Kickdown cable recommendations?

iScamp said

While on this subjectI have a question about throttle pressure linkage, that I guess I could answer myself but, seems like the braintrust on FABO has a fairly good grip on things.

If you have a stock small block w/727 auto. Runs, shifts great. Later you replace the intake with a high rise. The geometry of the throttle pressure (kickdown) linkage will be altered. Why couldn't the throttle pressure linkage be altered to compensate?

There are adjustment features built into the linkage system. (sliding clamps, and threaded rod ends , for example) Or why not use a different slotted rod at the carburetor?
One reason why I ask this is that I'm looking at a car that has an altered
slotted rod to compensate for a different intake. Just wondering why this won't work.

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Altering the linkage does work fine if you do it right, but that's the key, you have to know what your doing when dealing with geometry, which some people can't seem to grasp. Another reason to go with an aftermarket cable setup is it's less time and guess work involved and looks more trick and is more compact than the original stuff. If a person has the capability to alter it to work correctly, (which really isn't hard to do), and they like the look of original stuff I see no reason not to do it as long as you have all the parts to do it such as some of the special clips that are getting pretty hard to find. In the end it comes down to your personal preference.

BTW: good to hear someone calling the linkage by it's proper name, throttle pressure linkage. I've pretty much given up on calling it that because it's confuses so many because they only think of half of it's job which is to provide gear kickdown.