Power Wagon Throttle Cable

[Clip]

Could you guys help me design a throttle cable for the power wagon? right now i've got some ancient rod system running to the throttle body, and it's all rusty/sticky. i've been thinking about rigging up a cable to open the throttle for smoother operation.

i know ill need lots of pics/measurements but could you guys lend a hand?

 

[lanky189]

dude..this is wicked easy...the hardest part is making the bracket for the carb..

check out summit or whatnot you can get a whole cable/pedal assembly from Lokar...usually with braket for not that much.

 

[Clip]

bam! thanks lanky.

wait, i dont need a bracket for the carb. its already got one on there that i can just hook the wire around and itll open up if i pull it.

 

[lanky189]

no prob dude..i did some research into this when i had the celica...it had linkage too and would break on occasion during heavy driving/chassis flex.

 

[Clip]

ok, one last problem. the pedal is anchored to the floor at the bottom of the pedal. so i've got this gas pedal anchored with a rod holding it off of the floor, when i push on the pedal it pivots at the 'foot' and pushes the rod down. there is a spring holding the throttle plate closed, providing pressure to support the pedal.

 

[lanky189]

thats the problem i had on the celica...floor mounted pedal..not suspended...

my best suggestion to you is to ditch the floor pedal...go get a pedal from a mk3 or soemthing, drill some holes in your fire wall and go from there...trust me..it could be an engineering nightmare (at least for my feeble mind) trying to reverse the motion of that cable.

 

[Clip]

mhm, i can just see about 16 lbs of pullies hidden under the dash right now.

 

[thesandymancan]

i,ve seen several threads on this "power wagon" and i,ve never seen a pic of the car. it sounds like a fun project tho.

 

[Clip]

damn, ive had a bunch of pics up here. i just stopped posting more progress pics cause i thought people would get tired of 'em. don't wanna piss off my help

 

[lanky189]

clip find the original thread with your pics and make it a favorite of yours....then just add pics to that thread..i for one would love to see the progress

 

[Clip]

ill work on that this evening when i get to the home comp.