OK so when I tuned my bone stock 2.6 with the weber carb, it was about 40 degrees (F) outside. I havent messed with the electric choke adjustment at all as I've read some of the horror stories from messing with it. However, I believe this thing is over choking the hell out of the engine on warmup, and it doesnt need to be choked in cold weather anywhere near as long as it takes to open up. I've driven this truck in weather as low as -5 F with a -15 windchill (thats -20/-26 for you Celsius guys). Those temps we usually only see a couple days out of the year, mostly in the 20 to 40 degree range through the winter with 75-95 being normal in the summer.
We recently had some unusually warm weather for february here (78 degrees 2 days ago LOL), and the truck didnt like the choke at all. I shut if off after a few seconds and had someone hold the choke all the way open. I started it back up and it ran like it was already warmed up. I just tried the same exact thing today in this mid 40 degree weather and the results were similar. I think i can deal with it being temperament in super cold weather as it doesnt happen that often. Has anyone else had a similar situation and just removed it all together? It idles like it has a massive cam in it until it opens up and is using more fuel than necessary.
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