Y bolck 292 with FMX questions.  When I take off and give it the gas kind of hard say 3/4 throttle the car shifts fine. When I take off from a dead start rounding a corner it seems to be into third gear before I finish rounding the corner. Would playing with the adjustment on the vac. modulator help delay the slow takeoff shift? thanks for the help.  Gerry

Lake Forest California  5th inf 77 Armor Div. VN 68/69

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I don't believe the modulator setting has anything to do with shift points.If the FMX is like a FOM,the shift points can be changed by adjusting the length of the kick down rod.

 

Paul,

Boonville,MO

There is no kick down rod just a cable from carb to shift leaver. Gerry

Lake Forest California  5th inf 77 Armor Div. VN 68/69

If you put your town and state in your signature

help might be closer than you think.

It still is probably just a matter of getting the cable adjusted to the correct length.That may mean changing some settings on the throttle linkage along with the cable.I'm not familiar with your set-up,but some of the other folks on here are and will likely chip in.

 

Paul,

Boonville,MO

There is a lot about the FMX kickdown and the vacuum modulator discuss in this thread:

http://www.y-blocksforever.com/forums/Topic3664-5-1.aspx

- John

John: Lake Forest, IL



'57 Fairlane 500 - Looking better every day.

FYI, for a kick down cabel I was able to buy one from Locar. Works really well and extremely easy to set up. Just remember to get the intake brackets that Locar sells as well. If I remember correctly, the setup cost me about $75.00, well worth it and a buddy and myself set up the kick-down in about 5 min.

Rob

I love the smell of burning rubber in the morning!