throttle sprocket and return on individual throttle bodies? two issues i'd like to address
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throttle sprocket and return on individual throttle bodies? two issues i'd like to address
There are only two things that I am unhappy about with my toda throttle bodies once I got them tuned:
1. The throttle sprocket is larger in diameter than the oem honda one - so the amount of travel that the gas pedal has to be increased to compensate. I simply bent the throttle pedal up a bit to allow for more range of motion and while this is adequate, it makes heal toe driving a bit more difficult. Is there a way I could have someone machine me a throttle sprocket that is smaller in diameter? I know exactly the diameter I would need.....
2. When going from on throttle to off throttle - such as when I am approaching a light and simply need to push in the clutch and brake, well sometimes the car falls below baseline idle and occasionally shuts off. Sometimes it's fine, but sometimes it just falls too hard and fast and shuts off. I know the iacv can compensate to a certain extent - although I never connected it to my map cannister. I suspect large cams and coastdown fueling may be contributing something to this. As a workaround, I have thought about it and a slower throttle return would actually solve my issue. I don't want to run a weaker throttle return spring because I DO want the throttles to close all the way, but perhaps the last bit of the range of motion for the throttles could use some type of compensator or hydraulic mini-arm that prevents going from say 50% throttle to 0% throttle so rapidly. More like a slow close similar to what is used on the doors of certain public places like auditoriums, etc.
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1. The throttle sprocket is larger in diameter than the oem honda one - so the amount of travel that the gas pedal has to be increased to compensate. I simply bent the throttle pedal up a bit to allow for more range of motion and while this is adequate, it makes heal toe driving a bit more difficult. Is there a way I could have someone machine me a throttle sprocket that is smaller in diameter? I know exactly the diameter I would need.....
2. When going from on throttle to off throttle - such as when I am approaching a light and simply need to push in the clutch and brake, well sometimes the car falls below baseline idle and occasionally shuts off. Sometimes it's fine, but sometimes it just falls too hard and fast and shuts off. I know the iacv can compensate to a certain extent - although I never connected it to my map cannister. I suspect large cams and coastdown fueling may be contributing something to this. As a workaround, I have thought about it and a slower throttle return would actually solve my issue. I don't want to run a weaker throttle return spring because I DO want the throttles to close all the way, but perhaps the last bit of the range of motion for the throttles could use some type of compensator or hydraulic mini-arm that prevents going from say 50% throttle to 0% throttle so rapidly. More like a slow close similar to what is used on the doors of certain public places like auditoriums, etc.
Thoughts?
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