, 11:14 AM | #2 |
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My Mach 1 was a manual choke. For some reason it would never really want to work properly for me. I would pull out the choke and try to give it some gas to set the rpm but the car would stall on me. I could get it sometimes if I pulled the choke the right amount but it was a pain in the ***. My Pace Car has a automatic choke and I like it alot better. Makes life abit easier. Although I think I need a new carb. mine seems all boged up, when I step on it there is a pretty big delay before it actually steps on it.
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11-14-2002, 11:54 AM | #3 |
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yeah, i've got huge heh...........sitation problems right now, which really sucks cause the car feels so strong at higher rpms and i want to see what it can do. i'm planning a carb rebuild. i imagine that with a 79 mustang that is stock (if i recall correctly), a carb upgrade would be best.
the guy that had my car before me, decided that it would be easier to rig the choke to where it won't shut instead of tuning/cleaning the carb properly. he also decided to drill out the jets instead of replacing with larger jets. *shakes head*
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lol Yeh my Pace Car is pretty much stock and it's just a small carb on there. Probably like 350cfm. It's a huge difference from the Holley 650 Double Pump I had on the Mach 1. But that is the whole difference in power. I have a car with half the power now. But a car is a car I guess. I'll have something quick for next summer hopefully.
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Might want to check and see if he used zip-ties to hold the gas tank in place. Take care, ~Chris
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i am well aware of what you said about the choke and driveability (edit: though i've only recently given the function and operation of things like chokes much thought), however i find that not being able to start my car does affect driveability quite drastically. i can't start it in the cold without running it really, really rich because i can't close the choke i'm hoping that a new accelerator pump and or carb rebuild will solve hesitation, and a functional choke will allow for use of the car at a wider range of temperatures when i get that figured out, time to access my engine situation
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Cbring. what carb is on it? Quadrajet or a Holley? If it is a Quadrajet, get the choke out of a junkyard and then you wont have to mess with the manual choke. Make sure you check all the pull offs hold vacuum.
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11-14-2002, 07:17 PM | #10 |
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Holley 4 barrel 750 cfm 4160 series
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11-14-2002, 08:09 PM | #12 |
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I changed to a Holley 4160 manual choke carburetor on my '84 5.0L LX i had and it worked great, except for when it warmed up because sometimes i would forget to take the choke off and it wouldn't accelerate very well and my gas mileage would suck also
I'd rather have a manual choke on a carburetor than an automatic because you KNOW when the choke is on and when it's off, you're not guessing or trying to adjust it.
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Dan- LOL. "A while back" to you is yesterday to me. James- You're right. Out here you never need a choke. Where you live, maybe 3 or 4 minutes. That's why electric chokes are wide open in 3 minutes or less, regardless of temp. Take care, ~Chris
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11-15-2002, 11:38 PM | #14 |
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I live in Canada and I never use my choke! Heck, it fell off the car quite some time ago I just prime my electric fuel pump for a couple of seconds and then pump it a few times and it fires! My car seems to need a big accelerator pump shot so theres no problem getting it to run rich enough.
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