throttle cable?
 

ive seen a few pics of cars without the throttle cable running around the front of the engine... maybe they hadnt put it back on yet, but is their anyway to change this? so it doesnt run so far around there, it annoys me. thanks

thats probably not the throttle cable you see in the pics... it might be the hood latch release cable you are seeing... other than that i cannot imagine why anybody would do this

no.. i see them WITHOUT the throttle cable running around the front of the engine.. whats this have to do with the hood latch release? i would change how the throttle cable runs if i could, cause it just gets in the way.

wow i just reread that... i thought you said you see them running WITH the throttle cable in front of the engine... i just woke up so im out of it sorry

what year is your car... mine is a s4 and the throttle cable runs to the back of the throttle body on my car in other words the firewall side of it

My 87 Turbo 2 I just bought does that as well. My NA does not though from the same year. I think all you just can route it however you see fit without much trouble. I haven't gotten there yet but you can probalby just unhook it and then run it against the firewall a ways above the downpipe.

cwsttu.. im not talking about where it connects to on the TB.. i know where it connects.. im just wondering if theirs another way to run it so its not hanging in front of the engine.. making that loop.

bump

Cruise-control

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the na throttle body if facing a different way then the turbo throttle body. there for the na can use a small throttle cable becuase it comes out of firewall dirrectally to TB. but the turbo has to go all the way around the engine because thats the way it attaches.

i know thats how it attaches.. lol, DOES ANYBODY MODIFY THIS? run it a different way.. use a differnt cable and loop it different.. something???

bumpity

this thread sucks.

go blow up your engine so you have more to worry about than your throttle cable being in the way.

You were probably looking at pictures of RHD cars. For obvious reasons the throttle cable basically runs parallel to the cruise control cable until it turns and runs through the firewall.
Your cable comes through the firewall on the left side of the engine, and it must pull the throttle towards the right. You cannot change these two things, so the simple answer is no you can't change this.

Two totally impractical solutions would be a complex, fabricated mechanical linkage or an electronic throttle (which the lastest MoTec ECU's can control).

jacob - YOU suck. go spaz out elsewhere cause i ask you a simple question. freak