I have seen a few posts on here regarding placement of aftermarket switch pitch switches and also some for placement of kickdown switches. However, they haven't gone into much detail about the how/why you would put a switch where these few posts have said they put their switches? I.E. switch pitch connected to the brake lights? I do have a pretty good handle on how these items work, just curious about the relocation of them, can anyone shed some clearer light on this? o No: I am currently needing to connect my '67 GS400s back up and would actually prefer to connect to something other than the original push/pull tube switch off the side of the carb. Thanks ahead of time here for any answers you all may provide!!
You seem a little confused as to why someone would wire the switch pitch to the brake switch. It is so the converter is in high stall when you are idling in gear. If you have a wild cam with a high idle, you'll need to have high stall to idle in gear. Simply wiring it into the switched side of the brake light switch will do this. Lot's of guys just use a simple toggle switch or momentary switch mounted within their reach. At the track, you want to launch in high stall, and shut the converter off towards the top of 1st gear. I use a Poston timer box that I bought years ago. It is wired into the brake switch, and incorporates a timer to switch the converter. The way it works is, you set the time in seconds, that you want the converter to remain in high stall. When your foot is on the brake, the converter is in high stall. When you remove your foot from the brake, the timer counts down to 0, and the converter goes into low stall. It also has a manual control.
Hi-stall/Lo-stall Thanks Larry, I do understand the need for Hi-stall/Lo-stall characteristics, but was getting confused about that brake light hook up, I was thinking of it as just a direct hookup with no timer, now as you explained, it makes perfect sense! :TU:
