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Mail From: Dr. Paul R. Sawyer (email redacted)

Hi all--

Anyone with a 65 or 66 install a HIPO/Shelby manual choke on their car? Is
it difficult to do? Is it worth it? I have the standard Ford Autolite Four
barrel--I believe it is the 4300.

Thanks!

--Paul

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Mail From: speegle (email redacted)

Why would you want to go to a hand choke over an automatic?

If the carb you have is one of the original types (65-66) then its likely a
4100. (4300's were used on 67-69 +)

IF you do have a 4300 then finding the carb brackets is going to be challenging.
FInding one for a 4100 is a bit easier if you can find a truck or Hipo carb to
get one


Jeff Speegle
MCA ANHJ


"Dr. Paul R. Sawyer" wrote:

> Hi all--
>
> Anyone with a 65 or 66 install a HIPO/Shelby manual choke on their car? Is
> it difficult to do? Is it worth it? I have the standard Ford Autolite Four
> barrel--I believe it is the 4300.

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Mail From: Chris Russell (email redacted)

I think the HIPO choke was simply a manual choke. I wonder why ford (or was it just shelby) decided to go with a manual choke. Did the manual chokes come on autolite carbed applications or only for cars with holley carbs? I wonder if it was simply cheaper/simpler to go with a manual choke for the holley carbs?

It seems like it would be pretty easy to retrofit... I never used the "hipo" cable, but just used whatever the local parts store carried. The local auto-parts store will probably sell some type of manual-choke conversion kit. If you have a holley or other aftermarket carb you could get the manual choke parts from the maker. If it is an auto-lite you could use the parts-store kit, but my experience with the ones I have used from the local discount auto stores , is that they been they are of dubious quality -- that said, I have made them work.

As it turns out, I've always run (and converted to) a manual choke on my mustangs, but if I ever get around to it I think I'm going to switch over to an electric choke. The reason I always installed a manual choke was that it seems to me to be more flexible and less finicky than the automatic choke, especially on an old cold-blooded mustang in ohio winters. The manual choke allowed me to mess around with the choke/fast-idle to get the car started no matter the weather. Now that I live in california its less of an issue, and I'm probably just getting lazier as I get older... plus whenever my wife has to borrow the car she hates the manual choke.

Chris

At 07:03 PM 02/20/2001, Dr. Paul R. Sawyer wrote:
>Hi all--
>
>Anyone with a 65 or 66 install a HIPO/Shelby manual choke on their car? Is
>it difficult to do? Is it worth it? I have the standard Ford Autolite Four
>barrel--I believe it is the 4300.

--
Chris Russell (email redacted)
Engineering Manager, ZK Celltest Inc, www.zk.com
voice: 408-986-8080, fax: 661-752-8950

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Mail From: Dr. Paul R. Sawyer (email redacted)

J--

You are right--I have my autolites mixed up.

My autochoke is kind of flaky and I thought that this might be a remedy.

Why were they in the HIPOs in the first place? Just curious.

--Paul

> From: speegle <(email redacted)>
> Reply-To: (email redacted)
> Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 19:18:26 -0800
> To: (email redacted)
> Subject: Re: [CM] HIPO Choke in Non-HIPO car?
>
> Why would you want to go to a hand choke over an automatic?
>
> If the carb you have is one of the original types (65-66) then its likely a
> 4100. (4300's were used on 67-69 +)
>
> IF you do have a 4300 then finding the carb brackets is going to be
> challenging.
> FInding one for a 4100 is a bit easier if you can find a truck or Hipo carb to
> get one
>
>
> Jeff Speegle
> MCA ANHJ
>
>
> "Dr. Paul R. Sawyer" wrote:
>
>> Hi all--
>>
>> Anyone with a 65 or 66 install a HIPO/Shelby manual choke on their car? Is
>> it difficult to do? Is it worth it? I have the standard Ford Autolite Four
>> barrel--I believe it is the 4300.
>
>
>
>
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