What Are You Doing To/With Your Car Today?

diymirage said
Yes and no...i got it adjusted to the point where the pedal will bottom out about 1/32nd short of opening to WOT (that way, there is no extreme pull on my throttle cable when I gun it, but all the power is there)

If you're having issues the first thing to check is pedal movement
Is there anything keeping the pedal from going all the way down, or all the way back
If that is clear, check for adjustment in the cable itself (if it is stock, you can adjust the outer sleeve where it mounts to the engine)
Finally check to see if you have the correct linkage on the carb
Worst case scenario you can move the connecting point on the throttle arm closer to the shaft, changing the geometry and fixing if that way
Toss some pictures up of the engine and who knows, we may spot something obvious that you're simply overlooking

It's a 73 Duster, original V8 car, 650 Speed Demon, LD340 intake. Lokar throttle cable and kickdown kit. Pedal bottoms out on floor an inch short. Kickdown was limiting travel a bit, but I readjusted it and all is well now from that problem. Still can only get 30% secondary opening.

I watched a video on YT of someone who had the same problem that he cured with putting a spacer on the bottom of the pedal mount bracket (I was hoping to not have to modify too much stuff). To test, I wedged a 3/4" piece of wood behind the bottom and tested again, and all works great, take that wedge out, and I'm back to 30% secondary opening. I think I may just grab some 3/4" flat bar and weld it to the bottom of the pedal mount.

I'll get some pics taken tomorrow morning and posted. It wouldn't be the first time I'm overlooking the obvious.