Ls1 to Drive by wire conversion how hard is it to do?

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Old Aug 13, 2010 | 09:01 AM
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Just as it states how hard is it to convert to a drive by wire TB having issues with the one that I have that is cable driven tried adjusting the cable and still seems a bit like the pedal gets stuck. Just wanted to know what all goes into the conversion and if you guys would recomend it?
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Old Aug 14, 2010 | 05:48 AM
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I think I saw a thread about this in Conversions & Hybrids that tells you what you need so try doing a search there.
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Old Aug 14, 2010 | 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by MAXIMO
Just as it states how hard is it to convert to a drive by wire TB having issues with the one that I have that is cable driven tried adjusting the cable and still seems a bit like the pedal gets stuck. Just wanted to know what all goes into the conversion and if you guys would recomend it?
You may have a bad bearing in the tb. Just put another tb on it.
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Old Aug 16, 2010 | 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by MAXIMO
Just as it states how hard is it to convert to a drive by wire TB having issues with the one that I have that is cable driven tried adjusting the cable and still seems a bit like the pedal gets stuck. Just wanted to know what all goes into the conversion and if you guys would recomend it?
Adjust the blade.
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Old Aug 17, 2010 | 02:28 AM
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Adjust the blade.
ditto. adjusting it outward is what cured my sticky gas pedal problems.
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Old Aug 18, 2010 | 03:06 AM
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its a 102mm ptm TB the pedal got sticky after the install
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Old Aug 18, 2010 | 10:31 AM
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We had that problem with our friends SDPC one. Turned out the hole for the IAC caused the opening to be out of round. All we did was dremel down the two humps on either side of the hole and it works like a charm. Check that out before you change a whole bunch of **** you don't need that will cause more problems in the long run.
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