Can you add an electric choke on a Holley carburetor?

Can you add an electric choke on a Holley carburetor?

INTRODUCTION: Congratulations on your purchase of a new electric choke kit from Holley! These kits can be used to convert Holley carburetors that were originally equipped with a hot air or manually operated choke to full-automatic/electric operation.

How does a manual choke work on a carb?

Manually – A manual choke is controlled by a lever on the side of the carb. A lever or knob inside the vehicle is then attached by a cable. This requires a person inside the car to slowly open the choke by hand. Automatically – An automatic choke uses a metal spring to open and close the choke plate.

What is a manual choke?

A manual choke is a mechanical device that links a retractable knob in the driver’s compartment, via a cable, to a metal plate inside the carburetor. The metal plate moves to increase or decrease the amount of intake air in order to provide the optimum fuel mixture for the engine.

Where do you connect electric choke wire?

It would be best to run a new wire into the car and plug it onto one of the accessory blades on the fuseblock where you see “IGN FUSED”. If you would prefer, you can also tap into the windshield wiper feed wire, as that is also a 12-volt ignition fused circuit.

Where does the Holley electric choke go?

For electric choke hookup, attach the bayonet end of the long electrical lead supplied to the positive terminal on the choke cap. The other end must be connected to an ignition activated 12-volt source. The distributor side of the ignition coil is NOT a 12- volt source. It is a 7-9-volt source after cranking.

When did cars stop having manual chokes?

Manual choke Most young drivers would never have experienced a manual choke, but for some this was the norm when it came to starting their vehicle years ago. With the introduction of fuel injection, the manual choke disappeared from the market in the early 90s.