Hello all. Ive been lurking for about a year now. Love this site. I built my buggy about 4 years back. It's a Berrien Warrior and I used a 67 beetle with a 1600DP for parts. (Still feel a little guilty for that). I don't know why I did it but I built it for woods driving instead of duning. All my friends go to the dunes but I wanted a tough lookin buggy I guess. Anyways, it's really never been anything fantastic just something I was always proud of making from scratch!
So long story short, despite several attempts to breath new life into the 1600DP it finally gave up the ghost three years ago and the buggy has sat waiting for me to get off my butt and get her running again. I've barely got a chance to have fun with the thing! So I decided I wasn't interested in learning how to rebuild the VW motor but would rather have the reliability of EFI and instant power increase of a modern engine.
I have had good experiences with GM QUAD4's and decided to use that platform. It's not the ideal but they have an tough iron block and good torque with modest HP.
This week I've finally managed to get it mounted in the buggy and I'm starting to work out all the little problems.
One problem I'm thinking about ATM is what throttle cable to run to the TB. Previously I had a nice 7 foot Morse cable which is hardly used, but that won't work because it is a rigid style and I need something with flexible cable and a barrel at the end to wrap around the throttle "wheel"(?). Also I'm prolly more at 6 foot now.
Here's a pic of my setup so far.
I'm wondering what you guys with throttle bodies are running for cables. Morse doesn't seem like it will work and the Lokars I look at don't seem to have quite the right ends on them either.
Any push in the right direction would be greatly appreciated!