Clifford headers: now no choke for BBD. What to do?

Thousands of BBD slants were produced, why not just use the factory choke setup?
Didn't it mount on the exhaust manifold? There's a tunnel in the intake manifold that looks like the linkage is supposed to pass through. With the Clifford headers, I don't have a mounting point anymore.

The guy that did all the engine work made a linkage setup that looks like it would make it easier to adapt to a 2100.
I don't mind having to get an adapter.

The main goal is to get this choke problem resolved and be done with it.



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