Tighten your throttle cable!
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Just got thru changing my oil (Castrol Syntec) and noticed my throttle cable had
mucho slack! Easy to tighten, loosen
locknut (towards radiator), take up slack with adjustment nut.(towards firewall)
Play should be about 1/4" of deflection.
Kinda felt like I had better throttle response.....but then again the car as feels good after a diet of fresh synthetic oil! Tally Ho!
mucho slack! Easy to tighten, loosen
locknut (towards radiator), take up slack with adjustment nut.(towards firewall)
Play should be about 1/4" of deflection.
Kinda felt like I had better throttle response.....but then again the car as feels good after a diet of fresh synthetic oil! Tally Ho!
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Thanks for the advice, Spectre! I checked mine and it was about 50% greater than spec. I tightened that cable and expect to see some performance gain at no cost! This should take full advantage of the tb rebore as well.
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Originally posted by S2K_LA:
What is spec and how did you determine it was out of spec?
What is spec and how did you determine it was out of spec?
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Iwas wondering why my car was "hesitating" at take off, and after reading this post I checked my cable and there was about an inch of play!! So guys check your cables!! And thanks Spectre for the heads up!
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Agreed. I check throttle cable slack with every oil change. After about 4k miles, both mine and Sondra's had excessive slack. I tightened them up, although I noticed no difference in performance. Oh, BTW, I forgot to tell you that, Sondra. You had a LOT of slack, so, you're welcome.