Well, I had a pretty productive weekend! After moving all of my engines and other crap to a new storage loaction within the shop I found some extra stainless steel while throwing junk away.

Old Skunk2 throttle cable ghetto adapter


advantages:
I didn't need to buy/locate an ITR or Civic cable and bracket.
Parts were from my scrap pile of junk.
Build time was less than 30 minutes.
I got to keep my GSR throttle cable.

disadvantages:
That ugly cable angle should be obvious.
Cable hit the bottom of the Cusco tower bar.
Would not clear the Carbing bar because it was too high (pic is below).



New and Impoved Jerk Racing Skunk2 throttle cable adapter for GSR


advantages:
Clears all tower bars because of it's low stance.
There are no funky cable angles because of the low stance.
Made from srcap parts ...$0
Got to keep my GSR throttle cable

disadvantages:
Stainless steel plate broke a damn good drill bit
Welding was required. ( $0 since friend with a MIG hooked me up )

Two small beads were added to the backside to prevent the nut from slipping out and the aluminum spacer was used to solve a clearance problem!





Jerk Racing adapter and Mangled OEM Bracket


Jerk Racing adapter and Mangled OEM Bracket


Jerk Racing adapter and Mangled OEM Bracket



Jerk Racing = a bunch of American fools living in Japan

 

FPR, AVC-R pressure sensor, Defi boost sensor and Stereo circuit breaker had to be reloacted to install the Carbing bar.

An aluminum plate was slipped between the tower bar and firewall to mount the sensor and circuit breaker while the FPR was moved to the fuel rail. I need to relocatethe FPR because this loaction isn't to my liking.

The FPR and AVC-R sensor were mounted to two bolt holes on the firewall and the Defi sensor was located above the battery.


New Location: Sensors are on the bottom of the plate.





[Modified by Dee, 8:13 AM 7/21/2002]

 

Very nice. What did you do to paint your valve cover? It looks great! Exactly waht I want to do since mine is chipping. Did you prime first? What color is that? Thanks.

 

The valve cover was another one my "I'm bored" projects. The spray I used is called "Wilsons" and everything is acrylic based. The color is Honda Capa (Honda K van) OEM Blue metallic Pearl. I also used Wilson's white primer and clear coat. 6 very thin coats of primer, 6 very thin coats or blue pear, 6 very thin coats of clear. 15 minutes dry time between coats and I also used a hair dryer to speed the process. These cans are very small.. about half the size of a normal spray can. I'll post a pic of the cans later.

 

Looks kinda heavy duty for a throttle cable bracket. But it gets the job done, and didnt cost you anything. I like.

 

I did the same thing sort of, but used the orignial throttle cable bracket, cut a triangle piece out of it, bent it and welded it up.

Brad

 

nice. i love the DIY spirit.
why buy it when you can build it?

 

beautiful

 

It's a lot lighter than you think!

 

Hey what kind of 3 point strut tower brace is that and where did you get it? I want one!!

 

really nice pics! i'll IM you later bout something

 

Belive its a carbing bar

 

That is the Carbing bar. Leo (ITRinEJ1) was hosting a group buy on them, but I just did a search and the buy is over.

 

Actually my bar is from the groupbuy that I organized in the ITR forum a couple months ago.

 

Dee have you snapped any TB cables before?

 

No, I haven't snapped any TB cables.

 

Nice bracket, it makes me want to be a better man.

 

WOW, that is a nice piece a fabrication for the throttle cable. How long did it take to make it, just curious if it would have been worth my time to do that rather than spend $20 to do it the way I did it.

 

hey is that an Optima battery or the same size as one? I was wondering because there was no way my old red top would fit in the stock location on my car (LHD, battery on right side). Is there more room for the battery on RHD cars?

 

You have to trim the excess plastic off the bottom of the battery and then it drops in with no problem.

 

good deal, i may have to try this

 

finally!

 

very nice.

 

I was supposed to repost pics for somebody but I forgot.

Here's my cable bracket that is made from spare metal that was wasting away on shop bench :




Here's a pic of the "jury rigged" adapter that I used for a couple days. Notice the really nasty angle. Without the two pieces of aluminum the OEM throttle bracket would rub the tower bar.



Modified by Dee at 6:24 PM 1/8/2007

 

gawwd daym, ive been waitn for four years..thanks