drive-by-wire

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At 08:23 PM 10/4/96 +-100, you wrote:
>My fathers just finished a 1932 Riley rebuild (anybody want to see a piccy?
Its pretty) and the throttle on that is all pull rods and bellcranks,
smooth, you bet, precise.. very... bitch to set up... oh god we were there
for hours!
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>But... solid PULL rods are the way to go... for anything.. solong as you
dont have to go round too many corners.
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>Pet hate.. cable clutches.
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>Quick query ..   what is the guesstamate on the percentage of auto cars in
the USA guys... I've got a warped view of your country from films and TV and
stuff, but I cant remember the last time I saw summit with a manual box. (is
that what you call 'stick shift' ?)
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>Mark...
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>From:  Sandy[SMTP:sganz at westworld.com]
>Sent:  Friday, October 04, 1996 5:32 PM
>To:  diy_efi at coulomb.eng.ohio-state.edu
>Subject:  Re: drive-by-wire
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>At 08:56 AM 10/4/96 est, you wrote:
>>>Are you talking about a drive by wire system?  The new corvette LS-1 
>>>engine will have that in '97.
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>>Does anyone know anything about this drive-by-wire throttle body?  Who 
>>will supply it?  Is is a single throttle setup or one per bank or 
>>something else?
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>I had them on my old BMW 750iL, and I think that Mercedes uses them on some
>cars as well. One thing they are very expensive. I has to have one of the
>two replaced, and it cost about $1200.00. I was thinking at the time, how
>nice a throttle cable would be...
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>Sandy
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