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Subject:Re: Gas pedal
From:Stephen Grisanti
Date:Sat, 12 Apr 2014 03:10:38 -0700

I may be misremembering this, but seem to recall that our Canadian friend Ben in one of his many Sube conversions used the stock pedal setup in the cockpit and put the drive-by-wire pedal in the engine bay as a sort of bellcrank/throttle linkage to do its job, being operated by the stock pedal and cable to convert that action appropriately. �Perhaps a similar setup would work for you.

Having an '87 Westy of my own, I'm keeping all this stuff in mind.

Stephen
On Friday, April 11, 2014 10:29 PM, David Bjorkman <ddbjorkman@VERIZON.NET> wrote:
 
Hi All;
So here I am with an '87 Westy with a VW 2011 inline Gen V engine using the OBDII CPU (exactly which one I'm not sure) that is drive by wire.� The gas pedal is a retrofit Golf pedal.� The angle is not the most pleasant.� I have heard of an adjustable pedal that is being used in the UK ,and Europe (I think), for both diesel and gas VW models most of which aren't in the USA market.� The adjustability is so it may be used in many applications.� Here's the quandary.� I have only heard of it and a quick internet search didn't tell me anything.� There are a bunch of you that are into some esoteric items and I am hoping someone can help point me in the right direction.� My Westy is meant for travelin' and that pedal can be bothersome.

Dave B.