Re: [Amc-list] Howell TBI in a 63 Classic...

[Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Oh, just to be sure.
You are running coolant thru that aluminum intake aren't you?
It'll run to cool if you don't.
I never could get a good tune on mine since I did not have it plumbed in!
Maybe the Howell will be able to cope, but I have my doubts!

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II
" Chronic Pain Hurts"

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx
> I don't recall having to do much to open the holes up on the one I did for on my 
> 69 head?
> Other than porting it out to match up as best I could and plugging the AIR 
> holes.
> 
> I doubt I could have rigged a bellcrank system for the 69 as it was allready a 
> cable.
> Stiff pedal keeps your foot up higher off the floor!
> 
> --
> Mark Price
> Morgantown, WV
> 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
> 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II
> " Chronic Pain Hurts"
> 
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> > Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > Sounds interesting.
> > > I doubt I would have put that much effort into the linkage.
> > > I never liked the whole broken motor mount = sticking throttle thing..
> > 
> > Ah, where's your sense of adventure!
> > 
> > NEver thought about broken mount = stuck throttle.
> > 
> > I wanted to keep the light pedal, which doesn't seem possible with the 
> > cable throttles. No matter what I did I couldn't get the Hornet that loose.
> > 
> > THere was no easy answer though, because of the dual needs of TBI and 
> > transmission. Two totally different motions required.
> > 
> > The Howell target vehicles all have cable throttles and torqueflite 
> > style kickdowns.
> > 
> > > 
> > > I always assumed the various needs to fit the exhaust manifold was due to 
> age 
> > and not that they actually moved anything around! 
> > 
> > Hmm, I suppose that's possible. This one wasn't warped, and it did grow 
> > wider, not shrink! By a good bit too. The holes in the ears on the early 
> > manifolds is about 3/8"; on the new ones it's about or over 1/2".
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