Looking to add a TA intake to my 350. With the original intake having the well for the choke how do I make it work on the TA??
TA sells their own choke set up for the Quadrajet and also another one for Edlebrock. Here is the link for the Quadrajet choke: http://www.taperformance.com/proddetail.asp?prod=TA_1241
I took the choke off of my 1977 carburetor about 15 years ago, and don't even miss it. Unless you are commuting back and forth to work in your car and parking it in a snow drift in the winter time, it woln't be missed much. Most of our customers these days don't use them, as many have either blocked off or filled the crossovers in the heads. Many aftermarket intakes don't even have a place to mount the choke right to start with. This mandates removing it, or on some intakes an aftermarket electric divorced choke can be mounted, and a custom length rod fabricated to reach up to the carb to operate the choke. The later carburetors that were originaly "hot air" chokes, can be converted to electric in minutes if/as needed.....Cliff
As I am in the process of installing a new TA manifold with a freshly rebuilt Qjet for a 1971 350 setup this thread has caught my interest. Am I correct in assuming I need a new choke set up. I was planing to use the one off my old OEM manifold as it works fine.
>>Hi Steve, Your stock choke set up will not mount on the new TA intake - you will need one of the TA choke set ups.
I don't run a choke at all on mine. It's a Holley and has the choke horn milled off. With a properly tuned carburetor I don't think they are necessary. I realize it doesn't get as cold down here as it does in Chicago but you probably don't drive the car in the winter anyway. Still, we have mornings in the 30's when I want to drive the car, and just like any other day all I have to do is pump the gas about 1/2 a pedal and it starts right up, everytime, cold or hot, and I can get out and walk away and it will idle.
Yes. I just had a q-jet rebuilt and had an electric choke put on it. It will be going on top of a TA intake as well, so that is the main reason I switched. The electric choke is a much cleaner setup than adapting the divorced style choke setup. You just need to tap into a keyed 12v source for the e-choke, not a big deal.
