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Originally Posted by RICK LAKE
cycleguy55 Gald neither you or your car where hurt. I have had the same cable issues on my 85 truck and jeeps of the 70's. Cable binds or has too tight a bent. Lack of lube over time wears out the inside surface and when hot it binds. If you can find a picture of an ERA throttle linkage, I would highly reccomend making a setup like this. Heim joints and tubing give easier movement and no binding with this setup. been running mine for 15 years with a double spring and movement is still easy. WOT doesn't effect the angles of the linkage either. I believe back in the old days of multi carbs, most setups ran linkage from carb to carb. The pedal to carb was a short straight run of cable. Good luck Rick L.
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My first car, a 1956 Ford Sedan Delivery (would love to have that car again and resto-mod it), had a linkage from the accelerator pedal to the carburetor. No cables back in that era, but by the time my second car was made (1965 VW Type III Notchback Sedan) cables were far more common.
I'm looking at the Factory Five accelerator pedal (
Accelerator Pedal - Factory Five Parts Catalog) and cable (
Accelerator Cable - Factory Five Parts Catalog). They're quite reasonably priced and s/b proven, given how many kits produced by FF.
Has anyone has used this setup in a non-FF car - particularly a West Coast Cobra or Kellison Stallion?