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a few years ago me and my dad built an 87 s-10 for street/strip and it was a nasty lil ride but i always hated the warm up on it since it was carburated.and now i have a 98 sonoma 2.2 and i wanna do a v8 swap.but i dont really have the funds to do fuel injected and its a real easy swap i've done one before and have plenty of people to help.but i dont know to much about the whole carburator thing.its my daily driver so i dont wanna have to start it 10 minutes before i go somewhere everytime.anybody got any suggestions?does electric choke help at all?

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A properly set up mechanical choke works well, but the electric ones do work better. $$ more though-

The easiest way to warm up the carb is to have a hose that runs from your exhaust manifold to your air filter holder. They sell them at all of the auto stores. Most if not all older GMs had this. It pulls just enough warmth from the manifold to warm up the carb. Once the inlet air in that hose reaches a certain temp, a coil moves a louver shut, blocking most of the warm air. Go to a junk yard and look for an air cleaner assembly for your v8 that will fit under the hood and look for one with the warm air inlet. Golden.

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just get a carb with a working electric choke.

shouldnt take more than 5 minutes to get it going unless its cold as hell outside.

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Shouldn't take more than a minute to properly warm it up. If it runs with a cold carb, the choke will keep the engine running by constricting the air and dumping gas. So, it will run- but poorly and suck gas like crazy. The colder a carb and motor is, the more gas it needs to run. Relying on a choke to run on is treating for the symptom and not to cure. You still need to get everything to a proper operating temperature faster.

What temp thermostat were you / will you be running? A thermostat that is too cold will make it harder to warm up, by opening too soon.

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I have an '83 camaro with a carb setup.. motor is an '86.. i can go outside fire my car up and go.. never have a problem unless its really cold outside then it takes about a minute.

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a few years ago me and my dad built an 87 s-10 for street/strip and it was a nasty lil ride but i always hated the warm up on it since it was carburated.and now i have a 98 sonoma 2.2 and i wanna do a v8 swap.but i dont really have the funds to do fuel injected and its a real easy swap i've done one before and have plenty of people to help.but i dont know to much about the whole carburator thing.its my daily driver so i dont wanna have to start it 10 minutes before i go somewhere everytime.anybody got any suggestions?does electric choke help at all?

What exactly is your issue? Stalling, etc....

Edit: A properly working electric choke work awesome along with an electric fan. A manual choke works fine too. What kind of intake do you have single or dual plane? Do you have a carb spacer?

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