Interesting article:
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Paul
Yup, I have a few of those recall cable kits. Show judging does not like them on, though.
Judges don't like to see these?
That is because your car did not leave the factory with it. (This would be the kind of topic that would fit A judged category on CRG)
I like that my car has it, and I have a few newspaper clippings from the original owner as well. The owner of my car was so paranoid about it, he has a cable installed on both motor mounts.... :o
People are funny.. :)
Dealer installed new inter-locking mounts on my car, because it had headers and kit wouldn't fit.
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Yup, I have a few of those recall cable kits. Show judging does not like them on, though.
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Given that the part was a 'safety recall' addition, it's difficult for me to believe that any judging organization DISCOUNTS points for it? Although they could certainly declare it not a part of factory production.. :)
I have a personal story re the 'safety' aspect... In 1966 (I was in HS barely of driving age), I had the family car - a '66 Caprice with 327/275 and PG? .. It was probably the first time I'd taken that car out by myself and turning into a shopping center, I floored the accelerator trying to 'turn a tire' for a second.. and immediately came off the throttle... but. unfortunately, the accerator remained FLOORED! (scaring the dog crap out of me!).. I stomped the brake, stomped the accelerator, shifted to neutral and probably turned the key off... and managed somehow to stop the acceleration.. but I remember the fright it caused me to this day! (and the bad thing is that I could not even tell my father about the issue... :)_ )
Ever since this Camaro was found a couple years back in an Oklahoma lake, I have wondered if it was lost in 1970 to a jammed throttle from a faulty motor mount. Seems it could very easily have been caused by one. Maybe they will have a report on it one day......................http://www.newson6.com/story/23528624/car-recovered-from-foss-lake-shows-signs-of-wreck
A 1967 Camaro RS I used to own that I bought from the original owner had the restraints on both sides, the one like in abiddle's photo on the drivers side and just a cable looped around the exhaust manifold and a arm on the passenger side.
Back in the 'old days', we used to tie down the engines using turnbuckles, so it could be adjusted to be nearly a direct bolt onto the frame... :) (that was before GM's introduction of the 'fix'...)..
Quote from: Vince on April 06, 2017, 01:28:05 PM
A 1967 Camaro RS I used to own that I bought from the original owner had the restraints on both sides, the one like in abiddle's photo on the drivers side and just a cable looped around the exhaust manifold and a arm on the passenger side.
Funny, maybe that car and mine had the same mechanic...obvious overkill
Here's the letter sent to owners of those vehicle involved in the recall.
The cable is a band-aid. The fix is interlocking motor mounts, but that was too expensive for 6 million+ cars.
Non-interlocking was a bad design - note that none of the other GM divisions had that design.
This issue is also what drove the change to throttle cables instead of linkages.