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Don't Laugh. It's No Choke!
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01/29/13 06:10 PM
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Spokane Valley, WA
Big Bad Bee
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Just curious how many of you run a carb with no choke on your car. I have a carb I am planning to use, a Holley 4160 750CFM but it has no choke horn. Tell me your story.
I’m listening.
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Re: Don't Laugh. It's No Choke!
[Re: Big Bad Bee]
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01/29/13 06:50 PM
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Cincinnati, Ohio
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Ran with my manual choke wired open for 20 years. Just had to pump the gas first and pump it cold to keep it running. In a minute or two it was ready to go. But that sounded bad when I took it on vacations and would start it in a campground or something, everyone thought the car ran like crap when they hear me start it in the mornings. So I got cable and hooked up my manual choke and it works good. Car starts better, just have to stay with it to adjust the choke as it warms up. I fouled plugs letting it sit and idle with the choke on, I burned them clean after driving it for while. It's not necessary the choke, but sure helps during the cold weather. 
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Re: Don't Laugh. It's No Choke!
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01/29/13 08:22 PM
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I ran a manual choke in the 64 300. Made it hard for anyone else to start (or steal). Went electric for the 72 Dart and 65 Cuda so the wife could enjoy them.
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Re: Don't Laugh. It's No Choke!
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01/29/13 11:25 PM
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Spokane Valley, WA
Big Bad Bee
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Wow! I'm surprised at the results so far. vast majority run without a choke. I've never had a car that didn't have at least a manual choke but I get the pump three times and ride the idle warm up deal. For as little as my car will be driven, and in relatively good weather, it sounds like I'll be fine! One thing about the inland NW, guys with nice cars can't break them out until may or june because there's so much traction sand (more like gravel) on the road that it's nasty on paint.
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Re: Don't Laugh. It's No Choke!
[Re: Big Bad Bee]
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01/29/13 11:38 PM
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Bend,OR USA
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Last edited by Cab_Burge; 01/30/13 12:20 AM.
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Re: Don't Laugh. It's No Choke!
[Re: Big Bad Bee]
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01/29/13 11:40 PM
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Balt. Md
383man
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No choke on my 63. I found out a few things over the years about this. I have an 850 DP and the DP are much easier to get started in cold weather without a choke then is any other carb with just one accell pump. Many carbs with one pump like AFB's and Thermoquads were much harder to get started with no choke. I can start my 63 in 25 degree weather without the chake. Hit the gas pedal 3 times and keep pumping while it cranks. Fires right up and of course you have to feather it for a few minutes to keep it running but its no problem. I start my car every few weeks thru the winter. Ron
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Re: Don't Laugh. It's No Choke!
[Re: 383man]
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01/30/13 02:57 AM
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Big Bad Bee
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Quote:
No choke on my 63. I found out a few things over the years about this. I have an 850 DP and the DP are much easier to get started in cold weather without a choke then is any other carb with just one accell pump. Many carbs with one pump like AFB's and Thermoquads were much harder to get started with no choke. I can start my 63 in 25 degree weather without the chake. Hit the gas pedal 3 times and keep pumping while it cranks. Fires right up and of course you have to feather it for a few minutes to keep it running but its no problem. I start my car every few weeks thru the winter. Ron
This carb is I believe a 4160. Single pump, vacuum secondaries.
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Re: Don't Laugh. It's No Choke!
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01/30/13 05:20 AM
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Castlegar, BC, Canada
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All my stuff has electric chokes, even converted an ancient Carter WCD (on my Gremlin) to have an electric choke - which was no easy task! But I have a friend who has this strange hatred of all things electric. He runs points in the cars he can reverse engineer and more than a few times I've watched him rip out a perfectly good electric choke to replace it with a manual one. All because 15 years ago, he had a Pontiac Parisienne that had an electric choke that never worked properly. 
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Re: Don't Laugh. It's No Choke!
[Re: 383man]
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01/30/13 08:58 AM
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Cincinnati, Ohio
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Quote:
No choke on my 63. I found out a few things over the years about this. I have an 850 DP and the DP are much easier to get started in cold weather without a choke then is any other carb with just one accell pump. Many carbs with one pump like AFB's and Thermoquads were much harder to get started with no choke. I can start my 63 in 25 degree weather without the chake. Hit the gas pedal 3 times and keep pumping while it cranks. Fires right up and of course you have to feather it for a few minutes to keep it running but its no problem. I start my car every few weeks thru the winter. Ron
I beleive it, many years ago on a Sunday when the Bengals went to the super bowl and it was really cold here. My DP 750 on my old rusty 73 340 challenger was the only car in the neighborhood that started. I ran errands for the old people who lived above my 1 room apartment. After that they seemed to accept me and my rusty noisey car more. Damn I was proud that day of my 150 dollar car. 
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Make sure the mechanical advance in the ditributor is shorten up so you can have between 16 and 20 degrees advance at idle an 34 to 38 degrres total advance at or above 3000 RPM and you should be good 
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