OK, I'm looking to buy a 1978 Mustang II that needs a new carburetor. The person selling it said that I would get a carburetor with the car but its for an automatic transmission. The car is standard. What my question is Is there a way to retro-fit the automatic carb on to the engine? I don't understand what the diference between a carb for an auto transmission and standard transmission and why they're different.
2006-10-29 01:10:38 · 6 answers · asked by Mark T 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
the only difference is that on a automatic carb there is a place to hook up your kickdown cable, manuals dont have this. but they will run the car the same. you will have to adjust the carb for the different application. if you never doene this i recomend someone experienced doing it
2006-10-29 01:15:31 · answer #1 · answered by johnathan hyde 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Wow a Antique car question. I owned a V-8 GHIA mustang II 20 years ago. the carb should enterchange just fine. Automatic carb will have a place on the throttle cable linkage for the transmission kick down cable just ignore and put it on the manifold and hope it is not all dried out.
2006-10-29 01:19:32 · answer #2 · answered by John Paul 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The automatic had a kick down cable to automatically downshift the transmission,and also the vacuum port to the modulator valve.That carb should still work fine.
2006-10-29 01:20:19 · answer #3 · answered by gdwrnch40 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's probably just the linkage... an automatic has "kick down" linkage to the transmission so it downshifts into passing gear when you mash the gas. Manual transmissions don't.
2006-10-29 01:19:39 · answer #4 · answered by Lee W 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
turbo 400 is your best bet as it's the heaviest duty tranny out of all 3 you mention, the 700 has overdrive where as the turbo 350 and 400 doesn't.
2016-05-22 05:08:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋