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Old October 17th 2007, 21:53
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Hey Guys,

How did you guys fix the fact that the stock VW throttle pedal does not have enough play to fully open the throttle on the Subaru motor ?
I took the whole pedal cluster apart to take out the limiting tab on the little roller only to find out that the flat pedal itself still doesn't go down far enough.... According to the ECU I'm only getting about 57% throttle (that probably saved my tranny so far )

Any Ideas or creative solutions....I want to go faster

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Old October 17th 2007, 22:25
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Rob,

Where the throttle cable goes into the arm on the pedal cluster, move the hole it goes into closer to the pivot point.


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Old October 18th 2007, 01:25
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I think you mean to move it closer at the pivot point on the throttle body end, also offset it so that you get slower travel at 1st and faster travel on the last bit of throttle, lots of factory throttle bodies are set up this way. Look at a stock carb and see where cable hooks up and note how off centre it is from the throttle shaft.

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