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Old Nov 11, 2007 | 08:41 PM
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I noticed after my intake swap that my cable seems a little loose. How much, if any slack should there be? Mine has about 1/2" up and down. Also, if that is too loose how the heck do you adjust it? It is a 2000 with cruise control. Thanks!
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mine too, any ideas anyone?
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Old Nov 11, 2007 | 10:35 PM
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Go at the little box with the arrows pointing at it.

Un clip it, adjust and put the clip back in, hard to describe but pretty self explanatory once you get your hands on it.
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thats only if you have TCS
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thats only if you have TCS
I have ASR so that should work....I'll pop that thing off and tighten it up this weekend.

How tight should it be? Should there be any slack????
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what about no tcs? my cable runs back and over the intake manifold near the firewall and goes to the drivers side of the car.
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TTT....more info!
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Just get it snug man, you don't want alot of play up and down "slack" but you don't want it so tight its keeping your TB open either.

If you can monitor it, just get it snug and make sure your TPS reads 0% with the car on but not running. There's no formal rule for where it should be as far as I've seen.
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