How to rig a kickdown passing gear without a kickdown equipped carburetor

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http://youtube.com/watch?v=W21Yntw-3sM

Here’s a video with some ideas on rigging up a functional kickdown, when you don’t have the kickdown equipped carburetor. The first part of the video shows my ‘70 Mach 1 with a Ford kickdown equipped Holley carb, it uses the factory single kickdown rod that runs all the way from the carb to the transmission, and it's my least favorite set up. • The second part of the video shows my daughter's ‘63 TBird’s set up, mostly stock with the exception of that fender washer with the bend that I added, I'm not sure what was there before that washer, must have been something though. The factory TBird set up is pretty sweet, the way they used a bellcrank like that. Makes more sense, than one single kickdown rod. • The last part of the video shows what I did to my '69 Mustang. That car’s Holley doesn’t have the kickdown lever, so I rigged the '69 Mustang, based on what the TBird has. I ended up with the '69 Mustang's factory throttle cable from the gas pedal to the carburetor, then where the return spring hooks up to the carb, I attached a cable from the hardware store, using swage sleeves to secure it. I had to experiment with a few lengths of cable, before getting the slack right, making full throttle line up with the transmission's kick down lever being fully engaged, as seen at 1:05. I like the set up on the '69 Mustang the best, and it's the easiest to rig up on any car, not just Ford. Just find any kickdown bellcrank on ebay (the one I'm using on my '69 Mustang is a factory kickdown bellcrank for a '65 289 Mustang), and grab any Ford style kickdown rod on ebay or at the scrap yard (the one I'm using on my '69 Mustang is a '70 351C Mustang kickdown rod, I think). The kickdown rod will be way too long, but you can install it at the transmission side and then cut it to length to line up with the bellcrank. The kickdown rod is hollow, so just smash the new end flat with a hammer or vise, about an inch from the end is fine. Then drill a new hole where you smashed it flat and secure that end to the bellcrank with a bolt and locknut, as seen in the video at 0:52, easy. Really easy if you've got an old Ford, because that '65 Mustang bellcrank should bolt right onto the intake manifold, but with some fabrication, drilling, and welding, the base of that handy little bellcrank could be modified to bolt onto any intake manifold on any engine. And it's a Holley in my video, but this set up should work just fine with an Edelbrock or Carter AFB.

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