<VV> Throttle linkage

[Rick & Janet Norris]

If I was to do a center mount four barrel today I would use the Morse cable 
like I have on the V8 Vair which hooks to the Vair Pedal. Many brackets and 
clips are available through Jegs, Summit or you local boat shop.
I had a two barrel on my dune buggy and several four barrels on other Vairs 
and I too liked them.

Rick Norris


> 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