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Dec 17, 2004 | 04:57 PM

#16

ranger429

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Lengthening the top of the pedal rod will only decrease you foot pedal travel to the floor

Not with the stealth intake, it stands about an 1 1/2" taller than a performer or stock intake. It would relieve a lot of the "lift" on my cable.

Dec 17, 2004 | 07:28 PM

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stanz

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I hit the same issue with the cable being too short after adding a spacer under the carb. I also had issues with the kickdown rod being too short. I used the Lokar cables for both, including their bracket and spring set-up. Looks great, works great. The springs they provide are nice and tight.

For under $200 for everything why bother with bending cutting and welding?

It's a 30 minute install unless you cut the cable too short. I found that Mtn bike shifter cables work as perfect replacements.

Clothes hangers? You scare me when you talk like that.

Here's what the pedal assembly looks like with the rod. I got this on ebay and the rod was still too short.

See my pics in my gallery.

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Dec 17, 2004 | 07:42 PM

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stanz

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Originally Posted by Lifted78

It I could make my own flexible cable, we wouldn't be having this conversation!

I'm still leaning towards "educating" the pedal rod closer to the carb. I checked Lokar and their cables are in 12" increments for the custom ones. I wonder if one of the bike shops around could take my ends off and use one of those 10-speed type cables to make a custom length one. Otherwise I'm just fresh out of ideas.

Cheers!

Lokar cables are cut to fit. The inner cable is essentially a bike cable, but you need their cable ends minimally, and depending how you run it, you main need to use the exterieor cable housing too.

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Dec 18, 2004 | 12:22 PM

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SwOkcOffRoader

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if your gonna go with a cable that looks like bicycle cables, why spent alot of money on it when u can go to any lawnmower service shop and buy the same cable in various lengths for pennies on the dollar, cut one to fit and put a clamp down end on it, ive done this many times on smaller aplications, but IMHO a cable is a cable and an accelerator cable doesnt have to hold a 1000lbs or anything, just hold up to a lead foot!!just my 2 cents.....

Dec 18, 2004 | 12:53 PM

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stanz

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Whatever works and is safe is cool with me. Clothes hangers are not a safe option in my opinion.

The nice part about Lokar is I make a phone call and its on my door in a few days from Summit. I only get a couple of hours per weekend to tool around on the truck, driving around to shops looking for parts that might work cuts into that time.

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Dec 18, 2004 | 12:58 PM

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yeah on the carb is all you need, some people run two springs, i just got a couple from the local hardware store and used the one that felt best when i pressed the pedal, and was strong enough to last.......

That's in case one spring goes faulty & breaks, that leaves still one more to throttle down ...Safety reasons & a good one