RE: throttle pressure

[Kevin Merkley <krmerkley@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi there,

I'm pretty sure that when the throttle is full open, the lever at the 
transmission should be all the way back.  If is not, the rod is too 
short.

The slot at the carb end is to allow the throttle to close if the lever 
at the transmission gets stuck.  On the 62-65 B bodies (I'm not cetain 
about the others) if slush or mud or something stopped the transmission 
lever from moving forward, the throttle would be stuck open.

The 64 b bodies did not have the slotted unit and it was a direct 
connection to the throttle.

K.
moparbikeguy@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> 
> I finally completed the swap from my race 727 to a stock '65 727 in my 
> '65. I used the downshift (throttle pressure) rod from the original 1965 
> 273/904 setup. Just had to tweak the bends a bit because of the 1970 six 
> pack setup being taller than the 273 2bbl. Adjusted everything per the 
> service manual to basically where the throttle starts moving the 
> transmission rod as soon as the throttle starts moving open. My question 
> is: at full throttle, there is still room for the transmission rod to 
> move further before it stops. Is this the norm? I never have figured why 
> the trans rod is slotted at the carb attachment point.
> 
> 
> '65 Coronet 500 stroker
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> 



Kevin R. Merkley
Thunder Bay, Ontario
64 Dodge 440 2dr HT (Cdn)
64 Dodge Polara 500 Convertible (Cdn)


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