My 79 cutlass does not have a choke when I bought it
I bought one off amazon and ran the cable etc.

the cable seemed very thin and it would close the carb flaps fine but didn’t have the power to open them fully

I have a Holley double pumper

my question is the choke quality
Are there chokes with good strong cables vs others. ?

 

Now that is out of my system. 😁

I would think you could adjust the cable or bend the linkage in some way so the choke fully closes, and opens without binding.

 

oh oh. Is there carb battles here lol
didn’t know

 

The cable sleeve needs to be anchored securely at the carb and the dash and routed without sharp bends in the cable.

 

That is what I did. But wondering if you know of any choke cable that are stronger than others

 

I've never really studied choke cables, I have used the Holley one. I guess you could look at wire diameters.

 

Bringing this back for update

after trying the dorman choke cable that didn’t work good as it was to thin to push the flaps open

I bought the Holley cable and yes.

it’s a much thicker cable

no more issues

 

I have a non-GM car with a manual choke 2 barrel Autolite. I put a Holley choke cable on it with a Holley carb. The carb was replaced with the Autolite, but the cable remained. It has done ok, but I have had to lube it recently, so I think I will replace it with another one I have here. I do not have opinions on Holley chokes themselves. I do think Autolites are real bitchy until they warm up.

 

well the Dorman cable I got was way to thin

 

It should take virtually zero force to open the choke. Start by disconnecting the cable from the carb linkage and see if it takes any effort to move the linkage by hand. If it does, fix that. If it doesn't, see if you can move the cable by itself. If not, it's binding and either you need to fix the bind spot or get a new cable. There should be no need for a "heavy duty" choke cable, which is why you won't find one. Find and fix the real problem.

 

not sure if the Holley is considered the heavy duty cable but it’s doing the job just fine now

 

I think the heavy duty idea comes from the cable sheathing. The one on my van now is wraparound metal, like it's in a spring. The one I have for it is plastic and coated. Perhaps it will retain more lube.

Yes, a correctly working choke cable should take the minimum of drag to pull upon.

 

the sheathing looks the same on both cables

the Holley cable inside the sheathing is noticeable thicker which is what I needed

the Dorman cable is very thin and weak