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Sonny8oy@aol.com wrote: > > What's this? > > A fly-by-wire (FBW) throttle basically uses electronics to modulate the > opening of the throttle based upon the position of the accelerator pedal. Aha, just what the modern TDI engined VWs use. > > > > and most important will it have any benefit on our cars, > > especially the dark ones I presume. > > I don't think so, unless you were to couple it with other gadgetry (see > below). It would save you having to replace throttle cables, though........ > > http://www.autospeed.com describing the new Selespeed gearbox available on > the Alfa Romeo 156 (which has further features besides simply the FBW > throttle): Also the mileage wonder, the VW Lupo 3L TDI has a tranny that works by these principles. I agree, it would be hard to encorporate this into the type3. It would be cool, though. PerL 73 Variant L ------------------------------------------------------------------- Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe