custom throttle cable and vacume pump bracket

[chriswells78]

I'm doing away with the EGR and the big clunk elbow during my motor swap. I'm also adding a 75mm throttle body and I have ported the upper intake to match.

This put me in the dilema of how to make the trottle cable and cruise control linkage work properly. I also needed a place to mount the vacume pump. I thought about a couple different ways of acomplishing these tasks with seperate brackets, but when I started mocking up the throttle cable bracket and realized that I could kill two birds with one stone.

I had this piece of 14" long 1 1/4" angle aluminum left over from another project. I notched it to fit over the hump in the throttle body enough so the opposite side of the angle aluminum cleared the swing arm on the throttle body. I used a part of the stock bracket to hold the cables. It is held on to the aluminum with 4 screws. Seems to work great. We'll see how it works when I get it in the truck.

I need to take it apart, shine up the aluminum and hit it with some high heat clear coat that I have to keep it from oxidizing.

Here are the pics

 

[Turdle]

Good job!!

 

[chriswells78]

Good job!!

Thanks

 

[reserved50]

you mean the solenoid? I would paint the bracket satin black, just my 2 cents

heres my vacuum pump

 

[Turdle]

you mean the solenoid? I would paint the bracket satin black, just my 2 cents

heres my vacuum pump

Might I ask--what is the vacuum pump for?

 

[reserved50]

no...


*Al Bundy pulling into garage* "NO BRAKES NO BRAKES"!!! , I didnt like the feel of the brakes after I monkeyed the engine, raising the rpm and playing with the timing didnt do enough. It was either this or hydraulic assist brakes.

 

[chriswells78]

no...


*Al Bundy pulling into garage* "NO BRAKES NO BRAKES"!!! , I didnt like the feel of the brakes after I monkeyed the engine, raising the rpm and playing with the timing didnt do enough. It was either this or hydraulic assist brakes.

Define "monkeyed the engine" please.

With my mods, am I going to need more suction?

 

[Turdle]

I seem to have plenty (16hg at idle) of vacuum. I think I smell a blower?

 

[reserved50]

low compression and blower with larger duration cam , removing the blower belt didnt make a difference, its mostly cam choice and fixing vaccum leaks, if you are ok on both you should be fine. I can put a smaller more sensible/updated cam in there but I wanted something that sounds untuned at idle I guess . Sometimes at idle my vacuum dipped down to 12" and gave a hard pedal.

 

[reserved50]

I seem to have plenty (16hg at idle) of vacuum. I think I smell a blower?

have you made a hard stop from about 50 and checked if the ABS still kicked in all the way to a full stop?

 

[chriswells78]

How much duraton, and what cam are your running?

 

[Turdle]

I can put a smaller more sensible/updated cam in there but I wanted something that sounds untuned at idle I guess .

heh heh

I will admit-my idle is up to 950-960 rpm's,
any lower and the vacuum goes away and it will die in gear, while throwing a idle speed circuit fault code. My braking seems fine, but I haven't used them (that I can rememeber) to the extent of using the abs. I'll have to find some gravel and try this--

 

[reserved50]

heh heh

I will admit-my idle is up to 950-960 rpm's,
any lower and the vacuum goes away and it will die in gear, while throwing a idle speed circuit fault code. My braking seems fine, but I haven't used them (that I can rememeber) to the extent of using the abs. I'll have to find some gravel and try this--

Its more obvious on a dry hard surface, even a panic stop from 30mph can give you an idea if the braking assist gives out near the end.
Im using the E-cam since I thought I was building a Mustang in the early 90s, the engine block confused me.

 

[Turdle]

No.
mine does just fine. I can panic stop from any speed.
I wonder if the torque converter comes into play here.

 

[chriswells78]

Im using the E-cam since I thought I was building a Mustang in the early 90s, the engine block confused me.

Damn, that is the cam I'm using. I guess I'll start looking for an aftermarket vacume pump.

 

[Spdrcer34]

I can 'panic stop' from any speed too (tested up to ~95mph) and I have no problems! LOL

Ryan

 

[reserved50]

I can stop but if you modulate the pedal at all near the end the brakes lose some assist if you try flooring them, its just the last 10-15 feet of hard stopping.