Kixkdown and throttle cable
I put a four barrel on Mom's 64 Barracuda quite a while back. Car is gone now, so I don't have any pix. But the throttle cable mounts to a four barrel carb a bit more than an inch forward of the two barrel mounting point, so basically you just need to move the two barrel cable mounting point at the throttle bracket and lengthen the kickdown rod. If you have a welder, or a friend who has one, it's fairly simple to modify the two barrel throttle bracket and kickdown rod. Just disconnect the cable from the throttle bracket at the rear of the intake, hook the cable to the carb (you do have the Edelbrock Mopar adapter, don't you?), then pull it back until just before the carb opens at all. That's where the cable should mount to the bracket. Cut and weld the OEM bracket to move the mounting point to where it need to be and that's that. For the kickdown, just measure how much it needs to be lengthened to connect to the carb, then cut the factory rod, weld in a piece of rod the same diameter with the length you need and presto! The amount of extra length is not critical, as there is a rather large range of adjustment built in. Once it's together, double check that the kickdown rod lets the carb come back to idle and that the rod is not so long that it blocks full throttle.
To me, that is so much easier than messing with Lokar or Bouchillon I don't know why people bother with them. Maybe because they don't have welders? Hell, mine's just a stick welder that's been in the family since 1975. Some stuff is tricky to weld, but the linkage mentioned above is easy.
You can also use a 340 throttle bracket, but you'll have to modify the 340 kickdown linkage to work in a 65 Dart with 904. My 65 Barracuda's a four speed so I didn't have to worry about kickdown. (My RPM Air Gap intake is taller than the stock 340 intake. I could have put a taller throttle bracket on it, but despite the upward angle of the cable, it works as is without binding, so I've left it alone. I did put a tall bracket on a big block I have with the RPM intake.)
I put a four barrel on Mom's 64 Barracuda quite a while back. Car is gone now, so I don't have any pix. But the throttle cable mounts to a four barrel carb a bit more than an inch forward of the two barrel mounting point, so basically you just need to move the two barrel cable mounting point at the throttle bracket and lengthen the kickdown rod. If you have a welder, or a friend who has one, it's fairly simple to modify the two barrel throttle bracket and kickdown rod. Just disconnect the cable from the throttle bracket at the rear of the intake, hook the cable to the carb (you do have the Edelbrock Mopar adapter, don't you?), then pull it back until just before the carb opens at all. That's where the cable should mount to the bracket. Cut and weld the OEM bracket to move the mounting point to where it need to be and that's that. For the kickdown, just measure how much it needs to be lengthened to connect to the carb, then cut the factory rod, weld in a piece of rod the same diameter with the length you need and presto! The amount of extra length is not critical, as there is a rather large range of adjustment built in. Once it's together, double check that the kickdown rod lets the carb come back to idle and that the rod is not so long that it blocks full throttle.
To me, that is so much easier than messing with Lokar or Bouchillon I don't know why people bother with them. Maybe because they don't have welders? Hell, mine's just a stick welder that's been in the family since 1975. Some stuff is tricky to weld, but the linkage mentioned above is easy.
You can also use a 340 throttle bracket, but you'll have to modify the 340 kickdown linkage to work in a 65 Dart with 904. My 65 Barracuda's a four speed so I didn't have to worry about kickdown. (My RPM Air Gap intake is taller than the stock 340 intake. I could have put a taller throttle bracket on it, but despite the upward angle of the cable, it works as is without binding, so I've left it alone. I did put a tall bracket on a big block I have with the RPM intake.)
