Mangoletsi 3.8 RHD throttle linkage conversion kit

[Sepp]

Hallo,
SNG offers a short travel Mangoletsi kit for 3.8 RHD etypes.
A long travel RHD kit is unfortunately not on offer.
Can anyone please share his experience with the kit?
Is the travel as short as with the original setup?

thank you

[rswaffie]

Hi
I fitted one of these to my 3.8 as part of the RHD conversion. I can’t compare the travel to the original setup as it was a non-driver before I restored it. However, it provides a very direct and instant throttle response without any ’slop’ in the linkages. I’m guessing that given the description of it being ‘short travel’ it is less travel than the original.

[Sepp]

I’m guessing that given the description of it being ‘short travel’ it is less travel than the original.

Mangoletsi seems for good reasons to have a lot of fans here, nonetheless I am
no fan of a digital throttle, with little travel from 0 to 1, like in my 2+2…
So is the travel ok for you in your configuration, no risk of inadvertant excessive throttle?
Do you know by chance the length of the travel from idle to full throttle?
cheers
s

[Simonpfhc]

Hi Sepp,

I don’t think there is a Long Travel version of the RHD kit. I vaguely recall this is more to do with LHD kits and the length if cable options, not travel of the pedal, but I may be wrong.

I have driven many Etypes and can confirm that the Mangoletsi kit makes a dramatic improvement on the original. Even if the original rod setup is perfectly adjusted, there is still some play. The original setup has a VERY short pedal travel compared with the Mangoletsi kit, and the Mangoletsi can be adjusted for longer or shorter travel as required. The throttle response with the kit is fantastic - full, seamless control and super-smooth.