Stuck throttle

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Do you think a Hudson or HET product would have ever gotten as much press as the current toy_____ product has in Congress?? Remember 1940-57.

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  • SuperDave
    SuperDave Senior Contributor
    I had an incident back in the early 70's. A freshly rebuilt 308 in my 51 four door. Two BBl carb. I was drag racing a 53 Olds 98. When I shifted into second, the clutch pedal went to the floor as well as the throttle! I had to turn the ignition off to stop it (Yes I beat the Olds!). The left front motormount broke,the engine raised up on the left side enough to allowed the throttle linkage to go past center and lock up. The clutch linkage slipped out as well. A really scarry ride! Think I have a basis for a law suit? No wonder I have gray hair!
  • dougson
    dougson Senior Contributor
    I was cruisin' in my other car, a '56 Corvette, with friends with similar cars recently when one of them started waving frantically. He couldn't steer his unrestored '56 anymore. It turned out the original motor mounts finally crumbled away and the engine was resting on the center arm. Fifty two years and the mounts desintegrated. Obviously a recall issue. Where do you suppose all these yota's will be 50 fifty years from now. :rolleyes:
  • hudsontech
    hudsontech Senior Contributor
    SuperDave wrote:
    I had an incident back in the early 70's. A freshly rebuilt 308 in my 51 four door. Two BBl carb. I was drag racing a 53 Olds 98. When I shifted into second, the clutch pedal went to the floor as well as the throttle! I had to turn the ignition off to stop it (Yes I beat the Olds!). The left front motormount broke,the engine raised up on the left side enough to allowed the throttle linkage to go past center and lock up. The clutch linkage slipped out as well. A really scarry ride! Think I have a basis for a law suit? No wonder I have gray hair!



    Maybe you should contact Toyota!!! You might have found the solution to their problems.



    Or maybe not.



    I've heard, somewhere, that it was possible to bust a motor mount on a 308 equipped car under really heavy throttle application. Those 308's had tons of torque. Which is why you could usually beat a V-8 short stroke off the line.



    Hudsonly,

    Alex Burr

    Memphis, TN
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    bobdriveshudson wrote:
    Do you think a Hudson or HET product would have ever gotten as much press as the current toy_____ product has in Congress?? Remember 1940-57.
    Chevy was the first car to have problems with the engine lifting at the left front corner. We use to install new mounts like crazy till they came out with a mount that would lock itself from lifting. Walt.
  • SuperDave
    SuperDave Senior Contributor
    Ken U-Tx wrote:
    I have broken several left front motor mounts on my Hornets in then past 29 years. I ran a long bolt through the drilled out original, mounted a soft practice hockey puck under the frame with a large flat washer the same diameter (3"), and a locknut. That way it couldn't pull up enough to make the oilbath aircleaner wing nuts put wingnut shaped dings in the hood anymore, along with potentially more serious problems.

    The hot 54-56 308's with a 309742 cam and good unstretched timing chain would pull a house off it's foundation if you had a 4.55 Dana/ Spicer and OD tranny. The downside of the 309742 cam was it would stretch out the Morse timing chain in less than 2000 miles if you liked to get your foot into it, like a certain 19 year old kid I knew back in 1981........



    PS: YES, Hudson did stick some of those leftover 309742 cams into the hydraulic liftered '56 308s!



    After my first episode with the left front MM. I got to wondering what the stock car racers did to prevent it. I found that the severe Duty mounts in the parts book had some odd numbers. Turns out they used the pre step down mounts that had the through bolts. I made my own with a long bolt and pieces of two old mounts. It's probably still there.. If you have a light blue 51 Hornet four door, check it out! LOL
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