Day one of (Transformer) Stratos ownership...

[strat24v]

i'm going back to the pendant style with a little trickery for the cable. Im planning on a bit of the space over the centre spine to become clutch foot space.

[ProtoTipo]

Good idea John.

Here's a photo of the Elise mechanism, and it has a nice feel to it too:
Elise Throttle pedal

[goldtop]

I read the original Transformer build manual last night. It's a bit short on detail, but it seems to suggest that the planned route for the accelerator cable was upwards and around the top of the door aperture and then into the engine bay. Seems bizarre to me, but have any of you guys got/seen that?

Im planning on a bit of the space over the centre spine to become clutch foot space.

I like that idea, too. Although I presume that the original purpose for the Stratos didn't include long periods cruising in the same gear!

[ChrisCar6]

That was the original plan. IIRC the Beta twink that was the commonest engine had the throttle on the offside, so wasn't as tortuous as getting it to come up under the Alfa throttle body on the other side. Hence the modification to a floor hung pedal that the cable can run up the spine.
That Elise setup is something that I would look at when starting from scratch.

[Sando]

I still use he original pedal and routing over the door and cage... all be it longer now and modified with both the pedal cable holes and the cable bracket extended to increase the movement at the pedal end.
The trick with this set up is to use a good cable, I introduced a few people to the benefits of featherlight cables from my earlier bike days, as they are super smooth and can be made to measure. http://www.venhill.co.uk

Downside of this set up is the very basic design of cable through the hole in the pedal approach, this often leads to worn and broken cables at the pedal end unless you keep an eye on them. It's simple but very basic.
Anything under the dash once the car is built is a pain though. Hmmm a removable floor and a four post lift anyone?

[ProtoTipo]

Here's another that converts a vertical arc (pedal) to a horizontal arc. 'Floor mounted this time.
308 throttle