[V8Vairs] Throttle Assembly

[ricknorris at suddenlink.net]

I originally tried the hydrastic setup but I found it to be too bulky in action. It didn't give the same response and feel as the Morse cable. Your results may vary!

Rick

---- "Brown wrote: 
> Jim,
> 
> Another option, which I am installing in my V-8 car, is a hydraulic push
> throttle assy.  It comes with ends and brackets.  I had to modify the
> post on my throttle pedal to a ball-end configuration, but it looks like
> it will work well.
> See:
> http://www.cncbrakes.com/ht.asp?grp=ht&subgrp=wop&series=290&subseries= 
> 
> Toby Brown
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Jim Acker" <jim.acker at comcast.net>
> Subject: [V8Vairs] Throttle Assembly
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> 
> I'm close to getting my car on the road and am now working on the
> throttle assembly.  More specifically, I am working on the linkage from
> the stock pedal assembly to the Edelbrock carb.  The stock pedal is a
> pusher type and the cable has a long way to go.  Do most you guys run a
> high quality cable, like a Morse style, in a pusher configuration from
> the pedal to the carb?
> Or, do you shorten the stock accelerator rod in the tunnel and use the
> stock bell-crank to create a pull style?
>  
> I'm just trying to get a read on whether a push configuration really
> works well over such a long distance. I'm planning to run it under the
> motor and back up behind to the cable bracket I have between the driver
> side valve cover and the distributor, much like Rick Norris did on his
> white car.  This is nearly 10 ft of cable I'd be pushing!
>  
> Jim Acker
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