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Good news for all our chrome Stromberg 97 customers. The full TwoStep linkage range is now available with chromed die-cast levers and polished stainless steel. Designed specifically for use with multiple Stromberg 97 carburetors, the TwoStep range of direct and progressive kits covers all of the commonly available 2×2 and 3×2 intake manifolds – principally for flathead Ford, small block Chevy and Ford, plus various other vintage OHV V8 engines. Chrome linkages for 4×2 and 6×2 applications are also available to order.
The new chrome range perfectly complements our popular chrome Stromberg 97 carburetor (9510A-CHR), and chrome fuel delivery parts. With our show chrome models now accounting for a significant percentage of carburetor sales, customers were naturally asking about matching linkages. So we’re particularly pleased that we can offer real show quality chrome and polished stainless pieces….and at very competitive prices.
Designed and manufactured exclusively by us here at Stromberg Carburetor, the TwoStep linkage range combines clean, traditional looks with maximum leverage and huge versatility. All kits come pre-assembled and install in just two simple steps, without the need for extended throttle shafts. Here are just a few of the features and benefits:
Direct linkages available with swivels or rod ends – opposite threaded for easy adjustment.
Versatile progressive linkages allow you to choose when the secondary carburetors open.
Every kit includes two Stromberg ‘Snapback’TM throttle return springs. Wrapped around the linkage end of the throttle shaft, these chemically blacked, stainless steel torsion springs snap the carburetors shut, yet virtually disappear from view.
Every Stromberg TwoStep linkage kit comes with full instructions, and further help with selection, installation and tuning is available at the Stromberg Tech Center at www.stromberg-97.com.
You’ll find all of our linkages, regular and chrome, on the Stromberg website. Click the link to check them out.
We’ve been thinking lately about how we can extend the Stromberg 97 choice a little. If we wore suits here, I guess we’d call it thinking outside the box. Imagineering. You get the idea. Anyway, somewhat predictably for a bunch of hot rodders, we got as far as black and chrome. You can tell we missed the 60’s. Flushed with success we’re now talking about pushing the boat out a little further. Maybe Dove Grey and chrome? Who knows. One of our number, clearly not singing from the same old fart hymn sheet, called for metalflake. Seems we’ve started something here.
But we’re getting ahead of ourselves. For now, we’ve made a short run of Limited Edition black & chrome carbs. And very handsome they look too. The black is the same catalysed 2-pack we’ve used with good effect on Stromberg 97 bases for many years. You can see which parts are chromed. And everything else is pretty much standard Stromberg 97. Let’s call them 9510A-BLK. The price will be $475.00 a piece. They’re on our website, now, so click here for the full story.
If you’d like some, please ask your local Stromberg dealer. And if you’ve a wild and crazy ideas for a different colour, please add a comment below!
Stromberg 9090K and 9091K short linkage levers have been around for a while now, so it’s about time we made our long lever available separately too. Designed to match the shorter Superlink lever arms, 9096K is also zinc die-cast with a modern H-beam section for high strength without excess weight. The countersunk stainless steel screw matches those on the carburetor and threads directly into the arm for serious grip. And the stainless steel swivel is secured by a small e-clip, with a 3/16th diameter cross hole for the linkage rod and a black knurled-tip set screw. There are three adjustment/connecting holes in this lever (with 2 1/4inch between centres to the top hole) so you can move the swivel to change your linkage leverage and pedal/throttle response.
These arms are the foundation of all our 3×2 TwoStep progressive linkages, of course. But if you’re adding this kit to your 4×2 or 6×2 Stromberg Back-bar kit, you’ll be pleased to know that we also include a 3/32” roll pin, so it can be drilled and pinned to the shaft for an even more positive location. We always recommend a mechanical pedal link for all multi-carb linkage systems, so if the long levers working the two banks of carburetors don’t line up with your existing pedal link, 9096K can be threaded onto the Back-bar shaft and positioned to align perfectly with your throttle pedal ‘pull’ point.
One more thing. Looking for this type of lever arm for a 3×2, but need something to pull your transmission kickdown cable? Stay tuned. They’re looking cool, and in tooling now.
For price and more info, please click 9096K to go to our linkage products web page.
To be honest, it feels like our modular linkage kits for Stromberg 97 carburetors on Edelbrock, Offenhauser and other 4×2 and 6×2 intakes have been in development for years – and in truth they probably have. But now they’re at the warehouse ready to go. And we’re double proud of them. Eight new direct and progressive kits for commonly available 6×2 and 4×2 intakes, plus versatile Trim-to-Fit kits covering the full range of vintage applications.
It goes without saying that they are all developed from scratch, in-house. And it was no easy task. If you want quality linkages (ie. with rod ends), multi-carb linkages are a real challenge as almost every intake differs in carburetor spacing, width and the offset between the two banks. How do we cover all those bases? With tailored solutions for those intakes still available new, like the Offy Pacesetters and the Edelbrock X1 ram, plus Trim-to-Fit options, which cover pretty much everything else out there. Unlike many a linkage, ours come pre-assembled with full instructions – including ‘Trimming to Fit’. Each kit comes in a cool zinc/stainless finish but chrome and polished stainless is available to special order.
So here’s the deal: The direct (non-progressive) linkages are supplied as complete kits with our Snapback return springs. And the 6×2 progressive kits are modular, so you simply purchase two 3×2 progressive kits from our current range to suit your carb intake spacing, then add the new Back-bar Kit to link both carburetor banks together.
At the heart of the new systems is our unique low-line Back-Bar brackets that won’t over-whelm your shiny new 97s. Precision rolled in stainless steel and reamed for the Oilite self-lubricating bushes, they support the Back-bar shaft at BOTH ENDS for zero flex and positive operation. You simply cannot say that if your Back-bar is supported at one end only. With so much return spring involved, the free end of the shaft flexes like crazy without full support.
All our Back-bar levers are clamped AND PINNED onto the shaft. With ‘3-position’ adjustment, you can alter the leverage and throttle response, too. And our stainless Back-bar end stops prevent lateral movement. We strongly recommend a mechanical link to the pedal with any 4×2 or 6×2 system, so we’re also making our long Back-bar levers available separately as kit 9096K. Complete with swivel, clamping screw and 3/32” roll pin, they can be drilled and pinned to the Back-bar to ensure positive location and correct alignment with your pedal pull point.
We’re putting all the new kits onto our website this week, so you can check them all out here…Stromberg TwoStep Linkage Kits. And we’ve also posted the full Installation Guide onto the Stromberg Tech Centre right here…TwoStep 4×2 & 6×2 Linkage & Back-bar kits Installation Guide