[Spridgets] Unintended acceleration

Peter Caldwell peter at nosimport.com
Sun Jan 3 09:44:02 MST 2010


At 09:41 PM 1/2/2010, Dean Hedin wrote:
>Another way you can get a stuck full throttle on a spridget is if 
>you reposition the gas pedal too far away from the firewall (after 
>welding in new floors). Because of the way the linkage is you can 
>get into a situation where the pedal goes
>down and sort of snap locks into the down position..
>This can be very scary if you discover this, at say, an Encounter 
>gymkhana event...for example.
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And yet another way is for the accelerator cable becoming the sole 
ground strap for the engine. Sheathing melts seizing the cable... as 
experienced at 100MPH in the Lincoln Tunnel at 2Ayem in a Lotus Elan.

Peter C 


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