flyingbrick Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Hi all. I need a throttle pedal assembly that will send the throttle cable LEFT along the inside of the firewall. Basically there needs to be a bellcrank (or something) there to turn the direction of movement 90 degrees. My current pedal pivot is welded to the firewall and its not a great base to start with constructing my own assembly so I'm HPING someone has an idea or knows of something already available. I'm not great at explaining stuff so hope that makes sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLUX Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Go have a look under the dash of some vans at pickapart and see how they are setup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 Hadn't thought of vans, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 OK so here is a shit drawing to show what I'd like to achieve. Basically its a birds eye view of my carb. The red line is how my throttle cable is now. It causes a bit of drag because the snake has to snake through so many degrees. If I put a bellcrank onto the throttle pedal I can run the cable as per the blue line which makes things super clean and simple. Alternatively if I could put a bellcrank on the carb then I could route the cable as per the green line. Obviously anything is possible but there MUST be an off the shelf(or junk pile) solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 WTF are you doing with carbs. OMG stop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 It's an interim measure. Loving how easy things are with crabs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 My ford 302c had the throttle cable going right round the front of the carb to the LH side. Can you swap the leaver so it pulls from the front on that carb? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 I should look into that but might need a longer cable. One of the main issues is that its a shitty path back there because of the dizzy. And my cable maybe isn't long enough to let it flow into a larger S shape. Other options include turning my carb 180 degrees or 90 degrees (dunno how this manifold works under the carb) I could have a shaft and linkages under my dash also then a short cable from carb to firewall directly back Can't believe there aren't heaps of readily available options for this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 You cant turn the carb 90 degrees or you would have an engine that runs on 4 cylinders. But you can turn it right round I will send a pic of my set up. Autostop made my cable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr.wylde Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 i have a spare v8 cable if you want? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 Thanks guys. I'll have to measure my cable and find out what's what. Turning the carb right round is probably the best idea at this stage...tho I might make my own gas pedal to do what I want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Not very tidy but I was 19 at the time. I flipped the lever quadrant thing on the carb and made a bracket to mount the cable, it was a 6 cylinder cable I got a new longer inner made up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted November 17, 2014 Author Share Posted November 17, 2014 Yeah man might have to do that... Will see if I can be fuxjed with this pedal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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