<VV> Throttle linkage

[Williams, Rickie]

Well I LIKE my center mount 4 barrel...mine is a Carter AFB.  As for
linkage, I mounted the carb in such a way as to need a linkage that pulled
rather than pushed.  On Corvair cars, when one steps on the gas pedal, a rod
running the length of the tunnel is pushed toward the rear of the car to a
pivot point under the rear seat (but on the underneath side of the car).
That pivot causes the linkage to become a pull instead of a push.  But that
only lasts from under the rear seat to the side of the transaxle where
another pivot causes the linkage to once again be a push.

All in all, a lot of parts, a lot of weight, and a lot of pieces to wear.

So for my 4-barrel's linkage, I kept the factory linkage only through the
pivot under the rear seat.  Everything else I removed.  Then I determined
the length of a cable that I would need, went to a motorcycle shop and found
a clutch cable that was the perfect length.  I had to fabricate a bracket at
each end of the cable to locate/lock-in-position the cable housing.  My
throttle cable works very smooth.  

My center mount (IECO brand) came with a piece of linkage that looked as if
it had been in a bad wreck.  I threw it away about 21 years ago.

Rickie Williams
Columbia, KY


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> From: 	R. Byers[SMTP:rbyers03@tampabay.rr.com]
> Sent: 	Thursday, November 18, 2004 2:44 PM
> To: 	Virtual Vairs
> Subject: 	<VV> Throttle linkage
> 
> I have just installed 140 engine into my 62 Monza.  The engine, 
> professionally built, with ported heads and an Isky 270 cam,  was 
> originally installed in an automatic 65 Corsa that was never 
> completed.  The engine has a Holley 4412 (500 CFM).  As it has been
> sitting 
> and will probably be rebuilt, before finishing it, I was thinking of 
> changing to a Holley 1850 (600 CFM) hoping the low speed throttle response
> 
> would be better.  If anyone has experience with these, I would like to
> hear 
> about it.
> 
> My problem is that the rod coming from the pedal does not come anywhere 
> near being able to connect to the Holley.  The car that it came out of was
> 
> junked and I cannot see how it worked.
> It appears as if some sort of rod would have to be added to make this
> work, 
> but I would rather not do it by trial and error.  With all the Corvair 
> carburetor mods over the years, someone must have made some sort of kit to
> 
> make this work.  What have others done in similar circumstances?
> 
> Ron Byers
> Largo, FL
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