Lokar Kickdown, Stock Throttle Cable, Holley Carb
http://www.hotrod.com/articles/the-lowdown-on-stock-torqueflite-kick-down-linkage/ I may be confused with your mentioning cable travel, I assume you mean "lever " travel. If the carb throttle cable stud moves 1-3/8" and the kickdown lever on trans sweeps 1-5/8" (from properly positioned "at rest" as mentioned in the link above) then yes, at wot the kickdown lever on trans will not be all the way back.
Yes, when I say cable travel, I am referring to the lever travel as the 2 levers are connected to the ends of the same cable. My point was that with this setup when the carb linkage moves it's full range from idle to WOT (1 3/8"), the kickdown lever will only move the same 1 3/8" of the 1 5/8" of the tranny lever's full range so it stops 1/4" shy of being all the way back.
Thanks for attaching that article - I think it gives me the answer I'm looking for. It explains the 1:1 ratio as "if the throttle cable moves 1", the kickdown lever moves 1 inch". I would say this is correct, because the connection for the throttle linkage on the carb and the connection for the KD Cable on the carb both appear to be the same distance from the center of the butterfly shaft so that statement is correct.
The article also mentions that it is important that the Tranny lever arrives at "full back" as the carb arrives at WOT, further that at the "full forward" position, the tranny (throttle pressure?) lever does nothing and that the proper adjustment s/b the tranny lever back at the beginning of resistance at idle.
From all of this, it sounds to me like I need to adjust my KD cable at the carb so that the tranny lever is 1/4" or so from "full forward" at idle, so that as the Throttle hits WOT, the Tranny lever will then be "full back" and I should be good to go.
Does that make sense?
