German F.I. Intake with Standard Fan Shroud - A Cable Questi

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German F.I. Intake with Standard Fan Shroud - A Cable Questi

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Is there a difference in the route that the throttle cable takes through the fan shroud on a standard carbureted (stock single) engine, vs. a German fuel injection set-up?
 
I am using a German F.I. Intake for my Megasquirt conversion, with a non-fuel injection fan shroud. The stock VW throttle body that I have, which is missing all the linkage brackets, seems to put the throttle control cable over to the left of the engine a few more inches.  If I were to simply relocate the cable route, I would be drilling through the oil cooler. Does the cable take a less direct route, and snake around the cooler? Would complete linkage help relocate the cable back to the standard location?
 
Any advice, including pictures would really be a benefit.
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Re: German F.I. Intake with Standard Fan Shroud - A Cable Qu

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Not much difference, the same hole from what I can tell it is just on the other side of the oil cooler and front tin(the piece not shown above the trans).
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Re: German F.I. Intake with Standard Fan Shroud - A Cable Qu

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The L-Jet shroud runs the accelerator cable just to the left of the cooler, not "through it":
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Re: German F.I. Intake with Standard Fan Shroud - A Cable Qu

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Just what i was looking for. Thanks a million.
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Fiberglass Buggy on 1973 Chassis.
1904 cc
Megasquirt (MS1 with 3.57 board) Fuel Injection: German Intake Plenum, CB Performance End-Castings, Ford Escort Throttle Body with custom Adapter, MS controls Wasted Spark Coil Pack
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Re: German F.I. Intake with Standard Fan Shroud - A Cable Qu

Post by Clonebug »

You can drill new holes if you want to run the linkage.
I ended up getting rid of the FI plenum and linkage and made my own intake.
I had trouble with a real sensitive throttle using all the German stuff.
I did retain the FI shroud though and built my own linkage using only the stock TB.
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