My questions are at the end of the post.
Long story short, when I used to drive my '75 T/A (which had a '76 Q-Jet atop), one thing that drove me nuts was the choke not doing what I said when I said. Apparently it thought it knew a better way to make the engine run than I did.
Years later I jumped into a '56 ford with it's original I-6 motor and a single barrel Holley that had a manual driver-controlled choke. After driving it for a few weeks and getting to know its "style", I could start it perfectly where it would immediately jump to the exact rpm I desired--in the blazing summer heat or the blistering winter cold--EVERY time. I became a master at positioning the choke plate to make my motor start and run at my desired RPM under all temperature conditions--almost never needing more than 1-2 seconds of cranking until it fired...even in 35-40ºF.
My point is that I feel like I grasped better control of starting cold/hot engines and gradually dropping the idle as it warmed than did that pathetic choke on my T/A. So I had an epiphany to jury-rig it to manual just like my truck, but have read a few different advisory's not to do so.
Why shouldn't I? How can it affect my Q-jets performance and possibly ruin the unit or affect my motor? Is there a way to convert auto-choke Q-Jet's to manual and not have any negative effect at all?
Thank you very much.
I digress:
My best guess at why there is auto chokes and not manual is that people thought they had better things to do than adjust warm up speeds themselves. If you are going to warn me that such mods will annoy me and ruin my driving experience....then I refute that claim with my own adventures when driving my '56 Ford for a year and half. Never a day went by that I didn't start that truck and think to myself: Boy...if only my T/A was this easy, consistent, and perfect to start.
