i have a 800 qjet with a manual chock, it works good, i like the fact of when i race i dont have to worry about the chock, but it is one more thing to mess with. do eney of you run a electric chock on a street strip car?? i was woundering if you can have a problem with it not open all the way at the lights????
I run an add-on electric choke on my 750 Carter. (On top of a mildly built 462" BBB). It's a Carter kit. It works well, the car lights right off on cold mornings and the choke pulls off within a 1/4 mile or so from the house. Never had a problem with it not fully opening. When I ran the dual quad 500 cfm Carters I had a manual choke that operated both carbs simultaneously, but have found since then that one choke - on the primary carb if you run progressive, I don't - is sufficient. More than likely one choke on a straight linkage dual quad setup would work fine. The dual quad Vettes had an automatic choke on the rear carb only and one owner I talked to said it worked fine. Only funny thing that happened to me with electric chokes was when I ran a 600 cfm Holley on the same engine (in a 32 roadster) and had the hood side panels off on a cold winter day. Even with the engine fully warm, stop at a store, come out in five minutes and the choke would be on. After a bit of running the already warm engine it would pull off. The same no hood side panels setup in similar weather with the elec choke Carter didn't put the choke back on after a short stop once the engine was warm. The Holley worked fine with the liberally louvered hood side panels on. That was all it took to keep the cold air away from the Holley choke.
The electric choke on my Edelbrock Performer RPM 800 is adjustable- you can set it full open by simply turning the can so the spring opens the choke all the way before you race, I suppose. Then set it back so the spring just touches the tang when you drive home. Sounds good in my head.
I personally ran my '69 with no choke at all, I even went so far as to remove the choke plate from the carb. I would just hop in, One pump of the throttle and fire away. This was for nine months out of the year in Minnesota so temps ranged from 35-40 up to 100 or so. The key is good tuning.
