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Old 01-21-2006, 04:20 PM
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I have a 88 camaro that i just got, the guy that I got it from was a dumb ***. It has choke problems and instead of fixing it, it looks like he just ripped the choke butterfly off the carb. Can i just buy any carb for it? It has what looks to be a few sensors going into it?

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Old 01-21-2006, 04:48 PM
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unless you live in a cold climate, a choke is not needed. i have mechanicle choke that is not hooked up at all, but i have got it started in 15 degree weather so it jsut goes to show.
 
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Old 01-21-2006, 05:17 PM
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I do live in very cold area, and it doesnt want to run in the morning. The carb also seems to have other problems when I hold the throttle open, like it floods it.
 
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Old 01-21-2006, 07:02 PM
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Yeah, you can buy a replacement carb. It's worth doing. Just make sure the old and the new are basically the same (they might be slightly different, but . . . .

Unless you get a big refund for the "core" (old carb) keep it for a while: if the thing runs too lean or something you can have ashop install the jets from the old carb, etc.
 
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Old 01-21-2006, 07:49 PM
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do you know any good places to buy? like napa or online?


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Old 01-21-2006, 09:32 PM
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if you have a quadrojet 4 barrel, i have one sitting here doing nothing. ill gladly let u have it for cost of shipping
 
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Old 01-21-2006, 10:52 PM
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does it need a rebuild? does it have all the sensors that this stock on has? Could i put it on with out the sensors?


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Old 01-22-2006, 10:01 PM
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i basically pulled it off my 85Z minutes after the car ran. i will figure shipping tomorrow.
 
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Old 01-23-2006, 05:24 PM
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You are the man

Do you have any vaccume diagrams?


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