Has anyone had problems on a beetle achieving full throttle when matched with the Subaru engine? I managed to work out my throttle cable issues today but when I pin the roller pedal back the butterfly on the throttle body is only about half open. Anyone run into this problem? Should I worry? Any available solutions?
wild baja ·
I found the same prob too on my suby baja project , my plan is to lengthen the cable attachment arm of the pedal set to get the required 40mm of travel for my EJ25
Joel ·
How have you got the throttle cable linked to the throttle body?
I had to tweak with mine abit, the radius of the throttle linkage is critical.
I made up a linkage which uses the standard VW barrel nut.
arthur8804 ·
I'll get some pics tonight. I either plan on using the barrel nut or something I got off of a bicycle I bastardized to steal the cable tube. Used the other 2 attachments already. It is basically a small bolt with a hole twords the head. As u tighten it flattens the cable against the throttle arm. Pics will help to make sense of what I am saying.
ian.mezz ·
kombi throttle cable them fit the outer subaru cable to where the metal tube comes out of back of the pan and use a stock beetle cable holder on the end.😊
arthur8804 ·
Did a little calling around. I was told that you can attach the cable at a higher point on the roller pedal. Higher point= larger radius. I will also try this with the throttle body lever. Hopefully I can get enough to open it all the way. I want the tack to hit 7 🙂
arthur8804 ·
Would going with a bigger arc be helpful?
arthur8804 ·
Got to try this set up last night. Didn't retract. I think the angle is to sharp. To much drag on the cable. I'm going to try and make a tab of sorts to get a more smooth radius.
flat_iv ·
I ended just up modifying the gas pedal for more travel. It was pretty simple.
arthur8804 ·
Any pics?
Joel ·
The angle you've got from the manifold up to the linkage is too sharp.
Drilling another hole above that existing one on less of an angle or mount a bracket off the existing hole if you don;t wanna butcher the manifold will probably fix your problem.