- 1. Rules Q and Electrical Q (score: 1)
- Author: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 06:55:32 -0700
- For my throttle cable I am using an OEM Mustang setup. This is a cable system in a sheath. It has a return spring at the throttlle body end. The question is: do I need to have the throttle pedal toe
- /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00692.html (7,716 bytes)
- 2. Re: Rules Q and Electrical Q (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Byrnes" <Rick@rbmotorsports.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 14:31:04 -0400
- Mayf, In 10 years of running the F/PS Merkur I had a factory throttle cable. Early on, I fabricated a toe strap because the rule was not easily understood. I only had to install it once, back in 94 o
- /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00700.html (8,482 bytes)
- 3. Re: Rules Q and Electrical Q (score: 1)
- Author: Bryan Savage <basavage@earthlink.net>
- Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 12:22:35 -0700
- Liquid electrical tape works great. You may need two coat's in some cases. It can turn a standard automotive relay into an underwater relay if you're careful with a small brush. Can also be used on
- /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00703.html (7,885 bytes)
- 4. RE: Rules Q and Electrical Q (score: 1)
- Author: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 17:30:48 -0500
- Some books recommend using two return springs in a coaxial arrangement using a large coil spring with another smaller diameter one inside the larger one. Don't do that! I had the two spring coils ge
- /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00707.html (8,478 bytes)
- 5. Re: Rules Q and Electrical Q (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Dahlgren <ddahlgren@snet.net>
- Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 05:37:58 -0400
- I think they are supposed to be wound in opposite directions..
- /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00719.html (7,580 bytes)
- 6. RE: Rules Q and Electrical Q (score: 1)
- Author: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
- Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 11:21:01 -0500
- That might help; the books that recommend a coaxial spring throttle return don't mention that trick, though. I'll never do it again, even with opposite-wound springs. Once bitten....... Regards, Nei
- /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00729.html (8,075 bytes)
- 7. Re: Rules Q and Electrical Q (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Dahlgren <ddahlgren@snet.net>
- Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 13:25:09 -0400
- Springs wound that way sure seem to work fine for valve springs with no Dave
- /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00730.html (7,458 bytes)
- 8. RE: Rules Q and Electrical Q (score: 1)
- Author: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
- Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 12:45:58 -0500
- I suspect that they work only because they are far shorter (the L/D ratio is lower) and their travel is shorter. Maybe their stiffness and constraint by the retainers help, too. Whatever-- I won't t
- /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00734.html (8,018 bytes)
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