Easy horsepower...

[mr.utility at highstream.net (David Utley)]

Bushing is good, dunno about the stretchy bit...  It is possible, probably
the original...  200K might do that...

David

-----Original Message-----
From: T. Reed [mailto:treed2@wsu.edu]
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 11:05 PM
To: David Utley
Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: Easy horsepower...

Sounds to me like either your accel cable stretched or the accel pedal
bushing is shot.. I'm able to simply adjust the throttle cable clip so
that both switches activate properly.

-Toby

BTW: I replaced the (originally missing) accel pedal bushing with a rubber
one from an A2. Nice and stiff; shouldn't wear out like the crummy foam
ones on A1s.

On Mon, 16 Feb 2004, David Utley wrote:

>
>
>   All this talk about the cavities in the A1s reminds me of a very simple
> mod I did that netted me a few ponies...
>   It is almost silly, but you will never know until you look...  My
mechanic
> noticed that I did not have full throttle when I should have...  In the
> rabbits, and more than likely in the Sciroccos (memory is fading, and ETKA
> does not show one obvious-like), there is a stop underneath the
accelerator
> pedal that prevents you from mashing the pedal to the carpet...  As it
turns
> out in my case, that little bastard stopped me from having full throttle!
I
> lost about a 1/3 of movement from that thing...  I removed it, and
adjusted
> the pedal so that closed and open throttle both were where they should be,
> and VOILA, mo' power!  I would recommend having someone look at the T-Body
> for you while you see where the pedal is, you can get a better idea of
what
> is going on instead of depending on trial and error.
>   If anyone actually does discover a problem with theirs, let me know...
I
> feel better knowing that my advice is actually helpful...  :)
>
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