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Old 02-03-2019, 05:55 AM
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I'm building an Ultima Evolution twin turbo and have come up against a problem with my Edelbrock 3869 throttle body. I cant get full throttle with the amount of travel I have available at the pedal, does anyone know if the smaller cable wheel from the 3864 will fit (probably should have bought the 3864) or point me in the direction of a parts diagram.
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Wouldn't a call to Edelbrock take care of this?
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Wouldn't a call to Edelbrock take care of this?
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Modifying the pedal for more travel is usually easier.
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Originally Posted by LLLosingit
Modifying the pedal for more travel is usually easier.
I 100% agree with you, if you have the room and access then it’s the pedal, when you don’t then other options are needed hence my question. Anyway I have started to modify the cable wheel as I’ve got nothing to lose as it’s no good as it is , hopefully it will work out
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By "call", I meant PHONE CALL. It's a bit faster than the USPS....
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Originally Posted by G Atsma
By "call", I meant PHONE CALL. It's a bit faster than the USPS....
by mail I meant e-mail
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Oh OK, misunderstood. Get an answer yet? If not a phone call might be needed.
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Oh OK, misunderstood. Get an answer yet? If not a phone call might be needed.
not heard anything yet, but it looks an easy modification to alter the cable wheel so I may be sorted
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Originally Posted by G Atsma
By "call", I meant PHONE CALL. It's a bit faster than the USPS....
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by mail I meant e-mail
holy **** that was funny.
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holy **** that was funny.
Kinda gets that way around here at times...… lol
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Kinda gets that way around here at times...… lol
you do realize that you replied in a thread that was almost 12 hours old right?

See what I did there?

Did you see it?

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Originally Posted by LilJayV10
you do realize that you replied in a thread that was almost 12 hours old right?

See what I did there?

Did you see it?
Nope. I waited a full 15 hours.....
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Nope. I waited a full 15 hours.....
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Did you see it?

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Old size vs new

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Fitted, throttle travel now good, now I can get on and tune the megasquirt
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