Throttle cable

[Rob]

Anybody here hooked up his throttle yet ?

My ghetto connect-a-piece-of-bycicle-brake-cable-to-the-original-cable doesn't work so well

Any ideas ?

Thanks,

Rob.

[Mikey]

I thought of using the "buggy cable" that empi sells. With the covering. Tim said something about speedo cable covering at his work, and then just using a bus throttle cable. I havn't tried it yet since I'm still on the body.

Let me know what you figure out. I think the empi kit isn't very expensive.

[Rob]

Hey Mike,

Right now I'm thinking about 2 options:
1. Get a stock Subaru cable and hook that up to the stock VW cable. I still have a dual carb linkage that I would use to increase the 'throw' of the stock pedal.

2. Someone gave me the address of a custom cable maker. If I can get a cable insert that is the right lenght, then I'm thinking about using fuel line or brake line as the cable guide to make sure it goes through the 180 bend properly and without the 'play' that you get with a flexible outer cable..

Will keep you posted.

Rob.

[VW1302RSi]

Originally Posted by Rob

Hey Mike,

Right now I'm thinking about 2 options:
1. Get a stock Subaru cable and hook that up to the stock VW cable. I still have a dual carb linkage that I would use to increase the 'throw' of the stock pedal.

2. Someone gave me the address of a custom cable maker. If I can get a cable insert that is the right lenght, then I'm thinking about using fuel line or brake line as the cable guide to make sure it goes through the 180 bend properly and without the 'play' that you get with a flexible outer cable..

Will keep you posted.

Rob.

Hi Rob





Not sure if this will be useful or not,

I used a length of mountain bike gear change cable (you buy it off the roll), and the outer covering (it’s Teflon lined), I used fittings from the bike shop for the cable ends.

I drilled out the pedal end and used a pivoting brake fitting from the bike shop at the pedal and run the cable inner in side the stock VW conduit in the pan.

For the conduit from the floor pan to the engine I cut the pan end off the factory pedal and grafted it to the bike gear change outer cable, with some glue, hose and heat shrink.

Once I had fitted the outer to the pan I could route it up to the throttle body, again using a bike brake cable adjuster I mounted it to the standard Subaru mounting point on the manifold. (I didn’t have to turn 180deg with the cable as I have turned my inlet manifold around 180deg)

The inner cable was attached to the throttle leaver/cam buy opening up the hole in it to accept a VW style cable barrel nut and the free end of the cable was caped off with a cable end from the bike shop.

The total cost ran to about $25 NZD and I still have enough inner and outer to make another.


Scott

[Eatoniashoprat]

On my bus I just used a nice little cable clamp to clamp the vw cable to the subaru cable, works great (30,000 miles).

[steved033]

I use the stock cable in my porsche to the mechanical linkages, I replaced one female ball end of the linkage that runs from the trans to the carbs with a clevis, then fabricated a little arm that adapts to the stock subaru cable.

I needed a 1.3 : 1 motion multiplier anyway.

sjd

[Mikey]

I need mine built too. These all sound very interesting.

Does anyone have pictures?

[Rob]

Mike,

I'll see if I can get some pics. I got my hands on a stock Sube cable and hooked it up to the stock Beetle cable.
Works, but I can't get full throttle

Took it for a spin, ran fine, then the radiator hose blew off the pipe....ouch...
Free tip: don't use ****ty hose clamps

Rob.

[JiI]

Mine is electric so I can't even hook up a cable!!!!
JiI

[flat_iv]

Here is what I used. I got a long bicycle cable 1/16" wire. Orded a wire rope fitting from McMasterCarr. Had to add a little clearance on the fitting but it works perfect.


3474T61
Positive-Grip Wire Rope Eye End Fitting for 1/16" Diameter, Zinc-Plated Steel