If a Carburetor is Chokeless...

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura) 09/20/2019 at 18:04 • Filed to: None

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...how do you cold start it?

19JRC99 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/20/2019 at 18:10

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Lots of pumping. 

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/20/2019 at 18:15

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Just set it on fire

Decay buys too many beaters > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/20/2019 at 18:16

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Funny enough, I’ve never had to choke my ruckus or my DRZ to start. Even in the dead of winter

lone_liberal > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/20/2019 at 18:20

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1. You have to not care if it backfires a little. Or a lot.

Step 2. You have to pump it quite a bit to get plenty of fuel in there

C. You have to make sure to keep the revs up until it gets some heat built up.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > lone_liberal 09/20/2019 at 18:23

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I’ll just get one with a choke when the time comes.

lone_liberal > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/20/2019 at 18:25

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Yeah, that’s why I went to a carb with an electric choke. It makes life much easier and there are fewer loud bangs. 

jimz > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/20/2019 at 18:44

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Repeated tries and lots of swearing

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/20/2019 at 18:47

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A spray can of ether.

ApolloX75 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/20/2019 at 18:59

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I run no choke on my Holley and have no issues starting cold. Just pump it once or twice and go. If you have it properly tuned and set up, it’s not an issue.

AuthiCooper1300 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/20/2019 at 19:08

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BMC Special Tuning used to sell an eight-port, cross-flow head for the Mini Cooper S which was fitted with four Amal carbs – and no choke.

A journalist who tested a car so equipped managed to convince his lady companion to p a r t i a l l y cover the intakes with her dainty hands.

MM54 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/20/2019 at 19:25

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Pump the gas, crank it, give it a few revs to get things going, and go on as usual. It’s not the end of the world, just have to know what you’re doing.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > AuthiCooper1300 09/21/2019 at 08:54

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And if the engine were in a van with an engine cover over it...

I just had never heard of such a thing nor given it any thought.

AuthiCooper1300 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/21/2019 at 09:20

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Problem is, if the blasted thing backfires you may get a burn.

But if you really have to start the engine on a cold frosty morning and it’s being uncooperative - well, partially obstructing the venturis would be one way of doing it.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > AuthiCooper1300 09/21/2019 at 13:03

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When I'm ready for the four-barrel, I'll buy one with a choke. This caught my eye and I wanted to see what my clever Oppo friends thought about it.

AuthiCooper1300 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/21/2019 at 13:29

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A h , O K - I t h o u g h t y o u h a d a l r e a d y b o u g h t o n e .