~DJ~
Boise, Idaho
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I have posted this story before so forgive me if you have all ready seen it. JPonder is dead on with this theory. It was proven to me in the early 60's. I was in high school and driving a 55 Ford Fairlane. My older brother was an engineering student at the University. He rigged up an old choke cable to my carburetor, filled the tank and we went for a drive.
This was at the U of I near Moscow. A lot of rolling hill wheat country. We got out on the highway, shifted into high gear and set the throttle to maintain 50 mph on the flat. As mentioned before, the hand cable does not keep the vehicle speed or engine rpm constant. It keeps the fuel supply to the engine constant. The terrain dictates the speed of the vehicle and engine.
It was a good thing we did the test at 3 AM. 50 on the flats 30-35 up the hills and 70-75 down!!! IIRC it was about an 80 mile round trip and when we got back to town, filled the car and calculated the mileage that old Ford jumped from 10 to 15 mpg!!!
So yes, hand throttle cables absolutely work as JPonder describes. How practical they are would depend on terrain and amount of traffic.
Now, what I don't understand is the reluctance to change one's oil. By the time you have paid for two oil analysis you have all ready paid the price of an oil change. 
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jponder
Atlanta & Louisiana
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SoCalDesertRider wrote:When I was a kid, dad and 'uncle Billy', a mechanic friend of the family, used to work on cars together alot. One time they took off in the car with Billy sitting in the engine compartment operating the throttle by hand while tuning the carb and dad operating the steering wheel and brake, driving down the street with his head out the side window to see around the hood. 
My son and i did the same thing in 1999 when we got grandpas old dodge running. We had to have the hood up because the gas tank was a plastic 5 gallon jug that you needed the hood up to not pinch the line.
No seats in the vehicle just small metal trash cans turned upside down. I did have throttle but brakes didnt exist. You better not take it out of first as turning the key off in first was the only way to really stop it. it had a glasspack on it and sounded awesome. My Uncle was so excited to see it move under its own power he bought me a front windshield for it.
I think if people learned to drive that vehicle there would be no more accidents and they would be the best drivers
SPACE SHUTTLE
2001 4X4 ETH/DEE Reg Cab
Ricksons 285/70R19.5
US Gear Ex Brake
*NO CRUISE CONTROL!!! *
*MANUAL THROTTLE CABLE for 21.3MPG!*
*DRW WORST NIGHTMARE MONSTER TRUCK!*
Camper:
94 Lance EU2000
11700 gw tc+t.
Soon:
Cat Heat& MO BATTERIES!!
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