Anyone pull the electric choke off their fox? I'm tired of the high idle , especially since my car doesn't see cold, rainy, weather. Its a garage car, and the idle sux when started cold. Can I just pull it off? Keep the valve open?
Carb Guys... Removing Electric Choke?
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The valve in the choke horn stays shut when disconnected. Idles even higher. As for putting efi back on.... that's not gonna happen. My efi harness was fubar. But, I did my Carb conversion the RIGHT way. Its not a halfa$$ job. I just screwed up in getting an electric choke
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My quick fuel 750 does not even have a choke
. Starts just fine in the weather that I drive the car in
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Scott
. Starts just fine in the weather that I drive the car in .Scott
Fix the choke. You have the ability to " lean" the choke setting, therefore speeding up the pull off time it's in fast idle mode.
Or, you can always convert it back to EFI...I'm sure that would be waaay easier than just turning the 3 screws to allow the choke housing to spin.
While you're converting it back to EFI, may as well take the opportunity to rebuild that engine while your at it, since converting it back to EFI makes so much sense.
Or, you can always convert it back to EFI...I'm sure that would be waaay easier than just turning the 3 screws to allow the choke housing to spin.
While you're converting it back to EFI, may as well take the opportunity to rebuild that engine while your at it, since converting it back to EFI makes so much sense.
Lol I was waiting for a comment like this from you! Alas, um keeping the Carb... I'll adjust it tonight after work.. see if I can get down quicker...
To answer the question, yes you can just remove it entirely, including the choke butterfly if you really want. But, you should be able to adjust it so it doesn't idle crazy high on cold start up.
It's like this. Lets do a comparison shall we?
You, and Frankie fuel injection are sitting side by side in the parking lot of the apt complex you both live in. It's 6:00 am, 27 degrees out and you're both late for work. You have removed your choke. You swat the pedal twice, and fire that sucker up, it starts right off, but because there is no choke, it dies as soon as you let it idle. To keep it from doing that, all you have to do is hold it at 1200 rpm for one minute. From there on, you kinda have baby the throttle, because it wants to bog because the engine temp hasn't reached 100 degrees yet.
Frankie fuel injection gets in his car and turns the key. The car starts instantly, and he backs up and leaves the lot in a hurry( he is late as well) only because he doesn't have a carb that had the choke removed, he isn't still sitting in the lot,... Holding the throttle at 1200 rpm so the motor won't die.
Guess who gets to work first?
Fix the choke. Removing it will be the first step towards a bad carb experience.
You, and Frankie fuel injection are sitting side by side in the parking lot of the apt complex you both live in. It's 6:00 am, 27 degrees out and you're both late for work. You have removed your choke. You swat the pedal twice, and fire that sucker up, it starts right off, but because there is no choke, it dies as soon as you let it idle. To keep it from doing that, all you have to do is hold it at 1200 rpm for one minute. From there on, you kinda have baby the throttle, because it wants to bog because the engine temp hasn't reached 100 degrees yet.
Frankie fuel injection gets in his car and turns the key. The car starts instantly, and he backs up and leaves the lot in a hurry( he is late as well) only because he doesn't have a carb that had the choke removed, he isn't still sitting in the lot,... Holding the throttle at 1200 rpm so the motor won't die.
Guess who gets to work first?
Fix the choke. Removing it will be the first step towards a bad carb experience.
Your math is all wrong. My car will be warm enough a mile into the drive that it'll idle just fine, but it won't matter because i'll be driving that SOB at WOT blowing Frankie fuel injection's doors off, and i'll get to work before him because he's a tree hugging hippie who won't accelerate too hard because he's worried about his carbon footprint.
I get your point, but my car will never be driven in weather like that. Its a garage queen that sees days in the 70-100 degree range. And it only goes from my house( no apartment thank you), to work... 15 minutes away. So, I will adjust the idle ... for now.. but I really don't need a choke
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Your math is all wrong. My car will be warm enough a mile into the drive that it'll idle just fine, but it won't matter because i'll be driving that SOB at WOT blowing Frankie fuel injection's doors off, and i'll get to work before him because he's a tree hugging hippie who won't accelerate too hard because he's worried about his carbon footprint.
Always an entertaining response from David.
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