I need to add a choke to my rochester 2 barrel. It's on a buick nailhead 364. Now that the weather is cooling down it's a bitch to start. What do you prefer? -Electronic choke -Spring with heat tube to manifold -One of those stove pipe units that rad clamps to the manifold Thoughts?
Living in Florida I don't use a choke a whole lot, but def prefer a manual choke. I like simplicity, less stuff to go wrong. Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
Nothing wrong with an automatic choke if you hook it up right. They can last for 100,000 miles. Knowing how rich to set it up and when to kick it down are all you have to worry about. Packard had automatic chokes in 32-3-4 and beyond. Never a lick of trouble once set correctly.
Living in Fla I have no problem with no choke as long as the engine is tuned properly. When I do have a choke, I like manual
Interesting, not the response I expected. So riddle me this, pretty much only closed when starting, once warmed up keep it open. Half way before it's totally warm on a cold day. Memories of my mom's camera!
The two handed full frontal, if available...the rear naked choke if the receipient happens to be a bit of a wiggler....
Was wondering how long it would take this post to get nasty. Though I appreciate potty humor as much as the next fellow scumbag.
manuel for me as well. those rochester 2gs, the choke swings up and down not front to back, originally they used a spring gizmo off the manifold. i'm trying to find a different set up to use cable choke. any ideas?
That carb is about as dirt simple as it gets . I dont know why you would change anything but a new choke spring and let it go .Seems a big waste of time to me to have to run that ugly ass cable through the firewall and hog holes in your dash for the bracket , on top of having to spend about the same money as you would on the original spring .
Gregs just old and too lazy to bend over and set the choke . I just dont get putting a band-aid in place of a perfectly good working unit .
Ugly cable and holes for a bracket? A traditional spring wound cable housing (not black plastic!) is small and clean. A single hole to slip the choke handle through is all that's needed, not multiple holes and an ugly bracket. These are what I usually go with:
I'm gonna' agree with Highlander- there's nothing wrong with an automatic choke as long as it's adjusted properly for opening and fast idle. If I was the only person that was driving my old car I'd prolly go with a manual choke..... The Missus likes to drive the car occasionally n' she has a history of "forgetting" to push choke/enrichner knobs back in.... I once had to drive over the bridge into Maryland ta' put a coup'la plugs in her Dyna Glide because she "forgot" to turn the choke off during her commute to work.... I'm sure that's not the case for you guys.
I like to find the manual chokes use on Ford couriers. If you forgot it would pop back in, in about a minute
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