[DeTomaso] Good news from the Swedish crash

[Thomas Tornblom]

Apparently the speaker at the event asked the owners to blip the 
throttle as they entered the square, just as they frequently do.

I have been in several similar events, where we slowly go through a 
town, and on the square there is someone presenting the various De 
Tomaso cars as they pass by. The speaker almost always wants you to blip 
the throttle, and you are then normally moving slowly in first gear, you 
depress the clutch and blip the throttle, and then when the engine 
returns to idle, you let the clutch up again.

In this case the throttle apparently stuck full open, and what happened 
then is probably a combination of unfortunate events.

Thomas

2012-07-05 01:29, Bjoern Flesland skrev:
> I never believe throttle fully opened by itself!
> And why would you apply full throttle in a crowded city square with car in gear?
> Cheers Bjoern
>
>
>
> Den 4. juli 2012 kl. 15:02 skrev MikeLDrew at aol.com:
>
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> Good news from a friend in Sweden:
>>
>>
>> I was there; it is a very sad story.
>> It was our member XXXXXX XXXXXX.
>>
>> The pedal hang up at full throttle, he did what 99% will do, step on the
>> brake pedal,  but it made very little difference, only locking the front
>> wheels.
>> And it ended up in a disaster. Luckily the police today announced that
>> they have found a technical fault and they will drop all charges against hem
>> and it is seen as an accident and not he’s fault.
>> Also the older man that had the worse injuries is in an stabile condition.
>>
>> --------
>>
>> I don't know what caused the throttle to stick open.   Could be floormats,
>> or the kickpanel, or some issue wiith the Weber throttle linkage.   But this
>> just goes to prove the need to evaluate the throttle system for proper
>> operation, and highlights the need for separate, independent throttle return
>> springs, plural, i.e. not just relying on a single spring....
>>
>> Mike
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