Thanks to the help of my good friend Bob, who has been working on cars for longer than I have been alive, I now have a nice looking linkage under the hood. My I6 200 has a Holley 2bbl carburetor on top of it. Although the throttle arm is on the correct side of the engine, a new linkage arm must be fabricated when doing this swap. I have had three different 2bbl Holleys and none have had the same throttle arm. However, this one was great to work with.
Using Bob's setaline torch (an awesome tool ), we heated up the original accelerator rod and made two bends. The first bend moved it away from the engine and in line with the throttle arm. The second bend is almost a 90 degree bend in order to achieve WOT. To connect the accelerator rod and the throttle arm we soldered a quick release linkage end to each side of a threaded rod (something I just had lying around). We also had to drill out the original ball-end studs on the accelerator rod and the carburetor to fit the bigger ones that comes with the quick release linkages. I still need to install a return spring.
Please excuse the poor visual condition of the engine compartment. I'm going for functionality first.
Here is the linkage after being soldered and JB Welded.
Here is the gap we were working with.
Installed and ready to go.
A nice straight pull.
Overall
Using Bob's setaline torch (an awesome tool ), we heated up the original accelerator rod and made two bends. The first bend moved it away from the engine and in line with the throttle arm. The second bend is almost a 90 degree bend in order to achieve WOT. To connect the accelerator rod and the throttle arm we soldered a quick release linkage end to each side of a threaded rod (something I just had lying around). We also had to drill out the original ball-end studs on the accelerator rod and the carburetor to fit the bigger ones that comes with the quick release linkages. I still need to install a return spring.
Please excuse the poor visual condition of the engine compartment. I'm going for functionality first.
Here is the linkage after being soldered and JB Welded.
Here is the gap we were working with.
Installed and ready to go.
A nice straight pull.
Overall
