Throttle Bodies / Gear linkage / Alternator top bracket

Monday 27^th June

Called tiger today to ask about the clearance on the starter motor, there are two types of mount they supply, racing ones (these are what I have got fitted) and normal ones. The racing ones are a lot harder (less movement) than the normal ones, but are on the downside a few mm shorter, this is why the starter motor is so close to the chassis. Tiger suggested to put some spacers below it to rise it up a few mm, I have ordered some 6mm thick steel and will place this under each mount when it arrives.

Fitted the remote gear linkage as supplied by tiger, this is straight forward enough, just remove the end cap in the rear of the gearbox ( I knocked this out with a long extension bar and a hammer) feed the linkage through the hole and the fixing plate over the top, then bolt in where the gearstick normally goes



Back to the throttle bodies, reapplied the silicon gasket sealer, this time I smeared it all over with my finger, using it very sparingly but ensured all the surface was covered, fitted to the engine, tightened down the nuts and prayed that there was no spillage into the chambers, opened the throttle and looked past the butterflies, hooray no sealant had oozed into the chambers J

Fitted the throttle cables to the bodies, then turned my attention to the accelerator pedal, fitted the linkage that comes with the throttle body kit, I drilled the plate on top of the pedal and fixed the block to the pedal, I then drilled another 2 holes using the block as a template to get the cable holes in the right place. I then drilled two 6.5mm holes 20mm apart in the upright off the chassis the pass the cables through and fitted the adjusters supplied with kit into the 6.5mm holes.

The throttle pedal seemed a bit stiff when pressed, when I was assembling the throttle linkage, in the instructions it says the rod should be 80mm long but it would only adjust down to 90mm. You can see the angle in the picture below, this doesn’t look right.

So I took the rod off, shortened the rod by cutting some each end then readjusted, even now I can only get it to 85mm and the throttle still seems a bit stiff. Will look at this later.

Fitted the top alternator bracket with the appropriate spacers

Cut down the studs on the front of the engine and fitted the pulley belt