How Many Of You Are Choke-Less...??

[Viet Nam Vett]

As old man winter is here those of us with no chokes have to spend sometime getting enough warmth in the intake so our cars will idol and be driveable.

In my case I'm running a Barry Grant Demon on the 502 which has no choke horn at all and has a polished down flow inlet. I have to pump the go pedal about 5-6 times hard, before starting in the cold garage. Then..just a slight push on the pedal to open the throttle plates just enough to act as a choke.

This usually starts the beast and I can get the R's up to around 1500 which is the lowest RPM it'll run before stalling. Then it's quick back out of the garage and hold the 1500 for about 3 min before I can get an idol of about 600.

Then I'm good to go for a cruz. To day I fired her up and rolled out of the garage and stalled. So I re-pumped the pedal...(I think a little to much) and cranked the motor and I heard a big Muffeled BOOM under the hood! She fired off and ran again.

After my run around the neighboorhood I popped the hood and checked around. The boom I heard was a Big time Back Fire thru the carb which went thru the backfire arrestor in the air cleaner and blew the Valve cover breather line off the Air Cleaner.

No harm done... Thses cars are fun Huh..??

 

[67HEAVEN]

No harm done... Thses cars are fun Huh..??

Yep. Wouldn't have it any other way. "We don't need no stinkin' chokes." Only wimps use chokes.


I'm trying to think of a way to hook up one of them ol' Model T starter cranks too.

Some day I'll post my fire-up check list. It's a doozie.

 

[Kid_Again]

...choke? what's a choke?

...i've always milled the choke towers off....the exceptions are the center 2bbl carbs on the big block.....i hooked up the choke mechanism on the big block and was amazed, fired right up and i drove away without pumping it

whoulda' thunk

 

[Rowdy1]

A Choke?

Oh I know, that's when you miss an easy shot on the pool table playing for $$$ or beers for the whole bar right?

 

[Subfixer]

When I had my 62 about 35 years ago, I too was chokeless... During a little test run, without air cleaners, I had the carb backfire on a cold day..... Then the rest of the car burned to the ground.

Now I always run a choke, wait till it's warmed up before going anywhere, and always have the air cleaner on.

Those carb backfires can ruin your day.......

 

[Viet Nam Vett]

Those carb backfires can ruin your day.......

Yes they can

I'm using a BB dropbase . The dropbase as a Back Fire arrestor Screen built into the top section to extinguish the flame front from the backfire and prvent the flame from making it's way thru the tube to the crankcase. And also a strong metal air cleaner top.

But you know the saying... "The best laid plans of mice and men"

 

[Chrisr]

Whats a choke??? And whats a carb??? otfl

 

[gmjunkie]

Mines Stuck Open on the Big Black Truck!! Dose that count?????

 

[67HEAVEN]

The dropbase has a Back Fire arrestor Screen built into the top section to extinguish the flame........

Only wimps use flame arrestors.

 

[Viet Nam Vett]

Whats a choke??? And whats a carb??? otfl

You have a choke in your throttel body... It's called an "IAC" Motor.

But you are correct...no carb..

 

[Viet Nam Vett]

Only wimps use flame arrestors.

In your case you have a hood channeled flame arrestor which also doubles as a front side mounted defrost heated windshield...