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Re: Factory Kickdown Linkage and Performer RPM
[Re: 67Satty]
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02/26/10 12:58 AM
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With a little fab-work, you can make it happen. Here's mine on a low-deck. I wanted a stock look (and I'm sorta cheap, so I tend to work with what I've got). This started as a stock 2-bbl setup. I extended the height of the stock throttle cable bracket, and bent the top kick-down rod to fit the extra ht. Then had to add threaded rod onto the end of the original rod to make it reach. Seems to work perfectly.
Last edited by GEnsrud; 02/26/10 01:15 AM.
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Re: Factory Kickdown Linkage and Performer RPM
[Re: 67Satty]
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02/26/10 10:16 AM
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Wilmington,NC
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Will factory kickdown linkage work with a Performer RPM intake? The car is a '67 Satellite 440/727. I don't have the stock kickdown linkage around to try so that's why I ask so I know if I will have to order some kind of cable kickdown setup. Thanks!
There is no such animal as kick down linkage.Throttle press linkage yes,kick down linkage,no. 
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Re: Factory Kickdown Linkage and Performer RPM
[Re: I go fast]
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02/26/10 11:04 AM
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Will factory kickdown linkage work with a Performer RPM intake? The car is a '67 Satellite 440/727. I don't have the stock kickdown linkage around to try so that's why I ask so I know if I will have to order some kind of cable kickdown setup. Thanks!
There is no such animal as kick down linkage.Throttle press linkage yes,kick down linkage,no.
Of course, if you disconnect the throttle pressure linkage, the transmission will no longer "kick down." 
Gensrud's solution is the same one I've done several times. Modify the stock pieces to get the lengths and angles right; helps if you have a welder.
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Re: Factory Kickdown Linkage and Performer RPM
[Re: stumpy]
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02/26/10 05:29 PM
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"Of course, if you disconnect the throttle pressure linkage, the transmission will no longer "kick down."
Right, but it will fry becasuse of low pressure.
And it won't down shift either!  
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Re: Factory Kickdown Linkage and Performer RPM
[Re: 62maxwgn]
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02/26/10 09:12 PM
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Firewall clearance dictates whether or not the one-piece rod will work.
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Re: Factory Kickdown Linkage and Performer RPM
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02/26/10 09:54 PM
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"Of course, if you disconnect the throttle pressure linkage, the transmission will no longer "kick down."
Right, but it will fry becasuse of low pressure.
And it won't down shift either!
If you come to a stop it will . . . . 
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Re: Factory Kickdown Linkage and Performer RPM
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02/27/10 01:16 AM
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Ever see the term "kickdown linkage" in a FSM?
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Re: Factory Kickdown Linkage and Performer RPM
[Re: Dougsmopars]
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02/27/10 01:12 PM
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Because we still have people that think the "linkage" isn't necessary if you manually downshift (kickdown). There were transmissions built with "kickdown linkage" and other shifts were controlled by a vacuum modulator, but not by Chrysler. 
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Re: Factory Kickdown Linkage and Performer RPM
[Re: demonH1B]
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02/27/10 01:41 PM
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Does the throttle pressure linkage also operate the kickdown function? Are there kickdown valves, kickdown servos, and is the front band also called the kickdown band in the FSM? The answer to these questions is Yes. If the throttle pressure rod did not have anything to do with the kickdown function then maybe then it would be a misnomer. In short, this is nothing more than formal semantics. There is nothing lexically or conceptually wrong with calling the throttle pressure linkage/rod the kickdown rod. The important thing is that we all know what you mean. My
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