Throttle linkage

[JhnRX7]

So this morning on my way to work my gas pedal got stuck on the carpet and stuck wide open. The revs bounced of the rev limiter for about 5 seconds while I frantically tried to free the pedal. Once I got the pedal free I noticed that I had no gas at all. I pulled over and saw that my linkage had come apart and one of the plastic ball joints was cracked. There was enough left in the plastic part to hold the linkage, but it definately needs replacing. Can these pieces be purchased seperately somewhere or will I have to get a whole throttle assembly?

 

 

 

 

I made it to work and the engine seemed fine the whole way there... A few seconds bouncing off the rev limiter should not hurt anything would it? I guess I'll find out when I go and start it at lunch.

[JhnRX7]

So it seems my little run in with the rev limiter may have cleared out the engine and freed up some power. The Z runs smoother and pulls harder than ever

 

I looked through thezstore.com and black dragon auto and I did not see anything related to the throttle linkage... Maybe I just did not look hard enough.

[280zx 2by2]

i didnt think 280zx's have rev limiters, sure you were bouncing off the valve float? lol

 

or do you have an aftermarket ecu?

[JhnRX7]

i didnt think 280zx's have rev limiters, sure you were bouncing off the valve float? lol

 

or do you have an aftermarket ecu?

 

Hmmmmm I had not considered that... It sounded like a rev limiter and I assumed the car had one being EFI.

 

I will have to pull off the valve cover and check everything out this weekend.