gas pedal adjustment

[STEVE-O]

I recently noticed that there seemed to be excessive play in my gas pedal and when i checked, pressing the pedal to the floor (engine off) did not result in full carb throttle movement as well as the pedal moving back and forth.
I found that bolt holding the gas pedal on was loose and tightened it back down. This seemed to fix the excessive play issue.
A couple of questions though...
Should the pedal to the floor result in maximum carb throttle (WOT)?
And if so, and I dont seem to have that, what adjustments are there to achieve that? Changing the rods under the hood connected to the throttle? Or is there another adjustment at the gas pedal end?
Thanks

[scootter]

Steve,

The pedal should hit the floor at the same time you hit WOT. I went through this with my car a while back. Mine was hitting WOT way before the pedal hit the floor putting all kinds of stress on the carb. I wish I could explain how to adjust it, but you just start by adjusting the rods and you can move the rod that comes from the carb to the fire wall up and down in the grove. It took me a while to get mine right. I started by removing the rod from the carb, putting the carb at wot and messing with it at that point. There is also a stop by the fender you can adjust for the return stop. For some reason, I had to add a small rod and spacer to mine to get it right.

Sorry can't explain it better. Mark everything where it is before you start in case you get all messed up, you can at least put it back where it was.

Scott

[Lowell W]

Steve-O,

If you're not on SCOF, you should be. There's a tech article on an easy mod to the gas pedal/shaft assembly which makes the pedal height infinitely adjustable, allowing you to position the pedal where you want it.

Scott is right: pedal to the floor should correspond to WOT and the groove in the arm on the other end of the pedal shaft allows you to adjust the amount of linkage travel.

SCOF is a "Superformance only" group dedicated to helping SPF owners realize the most enjoyment from their cars. You'll find there are some-a few-well, one, especially-owners of other brands who go out of their way to denigrate anything connected with SPF, due undoubtedly to envy and paranoia over being excluded from the group. Pay them (him) no attention. He knows who he is and so does everyone else. This is an excellent source for Cobra-related information in general, as is SCOF for cameraderie and sharing of information among owners of SPF cars exclusively.

Lowell

[cobras]

any chance someone knows how to do this mod? a step by step would be great, or a link.