cable operated clutch (idea!)

[rjleiker]

Anyone ever thought of runing a cable operated clutch using a cable like this one...

http://store.summitracing.com/partd...925134+4294839069+4294822071+115&autoview=sku...

in place of the linkage or hydraulic operator?

I figure on the eyelet end it could be secured to the clutch pedal and firewall with an aftermarket quadrant kit for a mustang and then a simple bracket on the transmission behind the fork and used as a pull type. Just wrap it around underneath the driver's side floor and come in behind the fork. Or use it as a push style by just securing the eyelet to the pedal and a bolt to the firewall and then make a bracket on the bellhousing for the other end and poke it through the pushrod dimple on the fork and secure it. I figure it take decent pressure to push the automatic into gear, so I figure it could possibly handle the pressure to release the clutch.

I don't know, just a thought. Trying to make the whole thing simpler and cheaper to get away from the space stealing linkage and the leak potential hydraulic system. Let me know what you guys think.

 

[LS6 Tommy]

it's an interesting idea, but that cable won't deal with the stress of disengaging a clutch. You'd be better off trying to retrofit one from a Mustang.

Tommy

 

[rjleiker]

well the one's from a mustang are pull cables that pull on the fork forward...
the geometry setup won't work for GM's...

I figure if you get one that is like 8 of 10 or even 6 ft long, that it would reach around and be able to pull from the back... it's built to be a push cable, so it may be worth a try, and if not, then set it up as a pull... I know it could do that...

 

[t5montecarlo]

The Monza had a cable operated clutch that could be bolted in (either I4 or V8 bellhousing will work), but you still need to deal with the clutch pedal geometry as well as a special V8-Monza-only stepped flywheel (0.213 inches? removed from the outside edge), a special V8-Monza-only pressure plate, and a special V8-Monza-only cable (larger diameter than for I4/V6). You can easily machine the flywheel (been there/done that), but you cannot make the special pressure plate.

 

[barnym17]

Look in a speeway motors or Day motorsports catolog or check there websites they have cable operated clutch pedal assemblies for the stock GM bell comes complete with pedal cable etc about$150.00 just got to mount it in the car.