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Best Divorced Electric Choke?

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BruCru2:
Hello,
A few years ago I put some aftermarket electric chokes on my boat's two divorced choke Qjets.  They worked good for a while but have since failed.  Are there any good quality aftermarket electric chokes for divorced choke Qjets?

BTW, while googling electric chokes for Qjets I found out that the Chinese are now making Qjet knockoffs.  Is nothing sacred?

77cruiser:
These are the ones you probably looked at?
https://www.carburetion.com/sitesearch.aspx?Category=QJchokeconv&Title=Quadrajet%20Divorce%20Choke%20Conversions

BruCru2:
Thanks 77Cruiser,
These are the same ones I have on the engines now.  I was hoping there was something better out there.

Since it is pretty warm outside, I think I'll see how the carbs work without any choke.  The choke on my port engine  has been dead for some time now.  I have no trouble starting that engine.  Maybe I don't need them.
Thanks again.

Qball:
I wanted to chime in here.  I have a 67 GTO with a 68 Q-jet on top.  It's a divorced choke.  I'm running 6X heads as the 400 has been stroked to 461.  The exhaust crossovers have been filled.

I was looking for an electric choke conversion but just wasn't thrilled with what was out there. 

So, I tried something a bit different. 

I found on Amazon, some heating film that happens to be the same size of the choke stove base.  I fastened the film to the manifold base and secured the choke stove on top of it.  I wired the film into the wiper circuit.  The film heats up to about 400* F and it causes the bimetal strip to open the choke fully in about 5-6 minutes.

Here's a link to the proof of concept video.  https://youtu.be/wTQvMxgH_Jk

Anyway, hope this helps. 

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