KickDown, And Throttle Linkage

[DamSr]

:? How do I hook up the throttle linkage, and trany Kickdown to my Holley 4160 Carb? I think I'm misssing something. I need Pics or something to help.

 

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

What Trans? What Engine? What intake manifold?

 

[megaladon6]

i'm guessing that you don't have a (correct) bracket. check out summit and/or tci for the right ont to go with your combo.

 

[DamSr]

Kickdown and throttle linkage

:? 305 turbo trans,305 engine, and sorry not sure about the manifold. It had a Rochester Quadrajet carb, but I used an adapter plate, and put on the Holley 4160.

 

[megaladon6]

http://store.summitracing.com/partd...865275+4294908216+4294904013+115&autoview=sku

this may be it, no pic so i'm not positive. but the search criteria was 4160 carb, chevy, th350.

 

[DamSr]

Thanks anyway megaladon6, I don't have a pic today, but will try. The brackets (2) seem to go to the right (Drivers) side of the Carb, but I don't understand how to attach Kickdown on the 4160 Holley. It looks like the carb sits up to high, and I can't get a good strait line on it. I had to use an Adapter plate(1/2") thick, but even without that the carb still looks like it sits up to high to have kickdown in straight line with linkage. One Bracket has 2 square openings, one for the throttle linkage, and then below that a larger one for the kickdown to slide through. My problem is that on the Holley 4160 it appears to me that the Kickdown levers on the carb are at the same level as the throttle, but just on the inside more. Guess I need to call Holley in the Morning. Tech Support.

 

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

I would stop trying to butcher something together and just fix the Quadrajet. A good local shop should be able to rebuild it for under $150 and it will end up being the best carb for an otherwise stock 305 anyways. By the time you buy a new bracket ($20-30) , and the stud ( $10) and a geometry correction bracket ( if needed) and anything else you end up needing you won't be happy with the results and will have spent money that otherwise could have made it better by just fixing the old Q-Jet. Holley's are not good carbs on stock engines. They use more gas and make no more power so there is no benefit to switching to one.