Thread: Hot Air Choke off manifold question

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On my 66 thunderbird the choke is run off the left side manifold. I have purchased a new set of headers and there is no provision for the choke. What steps need to be taken to change the choke? Do I change it to an electric choke? The car is only run in the spring summer months, is it necissary to even have it? Car is a 390 FE with C6 Trans (just finished rebuild) with the stock carb on it. I have changed over the points and rotor for the pertronix in cap elec. ingnition. Let me know if you need any other info that helps. Thanks guys!

I don't run any chokes but it is a lot warmer here, even than your Spring/Summer months. In a few minutes they warm up enough to run. They used to sell manual choke conversion kits that consisted of the round plastic part that goes on your carb, a little arm, some clamps and a choke cable. Some of those are still available, although I haven't seen them in years. In the 60's and 70's I used a few of these and they were fine, as long as you remembered to push the choke in after it warmed up.

Here is just one I found on the internet:

http://www.jcwhitney.com/jcwhitney/p...29&zmap=15632G

Don

just run a tube down to a header tube and clamp to the stde with a hose clamp it will work just like the original

Yea I was looking into the manual choke, its a very simple system.

PS itoldyouso is that an actual picture of you and your car on the beach? Thats a great shot.... and yes I dont think it gets as warm in Vancouver BC as Florida LOL

Jerry sorry just want to understand your post, i think there was a slip of a finger in typing LOL. Are you saying you can run the pipe down to the header, and hose clamp it? Without actually tapping into the exhaust system??

Jerry sorry just want to understand your post, i think there was a slip of a finger in typing LOL. Are you saying you can run the pipe down to the header, and hose clamp it? Without actually tapping into the exhaust system??[/QUOTE]

Thats exactley what he means. The stock setup draws heated air thru a passage in the manifold,not exhaust gas...

Napa sells a choke stove & tube kit part number 610-1116
you hose clamp the stove to the header tube and then hook the hot air tube from the choke to the stove..

stde is short for header tube !!!!!!and it works so good that NAPA sort of copied the idea!!!

Oh sorry. Wow that is a simple little fix, thanks for the help guys!

Sorry to bring this back from the dead, one more question...
I purchased the choke stove tube kit for my engine and am about to hook it up to the car. The original set up actually had one hard line from the side of the carb (threaded) down to the exhaust manifold and an aditional rubber line that connects to the carb via a nipple, turns into a metal line that also connects to the manifold. I know that the kit I purchased replaces the hard line and attaches to the threaded end at the carb but what do I do about the nipple at the carb? Is this simply blocked off? Is it left open? If left open is it drawing in un-filtered air?
Sorry for the newb questions?!