The early 1980-1984 AOD's in Fox long wheelbase cars were shifter with a C4/C5 type rod kickdown linkage, which now functioned as a Throttle valve.
The Motorcraft 2150 equipped 2-bbl,
CFI 2-bbl and
Motorcraft 7200 Variable Venturi all ran AOD passing Throttle Valve linkages or cables.
The Lokar system duplicates them for a cable and for Holley 2300 2-bbl and 4150/4160/4180 4-bbls. The use a low mount system, which uses the C4/C5/C6 system flipped, and it allows you to use the forward motion of the bottom of the throttle lever to initiate kickdown. It doesn't matter if a carb is 2-bbl, 4-bbl, or even mechanical or vacuum secondary, they all have bottom holes on the throttle arm which Lokar use for the Holley to AOD adapter.
Holley
do make the Holley carbs with the Ford kickdown rod attachment. The K code Shelby GT350 H ran one. So did many of the automatic FE and truck 4180/4190 carb equipped engines. So do list 1970-1979 Ford Holley carbs for Automatics. It consisted of clip on part that works on the Motorcraft linkage hole spacing's, using the Ford flat ended pressed steel end to tubular half inch or five eighths hollow rod. Its been described many times how to duplicate it (David Vizard on the C4 equipped Pinto 2000 engine), but Holley understand the liability issues, so they say no we don't do Holley to AOD throttle valves, buy a Lokar.
What is stock is this 300 hp 351C 4V Falcon GT 351 FMX rod kickdown item used in the 1972 Aussie Fords. It has a 4350 Autolite 4-bbl with a clip on floater linkage like all Auto Fords had.
To make it work for any Holley, you need to do FOUR things A, B, C and D.
The Autolite 2100/4100 or Motorcraft 2150/4300/4350 linkage is cut off and connected to the Holley 2 or 4-bbl at
position A.
Then at
Position B, the throttle cable is attached.
Then at
Position C, the kickdown is attached.
Item D (unlisted) is the kickdown rod, made of tube steel flattened at both ends, and bent in between on the X, Y and Z axis to clear the headers and steering column union and firewall and frame gussets.
Item D
Its end at the rod operated automatic transmission lever
Its intermediate bends to clear the obstructions
You use thicker wall stuff of nominal 1/2" to 5/8" diameter, and fashion it the same way as the stock instillation. A greenfields new instillation takes a bit of work, but the rod operated kickdown to throttle valve conversion follows this.
I did this on my Pinto 2000 engine with the 390 4-bbl and C3 auto.
The AOD style transmission throttle valve I used the AMC Rambler Rebel 231 L6 six Borg Warner 35 automatic /Chrysler Hemi 265 Valiant kickdown cable and linkage made by Chrysler Australia, and a Chevy Rochester 2CG kickdown linkage.
When using the Lokar, they just use the lower existing Holley bolt holes, as the linkage is designed to use the lower forward motion, not the top backward motion as the C3/C4/C5/C6/FMX rod linkage does. That's important, because THE aod FOLLOWS THE Borg Warner pullout method. Not the C3/C4/C5/C6/FMX rod linkages
You can use a kick-down rod as a throttle valve, but it has to be torsionally strong, and has to meet the idle free-play and pullout requirements, and be adjustable for line pressure.
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