Another build thread

[skov]

Originally Posted by Davidbolam

Hi Skov,
The pictures are looking really great there. I have a question. I noticed you had put up a post a few weeks ago showing the accelerator cable. Did you use the original one or purchase a new item. Thanks David

Hi David, just finished my throttle cable, here's the details as promised:

The cable I used is a Sytec 1m universal cable, which I cut down to the length I needed.
To link it to the pedal I used a 'classis' trials bike brake clevis (sold on ebay for use on BSA/Norton/Triumph/etc.) which seems to fit both the pedal and the cable nicely.



At the throttle body end, I used a 10x5mm solderless nipple.

At the pedal box I used a bicycle brake cable adjuster to hold the cable outer in place, and at the manifold I reused the adjuster from the MX5 cable.

To get it to fit under the bonnet I had to reposition the braket on the manifold by grinding the top hole off the manifold and drilling/tapping a new one futher down.







One thing I did notice is that you need a massive amount of pedal movement to get the full travel on the throttle body.
Not sure if that's a good thing or not!

Hope that helps.