RichV13
- Reaction score
- 2
- Thunderbird Year
- 1969
Today was supposed to be a straight forward take the Autolite 4300 off, put the Edelbrock 1406 on. I watched the videos from Edelbrock, bought all of the accessory sets etc. The only thing I didn't do was measure the width of the two carburetors. The Edelbrock is wider by an inch overall and about 1-1/2" if measured from the throttle linkage to centerline of Carb as compared to the 4300.
The other issue I ran into is that the throttle linkage sits lower on the Edelbrock vs the 4300, without the heat spacer I bought, it interfered on the intake manifold. I pulled a spacer out from under the 4300, which is where/how they ran the PCV connection. Clever actually, no carb re-design needed, just add the spacer. With the Edelbrock Spacer in, I can move the linkage freely, but haven't connected the throttle cable, which I see as much more straight forward than the kickdown linkage from the transmission. Remember that wider issue I wrote about above?
Has anyone put a 1406 on their 429 engine? Did you have similar issues? How did you resolve? I have to wait until Monday to call the Edelbrock Tech Support, which was quite helpful in answering a previous question.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Rich
The other issue I ran into is that the throttle linkage sits lower on the Edelbrock vs the 4300, without the heat spacer I bought, it interfered on the intake manifold. I pulled a spacer out from under the 4300, which is where/how they ran the PCV connection. Clever actually, no carb re-design needed, just add the spacer. With the Edelbrock Spacer in, I can move the linkage freely, but haven't connected the throttle cable, which I see as much more straight forward than the kickdown linkage from the transmission. Remember that wider issue I wrote about above?
Has anyone put a 1406 on their 429 engine? Did you have similar issues? How did you resolve? I have to wait until Monday to call the Edelbrock Tech Support, which was quite helpful in answering a previous question.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Rich
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