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Old 09-03-2025, 11:24 AM
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Totally. It could have gone South quick. A good reminder to leave no stone unturned. It would have only taken a few minutes to pop open the carb.

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Old 09-11-2025, 12:28 AM
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Here's where I netted out on the kickdown.

- '74 GTO throttle cable
- Stock '74 2bbl/4bbl throttle bracket. Tapped additional hole to mount it on the '68 intake.
- '69 Firebird Q-Jet throttle bracket.
- Lokar adjustable TH350 kickdown cable
- '68-'69 Firebird kickdown bracket, modified and mounted to the throttle bracket.

The Lokar throttle cable kit uses a little floating teardrop-shapped bracket mounted through the kickdown stud. The kickdown kit didn't come with one, so I made my own. Seems to work well.

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Old 10-18-2025, 11:01 AM
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Hopefully you've made it out to the Duct Tape Drags...

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Here's where I netted out on the kickdown.

- '74 GTO throttle cable
- Stock '74 2bbl/4bbl throttle bracket. Tapped additional hole to mount it on the '68 intake.
- '69 Firebird Q-Jet throttle bracket.
- Lokar adjustable TH350 kickdown cable
- '68-'69 Firebird kickdown bracket, modified and mounted to the throttle bracket.

The Lokar throttle cable kit uses a little floating teardrop-shapped bracket mounted through the kickdown stud. The kickdown kit didn't come with one, so I made my own. Seems to work well.

Nice work! I like that little torpedo shaped cable clamp on the kickdown cable. Where did you find that?

What's that z-shaped bracket to the left of the pump rod?

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Old 10-28-2025, 03:32 PM
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Hopefully you've made it out to the Duct Tape Drags...
We did! Thanks for all the advice, we had minimal issues on the trip. I posted some pics in the Lobby: https://forums.maxperformanceinc.com...d.php?t=882672

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Nice work! I like that little torpedo shaped cable clamp on the kickdown cable. Where did you find that?

What's that z-shaped bracket to the left of the pump rod?
I made the tear drop bracket based on what I saw in the Lokar throttle kit.

Not sure I'm following on the z-shaped bracket? The only one I added was the '68 Firebird kickdown bracket for which I modified a little bit.

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