throttle cable to short.

[idahotuner]

my throttle cable from the gas pedle to the throttle body goes right over top my valve cover. i wasnt the one that swapped the redtop in, so i dont know if it was the trottle cabel from the KA or the sr20. but i was wondering if i am able to get another one that is longer so i can have it go around the motor instead of over my valve cover. would an sr have a longer one or the ka?

[9240sx]

You need a 91 & up 240sx cable...One from a DOHC KA..

[idahotuner]

my car is a 93 so it seems like he would have used the cable from the car. but your saying mine is from the sr20 that is why it is shorter?

[9240sx]

Thats odd...Im using a throttle cable off a 93 and its plenty long...The one off the sr is WAYYYYY to short...Remember the gas pedel is on the other side of the sr20 car..

[idahotuner]

yea that is what i was thinking it was from the sr20. so will any cable from 91-up 240sx work as long as it is from a dohc

[CMG]

yea that is what i was thinking it was from the sr20. so will any cable from 91-up 240sx work as long as it is from a dohc

Any 240 cable will work even 89-90. It should be long enough to reach the TB, plus you can push it back and put it under the middle metal latch thing so it's not on your valve cover.

[idahotuner]

thanks, now does any one have onethat i can pick up?

[supreamS14]

if its just a lil short like mine was I went to my gas pedal and there is a mettle stop with a round plastic stop I bent this twared the firewall 3/4 of an inch and now it fits great but thats my s14 with s13 sr20det!

[idahotuner]

so i bent the litte metter stopper, but that just lengthened the cable and not the rubber tube it is in from the firewall to the throttle hing thing. so unless i cut this i am not sure how to stretch it out . i really dont liek it going over my valve cover, cause it rubs the paint off and stuff. so any help would be great.

[steeda763]

Some DOHC throttle cables won't fit right. I have a '91 with an SR and had to find an '89-90 throttle cable. It sits on the valve cover, but the accelerator travel and everything else is perfect.

[idahotuner]

the throttle works right, i just dont like it going over the valve cover, but if that is how everyone else has it i guess i will have to live with it.