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Old 03-25-2009, 05:01 PM   #1
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electric choke

how should i go about wireing the choke on a 4 bbl qjet with electric choke. i just ordered one and was tring to figure it out before it got here
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Old 03-25-2009, 05:08 PM   #2
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Re: electric choke

Good ???

As I too need to wire up one on my Holley.
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Old 03-25-2009, 05:22 PM   #3
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Re: electric choke

Wire it to a source that comes on when the key is on & go through a fuse. Actually the factory has an oil pressure switch wired in the circuit so if the key is on & the engine is not running it won't heat the choke off, but it is not nessesary.
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Old 03-25-2009, 05:29 PM   #4
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Re: electric choke

I'd just wire it to the HEI. It hardly takes any amps to run the choke, and once the choke is closed, it isn't taking any power.
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Old 03-25-2009, 10:08 PM   #5
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Re: electric choke

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I'd just wire it to the HEI. It hardly takes any amps to run the choke, and once the choke is closed, it isn't taking any power.
What part of the HEI do you hook it up to?
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Old 03-26-2009, 06:46 AM   #6
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What part of the HEI do you hook it up to?
The same wire that energizes the HEI from the ignition
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Old 03-25-2009, 06:08 PM   #7
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Re: electric choke

Another popular place to connect the choke wire is to the wiper motor wire, which is hot any time the key is on or in run. The choke wire feeds the coil inside the choke housing and it draws power anytime the key is on. The coil's purpose is to heat a bi-metallic spring inside the choke housing which opens the choke plate on the carburetor.
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Old 03-25-2009, 06:52 PM   #8
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Re: electric choke

well i dont have hei but i can run it to a power soruce that only hot when key is on that i can do
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Old 03-25-2009, 09:12 PM   #9
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Re: electric choke

otherwise known as an "ignition hot"
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