Electric Choke Setup?
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Why not just hook up the manual choke? Seems like the easy answer to me. I have the Summit Racing 600 cfm carb on my '76 390 F150. The original stove choke tube broke off in the exhaust manifold. Rather than hook up the electric choke that came with the carb, I installed a Holley manual choke kit.
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I'm running a mid-60s Carter AFB w/electric choke on mine. I found a switched spare 12-volt tap with a plug-in lead behind the dash and have been using that for a couple of years now with no issues. My particular carb choke needs the 12-volts to operate properly.
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All your gauges work with a constant voltage regulator that only puts out 5 volts. If you hooked it up to a high current draw like a choke it would burn up the CVR in short order. Like was said in the other posts you need a separate wire with it's own fuse.
In the climate you have down there you probably don't even need a choke. One thing to keep in mind with those electric chokes, unlike a stove choke, is that they have no way of knowing your engine is warm. If you drive it somewhere and get out for 20 minutes that choke is going to go full on if you step on the accelerator pedal. You may have to adjust it until it only closes 2/3 to 3/4 closed. Just enough to get it on the high idle cam but not so much that it floods the engine.
In the climate you have down there you probably don't even need a choke. One thing to keep in mind with those electric chokes, unlike a stove choke, is that they have no way of knowing your engine is warm. If you drive it somewhere and get out for 20 minutes that choke is going to go full on if you step on the accelerator pedal. You may have to adjust it until it only closes 2/3 to 3/4 closed. Just enough to get it on the high idle cam but not so much that it floods the engine.
Why not just hook up the manual choke? Seems like the easy answer to me. I have the Summit Racing 600 cfm carb on my '76 390 F150. The original stove choke tube broke off in the exhaust manifold. Rather than hook up the electric choke that came with the carb, I installed a Holley manual choke kit.
I'm running a mid-60s Carter AFB w/electric choke on mine. I found a switched spare 12-volt tap with a plug-in lead behind the dash and have been using that for a couple of years now with no issues. My particular carb choke needs the 12-volts to operate properly.
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I'll take a look.
Thanks all,
JB
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