[robz71lm7]

I almost called a tow truck to get my car home from today's autocross. the throttle cable let lose on me crossing the finish line at WOT. Luckily I had some cable/zip ties and jerry rigged it to get me home. The ball on the cable pulled out of the plastic cup that sits on the brake pedal lever. I could just barely accelerate to 25mph and used cruise to accelerate from there since it has it's own cable. It was fun hitting "resume accel" after every shift or when I hit the brakes. I just about wore the cruise out-I don't think it was intended to take the place of the accelerator pedal. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)


Note to self: pushing the pedal through the firewall does not make the car go faster. I had that habit when I first started autocrossing and it must've fatigued the plastic over time.

[TheHammer69]

I almost called a tow truck to get my car home from today's autocross.  the throttle cable let lose on me crossing the finish line at WOT.  Luckily I had some cable/zip ties and jerry rigged it to get me home.  The ball on the cable pulled out of the plastic cup that sits on the brake pedal lever.  I could just barely accelerate to 25mph and used cruise to accelerate from there since it has it's own cable.  It was fun hitting "resume accel" after every shift or when I hit the brakes.  I just about wore the cruise out-I don't think it was intended to take the place of the accelerator pedal.  (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)


Note to self:  pushing the pedal through the firewall does not make the car go faster.  I had that habit when I first started autocrossing and it must've fatigued the plastic over time.

Your post brought back memories. Back in 94 when my car was only a month old, I slammed the fuel pedal to the floor and the little ball at the end of the cable broke right thru the plastic piece that inserts in the top of the pedal lever. A call to GM road service and my car was towed to the dealer and repaired. Picked the car up and within 24 hours it was towed back because the new cable had broke. This time the service dept. realized they needed a "better mousetrap" and they replaced the cable and supposedly rigged up a small washer or something behind the little ball to have the same effect as trying to "suck a golf ball through a water hose." Here it is 10 years later and my size 13 foot hasn't managed to break it since.

Hammer