turbo 400
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turbo 400
just installed a new motor and transmission, a turbo 400.In a 1975, anyone have pictures of kickdown brackets and cable, car had been cobbled and old 400 transmission did not have a kickdown hooked up!! where can i get a kickdown kit with everything?
Pro
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Start with vendors of Corvette parts. You'll be looking for a kick down switch and a solonoid.
Team Owner
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From: Crossville TN
Kickdown on a 400 is electric. The kickdown 'switch' can be anywhere (mounted to accel pedal, on throttle linkage, etc.). But, the kickdown switch then sends a 12vdc signal to the kickdown solenoid inside the tranny (mounted to the bottom of the valve body separator plate). When that solenoid opens, it dumps pressure, causing the downshift.
Race Director
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From: North of Toronto - Ontario
400 = Electric kick-down. Plug on the tranny is on the driver's side just behind the shifter cable bracket. Two spades in a "T"
I don't have an pic's of the switch, it mounts behind the acc-pedal normally but as 7T1vette it can be put other places (aftermarket)
Mooser
