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Re: Carb to TBI conversion
« Reply #30 on: December 24, 2014, 02:24:08 AM »



https://sites.google.com/site/k5blazertbi/

does this help?

the other hole might not work out but you could just run a bolt that has a nut on one side of the bracket and another on the other side so it locks it in place. but tell you the truth i think you wont have to do this one you fix that angle
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Re: Carb to TBI conversion
« Reply #31 on: December 24, 2014, 02:33:11 AM »
but what cable did you go with?
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Re: Carb to TBI conversion
« Reply #32 on: December 24, 2014, 06:08:01 AM »
The spacer I was talking about would go between the 2 halfes of the universal bracket that you bought. You mentioned the bracket flexing, that sounds like part of the problem.
  Any chance of getting a stock GM TBI bracket at the junkyard and making it work?

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Re: Carb to TBI conversion
« Reply #33 on: December 24, 2014, 06:56:28 AM »
The spacer I was talking about would go between the 2 halfes of the universal bracket that you bought.
  Any chance of getting a stock GM TBI bracket at the junkyard and making it work?

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Re: Carb to TBI conversion
« Reply #34 on: December 24, 2014, 09:42:45 AM »
The cable is the stock, original throttle cable.

Fitz, I might have a confused you a bit. The bracket doesn't flex when I step on the gas pedal,  the loop flexes. The bracket is solid as a rock. The loop flexes forward and back, not alot but a little with the forward and back motion of the pedal.
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Re: Carb to TBI conversion
« Reply #35 on: December 24, 2014, 11:24:49 AM »
The cable doesn't have to be tight as it only controls the opening of the throttle. 

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Re: Carb to TBI conversion
« Reply #36 on: December 24, 2014, 01:47:36 PM »
Oh ok Capt. I thought that if it was tight then the slack would be all out and it b would work better.
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Re: Carb to TBI conversion
« Reply #37 on: December 28, 2014, 01:46:23 AM »
Gonna be doing an oil change, rotate tires and fix a leak so I'll try finding something to make a spacer and/or rearranging the cable and see how well I can get it to work better. I'll let ya guys know how it goes.
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Re: Carb to TBI conversion
« Reply #38 on: December 29, 2014, 12:33:12 PM »
But it worked fine at one point right?