Throttle for 64 Dart Help
A couple other things i just thought of...
I added some washers where the throttle cable goes in to through the firewall (first pic) though I think I want to add one more larger washer behind it to grab some more metal on the firewall.
The Lokar Throttle cable to carb connector is closed at the one end where the ball stud connects to the carb (pic 1). I thought about drilling out the end to pass the cable through to make adjustment easier but the cable could interfere with the ball stud so I didn't... so to give the most flexibility when connecting to the carb roll out the gold end leaving around .125"-.25" inside the nut (pic 2) to cut the cable (don't use snips or it will fray - use a cut off wheel) with maybe .25"-.5" (somewhere in there) sticking out (pic 3).
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Now to get that length this will obviously have to be on the carb. On my Holley 2 barrel I used this location...
So I had the throttle closed and pulled the cable as tight as i could with pliers to mark the cut while holding the silver par and the gold part inline as best as possible (cut marked and made like pic 3 above)... then tighten the hex nut down and thread gold into silver and tighten the gold lock nut... I found this gives the most flexibility for loosening/tightening... accounting for cable stretch etc... always trim the cable longer until you know what you want to do exactly... you can't add it back on!
The only other thing - the springs that come with the kit are great but I found were a bit too long to adequately close the throttle effectively when you're off pedal... which is f'n scary when driving :) so a little bend and trim with a touch of preload may be necessary... the spring is attached to the little tab that comes with the Lokar return bracket. It is held in place by the AT kickdown cable stud and nut - see it popping out below...
it ain't the sexiest thing... but it's been working great :)
A couple other things i just thought of...
I added some washers where the throttle cable goes in to through the firewall (first pic) though I think I want to add one more larger washer behind it to grab some more metal on the firewall.
The Lokar Throttle cable to carb connector is closed at the one end where the ball stud connects to the carb (pic 1). I thought about drilling out the end to pass the cable through to make adjustment easier but the cable could interfere with the ball stud so I didn't... so to give the most flexibility when connecting to the carb roll out the gold end leaving around .125"-.25" inside the nut (pic 2) to cut the cable (don't use snips or it will fray - use a cut off wheel) with maybe .25"-.5" (somewhere in there) sticking out (pic 3).
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Now to get that length this will obviously have to be on the carb. On my Holley 2 barrel I used this location...
So I had the throttle closed and pulled the cable as tight as i could with pliers to mark the cut while holding the silver par and the gold part inline as best as possible (cut marked and made like pic 3 above)... then tighten the hex nut down and thread gold into silver and tighten the gold lock nut... I found this gives the most flexibility for loosening/tightening... accounting for cable stretch etc... always trim the cable longer until you know what you want to do exactly... you can't add it back on!
The only other thing - the springs that come with the kit are great but I found were a bit too long to adequately close the throttle effectively when you're off pedal... which is f'n scary when driving :) so a little bend and trim with a touch of preload may be necessary... the spring is attached to the little tab that comes with the Lokar return bracket. It is held in place by the AT kickdown cable stud and nut - see it popping out below...
it ain't the sexiest thing... but it's been working great :)
