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> Show me your non-stock -6 accelerator linkage please
sww914
post Feb 5 2008, 11:33 PM
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I think that the -6 factory accel linkage is overly complicated. From the pedal, it goes through a rod, and arm, a cable, back to a bellcrank, up another rod, to another bellcrank, another rod, the crossbar, one more rod on either side and THEN to the carb arms. I can't understand why Porsche did it this way unless it was just so that it would resemble the 911 setup. I'm not one who questions everything that Porsche ever created, I'm not a wheel re-inventer, but I'm not a purist either.
It seems to me that every extra link and every extra rod adds a bit of friction and another potential failure point. I remember seeing Drew365 get sent home from Buttonwillow for the weekend on Saturday morning because the bellcrank shaft that screws into the side of the intermediate plate broke off. It seems to me that a cable gracefully arced around the side/back of the engine to a bracket to hold the sheath and a ball socket to clip on to the crossbar ball would be a lot cheaper, simpler, smoother, and more reliable.
In the interest of not re-re-inventing the wheel, I'd love to see what you guys have come up with.
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sww914   Show me your non-stock -6 accelerator linkage please   Feb 5 2008, 11:33 PM
Porcharu   I don't have a picture to share but I have a t...   Feb 5 2008, 11:59 PM
SirAndy   i got my accel cable from Patrick Motor Sports ......   Feb 6 2008, 12:03 AM
sww914   Thanks for the arrows Andy. Is that like a Morse c...   Feb 6 2008, 12:26 AM
SirAndy   Thanks for the arrows Andy. Is that like a Morse ...   Feb 6 2008, 12:39 AM
SirAndy   sorry, i lied ... :D here it is "THROTTLE...   Feb 6 2008, 12:43 AM
rick 918-S   Not a 6 but heres mine. I tried the cable thing bu...   Feb 6 2008, 08:15 AM
davep   I think there may be one advantage of at least one...   Feb 6 2008, 08:39 AM
PRS914-6   Mine is like Andy's but done slightly differen...   Feb 6 2008, 08:58 AM
SirAndy   While similar to Patrick's my inner cable is ...   Feb 6 2008, 02:40 PM
PRS914-6   While similar to Patrick's my inner cable is...   Feb 6 2008, 03:48 PM
SirAndy   Andy, look at the arrow. Is yours straight or be...   Feb 6 2008, 03:51 PM
brant   I don't have my pictures with me (other comput...   Feb 6 2008, 09:23 AM
John   Carbs or fuel injection? I have made (2) of these...   Feb 6 2008, 10:10 AM
Mugs914   CIS 3.0... Uses stock four banger cable. I don...   Feb 6 2008, 10:47 AM
T H O M A S   overkill?did this on the aubergine car ,uses -4 ca...   Feb 6 2008, 12:25 PM
Ferg   From my old 3.2 conversion   Feb 6 2008, 12:36 PM
Ferg   and the bracket   Feb 6 2008, 12:38 PM
MoveQik   My 3.2. It's a Rich Johnson unit. http://i13...   Feb 6 2008, 02:20 PM
Bee Jay   I just did this with my six conversion that I...   Jun 6 2011, 07:05 PM
Bee Jay   While testing for full throttle I saw the bracket ...   Jun 7 2011, 11:24 PM


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