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Old Jan 10, 2011 | 09:18 AM
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Do you think i need a Choke?

I've lived in Missouri before and was born in Connecticut, but i never thought this would happen in Louisiana. It snowed last night and i woke up this morning to my Camaro looking like this:
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Old Jan 10, 2011 | 11:17 AM
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Re: Do you think i need a Choke?

It would be nice.
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Old Jan 10, 2011 | 01:39 PM
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Re: Do you think i need a Choke?

Originally Posted by 383 Power
I've lived in Missouri before and was born in Connecticut, but i never thought this would happen in Louisiana. It snowed last night and i woke up this morning to my Camaro looking like this:
ur freezer has more snow than that. we got 36inches yesterday here in indiana. chokes are quite usefull tho.
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Old Jan 10, 2011 | 02:51 PM
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Re: Do you think i need a Choke?

Wow you guys had a hell of a.... dusting.

I should take a pic of mine you couldn't even see the damn car most of this winter.
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Old Jan 10, 2011 | 03:23 PM
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Re: Do you think i need a Choke?

Originally Posted by Camaro305SB
Wow you guys had a hell of a.... dusting.

I should take a pic of mine you couldn't even see the damn car most of this winter.
i heer ya
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Old Jan 10, 2011 | 03:54 PM
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Re: Do you think i need a Choke?

No joke, and its supposed to snow more here tonight and tomorrow if I'm not mistaken
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Old Jan 10, 2011 | 04:03 PM
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Re: Do you think i need a Choke?

- Yeah, chokes would be nice. I'm up in Canada-Land, and while it doesn't snow as much as some people may think, I'm not stranger to the stuff. I left my car in the open for five minutes the other day at school and you couldn't see the car at all. Let alone opening the doors and starting it. I actually had to crawl through the hatch this morning on my way to school because the doors were so solid against the body :P
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Old Jan 10, 2011 | 04:07 PM
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Re: Do you think i need a Choke?

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.... I actually had to crawl through the hatch this morning on my way to school because the doors were so solid against the body :P
i remember those times. locked my keys in my car and the wire hanger had the open hatch button was prime target

Originally Posted by
Awesome-X;4783731
No joke, and its supposed to snow more here tonight and tomorrow if I'm not mistaken
up north a little more where i am suppose to all week i belive. and it was just getting nice out. time to put her back in the garage =[

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Old Jan 10, 2011 | 04:21 PM
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Re: Do you think i need a Choke?

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No joke, and its supposed to snow more here tonight and tomorrow if I'm not mistaken
i'm up here in montreal-canada and for our standards,,it has been a mild winter so far ,,i don't use my car in the winter ,,but my choke is very useful on those october and november mornings when it starts to get cold...i had a holley with no choke and it was always harder to start cold ,,installed an edelbrock 1405 with electic choke and it works like a charm...
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Old Jan 10, 2011 | 04:28 PM
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Re: Do you think i need a Choke?

Originally Posted by mooch1
i'm up here in montreal-canada and for our standards,,it has been a mild winter so far ,,i don't use my car in the winter ,,but my choke is very useful on those october and november mornings when it starts to get cold...i had a holley with no choke and it was always harder to start cold ,,installed an edelbrock 1405 with electic choke and it works like a charm...
thts good to know since that is the exact carb topping my 350 im going to put into my DD just as soon as i can finish the TT 350 ive started. never ends.
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Old Jan 10, 2011 | 04:28 PM
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Re: Do you think i need a Choke?

Nah that's how my car looked this morning. No choke and don't miss it. My car fires faster than some newer cars I've worked on.
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Old Jan 10, 2011 | 05:35 PM
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Re: Do you think i need a Choke?

[quote=bduffey723;4783747]i remember those times. locked my keys in my car and the wire hanger had the open hatch button was prime target


First and only time that I locked my keys in the car, a friend and I pried up the bar between the T-Tops and got my girlfriend to reach under the glass and unlock it.
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Old Jan 10, 2011 | 06:42 PM
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Re: Do you think i need a Choke?

[quote=Twin;4783867]
Originally Posted by bduffey723
i remember those times. locked my keys in my car and the wire hanger had the open hatch button was prime target


First and only time that I locked my keys in the car, a friend and I pried up the bar between the T-Tops and got my girlfriend to reach under the glass and unlock it.
tht was option two. but the window itself u can pry back pretty easy and fit a skinny arm in there as well
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Old Jan 10, 2011 | 06:57 PM
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Re: Do you think i need a Choke?

i have no choke on my 86, more of a racecar than a DD, but a choke really would be nice sometimes. It can be a real bitch to start.

you would find it useful
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 12:54 AM
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Re: Do you think i need a Choke?

I had a 1406 on my 355, it was electric choke and always started like a charm in the winter but I sold it.

I found it on craigslist tonight, though XD
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