Building Tips; Insulation and Throttle Cable
Discussion
There has been some mention lately in regards to the heat in the cockpits of the CanAm and GTR of adding insulation to the front wall of the cockpit.
While I'm not sure how much this will help, it can't hurt, but I would suggest this is something you do right away, before you start attaching components. I will not attempt it now the car is finished as I don't feel like removing everything from in front , or behind that panel in order to install the insulation neatly.
In regards to the throttle cable, when I installed the inner cable, I use the best moly grease I could buy.
After 2500 miles, it ceased to work smoothly, so it was suggested at my local auto parts store the only lubricant to use on a cable is liquid graphite.
We removed the inner cable, washed off as much of the old grease as we could, and used the liquid graphite.
Happy to say 200 miles later, the cable is still very smooth even though we added another cable return sspring (total of 3 now). Why the added spring? Because at full throttle, the 4 butterflys in the throttle body were being held open by the suction of the engine. The only way I could close them was by hitting the kill switch, and pushing in the clutch to stop the engine from rotating. The first time it happened, we thought something in the linkage was sticking, but an inspection proved otherwise. It did it again the next time we went WOT (Wide Open Throttle). Get's your attention when you go to pass a car and the car keeps accelerating after you back off. But that's what a kill switch on the front panel is for.
http://home.comcast.net/~rosenracing2/wsb/html/view.cgi-photo.html--SiteID-574527.html
Car is fine now with the extra spring.
Jack
>>> Edited by USCANAM on Sunday 27th July 23:29
While I'm not sure how much this will help, it can't hurt, but I would suggest this is something you do right away, before you start attaching components. I will not attempt it now the car is finished as I don't feel like removing everything from in front , or behind that panel in order to install the insulation neatly.
In regards to the throttle cable, when I installed the inner cable, I use the best moly grease I could buy.
After 2500 miles, it ceased to work smoothly, so it was suggested at my local auto parts store the only lubricant to use on a cable is liquid graphite.
We removed the inner cable, washed off as much of the old grease as we could, and used the liquid graphite.
Happy to say 200 miles later, the cable is still very smooth even though we added another cable return sspring (total of 3 now). Why the added spring? Because at full throttle, the 4 butterflys in the throttle body were being held open by the suction of the engine. The only way I could close them was by hitting the kill switch, and pushing in the clutch to stop the engine from rotating. The first time it happened, we thought something in the linkage was sticking, but an inspection proved otherwise. It did it again the next time we went WOT (Wide Open Throttle). Get's your attention when you go to pass a car and the car keeps accelerating after you back off. But that's what a kill switch on the front panel is for.
http://home.comcast.net/~rosenracing2/wsb/html/view.cgi-photo.html--SiteID-574527.html
Car is fine now with the extra spring.
Jack
>>> Edited by USCANAM on Sunday 27th July 23:29
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