frosty383 Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 OK heres my dilema, I have a 260z with a SBC and the stock pedal is connected to a spectre throttle cable to my holley 650 dp. problem is the stock pedle on the Z does not hold up too well, actually my pedal has bent a bit. any suggestions??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madden87 Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 I also have a 260z with a sbc. I used a 24" Lokar cable connected to the stock cable linkage coming out of the firewall for my throttle cable. I had to cut it down about 8", but it works perfect. If you are bending the pedal then there is a lot of binding going on somewhere. I would check the linkage before worrying about the pedal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyro Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 I have done a few V8 conversions and I welded on a short piece of angle iron at the top of the pedal linkage (inside the car), then drilled a hole in the firewall so the cable has a straight shot to the carb linkage. Works well. Need to take the pedal out for welding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getZ Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 Get angry, hulk out and bend it back. Don't take that from a puny pedal. Then make sure you set the pedal stop correctly so you don't put pressure on the pedal lever at wide open throttle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six_Shooter Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 Is the 260 pedal different than the 240 pedal? My 240 pedal had like a 1/2" shaft on it, took som great force to bend it a bit while clamped in my vice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getZ Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 ya gotta want it! Actualy I think I rigged it up to a long bar to bend it right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjhines Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 WOW!!!! bent gas pedal!!! I don't believe it. Are you sure you don't have a worn out mount on your gas pedal. I have a late-1973 240Z with most of the 260Z parts changeovers. My gas pedal is made of heavy guage 7/16" ROD with a weded pivot and a flattened end where the linkage pivot was mounted. There is NO WAY I could bend that pedal without destroying the carby in the process. I modified my pedal in several ways to get the most out of my set up. But there is no way I would ever bend the pedal without knowingly destroying the carby. You just don't do that man!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over the Top Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 i say you just put a footprint gas pedal in... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getZ Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 I pulled the whole assembly out and put it in a vise. It took some oomph, but it moved about half an inch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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