How To Install a Lokar Gas Pedal & Linkage

This is the sort-of-stock pedal assembly we used with the automatic transmission. From this perspective, you can't see the difference in height and depth of both pedals. When we added a clutch pedal, things got worse.

This is the sort-of-stock pedal assembly we used with the automatic transmission. From thi

Lokar Gas Pedal Install Junkyard parts are fine unless they try to kill you. The gas pedal assembly we've been using in the CC/Rambler was scalped from an automatic-equipped '83 Concord wagon in a wrecking yard south of L.A. more than five years ago. A lot of things have changed in that time. Most notably, the car is a lot faster, like 5 or 6 seconds at the dragstrip. We also installed clutch pedals and a Richmond five-speed manual transmission, moving the position of the gas pedal high up on the firewall. When one of our test drivers got his boot hooked under the stop pedal as he went from gas to brake, the decision was made. The junk must go.

The Rambler is old enough that it had a floor-mounted gas pedal with me-chanical linkage instead of the firewall-mounted style that uses a cable. As we pondered how to make a standard pedal assembly stretch 18 inches to the hole in the firewall, someone mentioned that street rodders also have this problem. The solution was a floor-mounted pedal from Lokar. It works killer.

Parts
DESCRIPTION	PN	PRICE*
Floor-mounted gas pedal with insert	FMG-6098	$119.95
36-inch Hi-Tech throttle cable	TC-1000HT36	49.95
Floor mount spacer	GPS-6016	33.99
*Prices from Summitracing.com

Here is the solution. The Lokar assembly uses the 36-inch cable that you can cut to fit, and we added a spacer to move the pedal off the floor.
Here is the solution. The Lokar assembly uses the 36-inch cable that you can cut to fit, a
The instructions are basic, but they don't talk about pedal placement. Note that the top of the pedal is angled to the right, while the base is still flat on the floor. Use a piece of tape to mark the pedal's position before you drill the holes for the mounting bracket. Thank us later.
The instructions are basic, but they don't talk about pedal placement. Note that the top o
Using the tape as a guide, we placed the mounting bracket on the floor, outlined the slot for the pedal arm with a Sharpie, and cut the hole with a die grinder. This bracket is actually used on the other side of the floor, but it works to mark the position of the pedal and spacer.
Using the tape as a guide, we placed the mounting bracket on the floor, outlined the slot

We removed the bracket and installed the pedal and spacer. If you did everything right, it all lines up.
We removed the bracket and installed the pedal and spacer. If you did everything right, it
This is the backside of the pedal under the car. We loosely attached the cable and went up top to adjust and trim it at the carbs.
This is the backside of the pedal under the car. We loosely attached the cable and went up
The CC/Rambler has a tunnel-ram, so your throttle linkage might be different. We trimmed the cable, reattached it using the Allen screw, and had the help open the throttle to check for WOT. That's it.
The CC/Rambler has a tunnel-ram, so your throttle linkage might be different. We trimmed t