Now THAT'S a TV cable!!

[motorpirate]

So my dissatisfaction with the Lokar TV cable lead me to design a mount for the carb that would hold the factory cable that came with the trans (93 A998 ).
Only spent a few hours on it and it works perfectly and uses about a tenth of the effort to pull that the Lokar unit did.
And yes, I'm so lazy I hooked it to another A904 so I could work on the travel at the trans end without constantly putting the car up and down!!

 

[moparmat2000]

I like this idea so much I will have to copy it with my sons 42RH.

 

[motorpirate]

Here is the cable
52079204 Dodge Throttle Valve Kickdown Cable

 

[MileHighDart]

How do you adjust your throttle pressure with this cable? Doesn't look like there's any adjustment at either end.

 

[motorpirate]

How do you adjust your throttle pressure with this cable? Doesn't look like there's any adjustment at either end.

Look on the last pic. There is a rectangular button.
Push it and slide the cable in and out in the mount. Let go of the button and it stays there.
Simple!!

 

[MileHighDart]

Look on the last pic. There is a rectangular button.
Push it and slide the cable in and out in the mount. Let go of the button and it stays there.
Simple!!

Cool, I didn't notice that.

 

[CudaFactHackJob]

Better add some gusseting to that just to make sure...

 

[motorpirate]

Better add some gusseting to that just to make sure...

It has a 1"X3" block of steel welded to the angle iron, then a portion of the TV cable receptacle off of a Magnum 5.9 throttle body welded to the steel block.
The carb studs will break off before that bracket bends..

 

[moparmat2000]

Can you show how you hooked the cable up at the throttle end

 

[motorpirate]

Can you show how you hooked the cable up at the throttle end

It's the nail head looking connector that came with the Lokar cable.
Same as a late model Magnum would use

 

[moparmat2000]

Oh ok. I wonder if Lokar would sell that piece seperate I was also thinking to make the pivot radius the same as would be on the magnum TB. My second option is to cut the piece off the magnum V6 throttle lever with enough room that it can be drilled and bolted to the carb.

 

[TrailBeast]

Cool, I didn't notice that.

It's a GM type adjuster.

Better add some gusseting to that just to make sure...

NO WAIT, let me get this investment in the steel industry in first.

Don't mean to offend, just kidding.

 

[motorpirate]

So I finally got to roadtest today and DAMN!!!
I set the cable up like I always have to start, WOT= KD lever all the way to the rear.
I never adjusted it after that!!
Light throttle shifts were almost unnoticeable.
No perceptable "downshifting" coming up to a stop.
And super hard, squat the rear end and bark the tires WOT upshifts!!

Only thing I can figure is the Lokar cable must not have been returning on it's own even with the return spring?
The effort of the factory cable is about a 10th of the Lokar, so I guess the return spring is having a greater effect.

Might be the best 2 hours I have spent on it yet!!