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Oct 2, 2003 | 09:42 PM

DEu$Z

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Throttle linkage

Well my truck caught on fire...

(1986 full size Ford Bronco w/ 351W) The fire was mostly contained to the top of the motor fortunately. Anyway, to make a long story short...I bought a Rochester Q-Jet off of a buddy of mine. I have it bolted in place on a new edlebrock performer idle-5500 intake, the problem is I don't know who makes a throttle conversion kit to hook up all the linkeage. SOMEBODY HELP!!!!

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanx!!

DEu$Z

Oct 3, 2003 | 01:10 AM

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How are the rear barrels going to open since the intake is a squarebore and your carb is a spreadbore?
I don't know of anybody that makes a Ford kickdown adapter for a Q-Jet.
Jimmy

Oct 3, 2003 | 11:16 AM

DEu$Z

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Adapter plate

Mr. Gasket makes an adapter plate for the conversion between the square bore and spread bore. I lucked out there.....just not with the throttle linkeage yet.

Still waiting for any replies.

Kendall

Oct 4, 2003 | 12:12 PM

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OH yeah, I have seen those. Good luck on the linkage, it won't be easy to find. I have never seen any. You may have to do some fabrication yourself.
Jimmy

Oct 7, 2003 | 10:38 PM

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Have you tried Summit? They have brackets, universal cables, and even peddles assemblies. Good luck.

Oct 7, 2003 | 11:35 PM

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Hooking up the throttle cable won't be a problem, you just need a ball stud. It's the kickdown linksge that will be difficult to come up with.
Jimmy

Oct 7, 2003 | 11:53 PM

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They offer a Lokar brand bracket and spring kit that say's it will hook to any EB,Carter,Qjet or dual quad setup. Thought maybe something like that might work.