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Reply With QuoteThe TB Cable mod will improve throttle response. To do it go to Http://www.thegalantcenter.com
n look under the tutorials
Hey I'm new here and I can't describe how happy I am to finally find a place I could go to to find out things about my car. After reading about the modifications some of the members have made, I noticed some had the throttle cable tightened. What does this do and how can I have this done? I want to keep my 2000 Galant on the luxury tip but would also like the performance out of it. Thank you.
The TB Cable mod will improve throttle response. To do it go to Http://www.thegalantcenter.com
n look under the tutorials
how does this help the performance of your car?
Team TGCLV
Obviously you didn't go to the tutorial?????HEHEH,..it will tell you.
I did mine yesterday...what a difference...I think I can go a lil tighter though
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does'nt your idle run higher if you do this modification?
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(flo-dog)</div><div class='quotemain'>does'nt your idle run higher if you do this modification?</div>
Of course it will if you pull the throttle cable to tight. But if you don't and just tighten up the slack like you are supposed to then you will be A'Ok.
I've heard from many members on the old tgc you do not want to tighten the cable to much, i would try to keep it around 7-9 rpms. just my advice.
Do it with the engine running. Then you'll know if you go too tight.
Chip
Chip
2000 Basalt Black Metallic GTZ
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I just tightened my cable or atleast i think i did. The engine idle didnt change at all and i pulled it all the way. Did i not do it right? PLease help :cry:
Yeah you did it right. Your RPM's shouldnt change. The point of this modification is to take out the slack in the cable to get a better throttle response. So you dont have to put your foot down on the pedal as far to get the desired throttle response!!!
Hope that helped...
Marc :mg:
hehe, yea i fixed it, i actually pulled it the wrong way, but its all good now
i hear that when idle the car should be around 1000 rpm..is that when the car is in park..or in an actual gear? cuz i get a higher rpm when i am in either park or netral <a lil less than 1500> and when in a gear, its about 1000. should i be allowing more slack?
When TOC did mine at the meet my car idled at 900, but from the factory mine was usually around 700.
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Sowndwayv)</div><div class='quotemain'>i hear that when idle the car should be around 1000 rpm..is that when the car is in park..or in an actual gear? cuz i get a higher rpm when i am in either park or netral <a lil less than 1500> and when in a gear, its about 1000. should i be allowing more slack?</div>When you're in park, your idle should be around 750RPM. If it's much higher than that, your cable is too tight.
Chip
Chip
2000 Basalt Black Metallic GTZ
(Paint Code: Porsche LC9Z)
Genuine experience carries a lot more credibility than the ability to answer a question.
Ever since the day I got my GTZ Its idled between 1000-1100 rpms even in park...And it still does now that ive got the cable tightened. So If its a little over 1000 then its not a bad thing. But being up around 1500 might be a little too much...
Marc :mg:
I've never heard of this little mod before. I just might have to do it soon.
I think I idle somewhere around 850-900 in park with my i-4, lower in gear, ill look tomorrow for sure
FYI, factory spec is 700 rpm +/- 50 rpm when in gear. If you do this in park, I found that in gear it's too low. You don't really want it too low. The idea is to keep your engine from dying. Oh, and make sure this is done when the engine is warm. This would be an incorrect setting if your engine is still cold.
In the old days, you set the idle just above the point of the engine dying; it didn't really matter how high the rpm was. I mean, that's the whole idea, lol.
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be careful when doing this mod...factory spec for base idle is iac=7step, rpm719-750 with engine at 200-203 degrees for both 6's and 4's. good luck.
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