Engine Throttle Question

[bevans6]

Sure, what I mean is go to where the throttle lever is on the engine and figure a way of locating where is it with the throttle off.  Apply the brick to hold down the throttle pedal and measure where it ends up.  that will tell you how much movement of the throttle lever at the engine your pedal movement is able to make.  Next - with the pedal down and brick on, try to move the throttle lever at the engine farther towards full throttle.  If you can move it any farther, then you know for sure that your pedal movement is not creating full throttle at your engine. 

In fact, I am going to go and test this on my engine.  I would expect that the way to set the throttle pedal stop is to ensure that you achieve full throttle at the engine when the pedal is down on the stop.  I bet that gets checked about never - and wear in bushings and stretch in the cable will create a condition where with the pedal to the metal you may only get about 3/4 throttle.  If so, cheaper fix than a turbo conversion!

I hope this makes my idea clearer for you.

Brian

[Skykingrob]

Adrian
Yes the same angle as before. I will let you know about whether is bottoms out or not after following the instuctions from Brians' post.

Brian
Thanks for the clarification. I get it now. I will check it out to see what the results are and report back to the board.

Rob
91 Prevost LeMirage XL
Missouri