Re: Help! Edelbrock intake swap

[Todd Tomason <jayscore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jonathan,

Funny you should ask.  My son and I are just finishing this on the 360 in his 
Matador.  For the throttle linkage Edelbrock makes an adaptor that moves the 
throttle cable bracket forward and to the left a bit.  The part number is 
8034.  With this in place the original throttle cable lined up correctly.  

For the kickdown linkage the Performer is supposed to include a stud that 
attaches to the lower carburetor lever.  We were installing a used SP2P, so 
we used a quarter-inch bolt about three-quarters and a locking nut with a 
nylon insert.  My son's kickdown linkage had a nylon roller about a half inch 
around and we just fed the bolt through this.  We had to extend the linage 
out about an inch or so since the throttle lever sits further forward on the 
4bbl.  

The metal tray is a heat shield.  I'm not sure how important it is, but we 
swapped it over.  We cut the heads of the pins off with a chisel and put it 
back on with small pop rivets.  Some people on the list said that the pins 
can be unscrewed and re-used.  

Good luck with your project.

Todd

On Sunday 27 March 2005 15:58, Jonathan Jusczyk wrote:
>     I'm swapping my stock intake/2bbl carb on my '73 304 with the
> Edelbrock Performer intake and 4bbl.  Everything went smoothly except
> for three things:  the carb-to-manifold studs are different (just a run
> to NAPA for the correct bolts), but the throttle linkage and the
> transmission kickdown linkage are quite different and I don't know how
> to adapt the stock parts to the new Edelbrock linkage.  From someone
> that's done this swap, what have you done?  What did it take to get it
> to work?  Also, there was a metal tray attached underneath the stock
> manifold, is that just a heat shield?  I didn't swap it over, it looked
> like it was mounted with studs.  Should I yank the manifold back off and
> swap that part, or is it not critical?  Sure does look nice under there,
> I'll be taking it off to paint it later on and when I swap my cam, and
> the thing definitely weighs a lot less than the stock lead brick!
> Thanks for any help, please respond ASAP, I need to have my car on the
> road Monday!
>
> Jonathan Jusczyk
> jusczj at rpi.edu

> 1973 AMC Javelin 304