[android 211]

You can convert the hot air choke to electric. The '78 Rochester has a vent on the lid which will hit the bottom of the air cleaner unless you drill a hole in the bottom of the pan to allow it to poke through.

[Cliff R]

17058241 is a 1978 Buick, not a Pontiac. Still a fine candidate for a really nice high performance carburetor. The only trump card is the "goofy" linkage to hook up the throttle cable. I remove the hooked portion on most of those with an angle grinder for non-Buick applications.

Save the time, headaches and aggravation and do the build yourself. If you have my book your are already most of the way there. Any local "builder" is just going to complicate the process. Most wouldn't know what an idle tube is, or idle bypass air, airbleeds, or much about anything else, at least not enought to get you pointed in the right direction.

The key to success is knowledge and good parts. We sell everything required for that part number, and can supply the correct tuning parts, rebuild parts, electric choke, and throttle bushing install kit, etc, so it's basically "plug and play"......Cliff

[quicksilver97ta]

I will ask them specifically about the cleaning David. As far as resizing I might want to do that on my own. If that is something I need to do before I run the carb then I’ll make sure it happens. The recipe calls for .037 to .038 but I don’t know what it is in stock form, so, I don’t know how much of a priority it is. That shop seemed to do a good job on Txbobcats carb as far as cleaning and proper operation but I am unaware if they modified anything.
I think I need a choke. It gets pretty cold here in North Texas sometimes and I had a choke on my tripower which worked great. The Holley does not have one and I have to hold a fast idle at start up in cold weather.
Android, thanks for the heads up on the vent tube.

Here is Bob’s carb done at that shop: I think its OK, and, it will just be a starting point for me which I need. I will work on the other mods in the book like a rolling restoration.