Since I installed air conditioning on my Regal I decided to add an idle solenoid so I can kick up the idle when it is on but since I have a Holley ultra carb there are no provisions to mount one to the carb so I had to fabricate something to work with my aluminum throttle bracket.
I bought the solenoid from a Corvette place that had it in stock and was $50 to my door and had it in a few days.
I first had to raise the return spring to give me the clearance I needed and then did mock ups for the solenoid bracket in cardboard.
Once I was happy with the mock ups I transferred it to aluminum sheet cut it out and then smoothed it and polished it knowing once I bent it some areas would be hard to polish.
I then drilled and tapped two 1/4" -20 holes in the throttle bracket and slotted my solenoid bracket to give me some adjustment once in place.
After everything was reinstalled I wired power to my ac compressor and verified it functioned.
This works flawlessly, I was able to turn down my idle and when I turn the AC on it kicks up a little and then I give a little throttle and it hits it's final setting and stays locked there until I turn the AC off or shut the car off.
I bought the solenoid from a Corvette place that had it in stock and was $50 to my door and had it in a few days.
I first had to raise the return spring to give me the clearance I needed and then did mock ups for the solenoid bracket in cardboard.
Once I was happy with the mock ups I transferred it to aluminum sheet cut it out and then smoothed it and polished it knowing once I bent it some areas would be hard to polish.
I then drilled and tapped two 1/4" -20 holes in the throttle bracket and slotted my solenoid bracket to give me some adjustment once in place.
After everything was reinstalled I wired power to my ac compressor and verified it functioned.
This works flawlessly, I was able to turn down my idle and when I turn the AC on it kicks up a little and then I give a little throttle and it hits it's final setting and stays locked there until I turn the AC off or shut the car off.