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Old Jun 25, 2008 | 10:47 PM
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UGLY throttle cable
anyone change thier cable on thier turbo motor without a TMIC?

something shorter, or something aftermarket like from Lokar or something?

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Old Jun 25, 2008 | 10:50 PM
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that thing really pisses you off doesnt it lol
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Old Jun 25, 2008 | 10:50 PM
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I used a cable from an n/A and just changed around the TB and made a mount for the cable
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Old Jun 25, 2008 | 11:00 PM
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interesting, I have heard horror stories about people taking apart thier throttle bodies
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Old Jun 25, 2008 | 11:12 PM
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here you go

https://www.rx7club.com/2nd-generation-specific-1986-1992-17/progress-7-a-588968/page9/
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Old Jun 25, 2008 | 11:18 PM
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did you have to take apart the whole throttle body to reverse the butterflys?
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Old Jun 25, 2008 | 11:33 PM
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I would pm 1revvin7 I believe he was the mastermind behind the throttle cable swap. Tell him bigfish sent you.
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i'm curious why you are wanting to change it
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Old Jun 26, 2008 | 07:22 AM
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because it looping around the engine bay is ugly

I know Elliot, I will ask him.
I did his tailights for him back when he was trying to get his first jpec turbo swap going!
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Old Jun 26, 2008 | 09:23 AM
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unless you modify the throttle body to open via the other side, your stuck with it.
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Old Jun 26, 2008 | 09:27 AM
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i have test fitted the N/A cable, it was easy. Take off the nut, flip butterflys around, put nut back on. The hardest part is making a bracket to attach to the cable.
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Old Jun 26, 2008 | 09:48 AM
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have you looked at using a bracket from an NA throttle body and modifying accordingly?
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flipping the throttle body seems like the thing to do, I have a spare throttle body im going to do this to along with some porting.
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Old Jun 26, 2008 | 10:34 AM
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I used a cable from an n/A and just changed around the TB and made a mount for the cable
I did the same (Elliott did it).



ignore the intake
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Old Jun 26, 2008 | 11:26 AM
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someone linked your pics to me stylemon- thanks.

im going to see if elliot will port my throttle body and mount the bracket on it for me
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Old Jun 26, 2008 | 11:30 AM
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I read that you cut the linkage end of the cable to shorten it, then resolder. Cant you just make a longer bracket to take up the slack?

Where can you get silver solder? Radioshack?
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