I have a side conversation going on with Deve about how to wire the ignition grounding wire into an HEI distributor. Interesting stuff!
This got me thinking. I've never spoken to someone that has the system installed on a points ignition as designed specifically about the kick down process. So how exactly does the kick-down process work? Do you punch it quickly to the floor to hit the switch and then hold it there? Do you floor it and then release the gas pedal to allow the transition? I would think that if you left your foot all the way down when the the tranny drops back into direct drive and the ignition re-energizes you are at wide open throttle. I wouldn't think you would want to do that. My follow on thought is that if you immediately ease up on the gas so your not winding the hell out of the motor at WOT, the tranny would probably jump back into overdrive. I'm very curious about how the transition back into direct drive works on a "factory" installation. I have the transition into overdrive down. As soon as the load on the tranny reaches neutral buoyancy the overdrive will engage. That works great on my truck.
Bottom line is I may explore how to gain the factory kick down functionality on my HEI distributor. The hand operated switch works fine but it may be nice to hands free operation. The is pretty far above my skill level. :-)
