Cliff's Quadrajet Parts and Rebuild Kits
General Category => Quadrajet Carb Talk and Tips => Topic started by: BruCru2 on June 13, 2023, 08:27:54 AM
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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?
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These are the ones you probably looked at?
https://www.carburetion.com/sitesearch.aspx?Category=QJchokeconv&Title=Quadrajet%20Divorce%20Choke%20Conversions
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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.
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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.