David Jenkins
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 posted on 8/10/02 at 01:09 PM |
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Speedo travel
You can tell I've got back into doing my car - loads of questions! 
When I did my pedals I tried to copy the Escort pedal box geometry as far as I could (successfully, I think). Throuble is, my throttle pedal travel is
only a few inches from off to fully open.
Can anyone else tell me what travel they've got for their pedal?
ta,
David
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David Jenkins
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 posted on 8/10/02 at 02:42 PM |
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DAMN!
I just realised what my subject line said...
...it should be PEDAL travel.
Sigh.
David
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 8/10/02 at 05:36 PM |
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Hi David
GO and find a Megane - R reg - in a dealer, and check out the accellerator pedal. On my wifes car if its more than an inch i would be suprised!
On my car I arranged the travel to give me a full open throttle when it was floored. You can do this by frigging with the cable attatchment point at
the pedal, or do what i did. I cut and modified the 'pawl' on the efi throttle bodies so that the amount of cable travel is reduced by modifying the
lever action.
You could also cobble some kinda 'amplifying lever' to increase cable travel.
You could also modify the pedal itself to be more forward, so it had more room to go back.
there's some options for you!
I had to trim the angles of my pedals and the cable pawl to get the clutch and accellerator travel I needed. My brakes are a strange 90 degree affair
to the abs cylinder, so i designed them to be right for the car.
atb
steve
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 9/10/02 at 07:42 AM |
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Steve,
So far I've managed to keep it simple - I'm still using the old Escort throttle cable and linkages.
I think I'll modify the top of the pedal so I get slightly better leverage.
A spot of grease on the carb linkages would help, as well!
David
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 9/10/02 at 07:44 AM |
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Steve,
So far I've managed to keep it simple - I'm still using the old Escort throttle cable and linkages.
I think I'll modify the top of the pedal so I get slightly better leverage.
A spot of grease on the carb linkages would help, as well!
David
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 9/10/02 at 03:36 PM |
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if you move the cable attachment point nearer to the pivot point it will give you more travel,it will be a bit of a jerky ride if travel is too little
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