Tootie Pang

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Bought an old school BBK 52mm throttle body from a member, got it all in and had what I thought was the correct replacement throttle cable and its too short. Suspecting my parts shop got the TBI cable mixed up with a TPI one. Anyone have what motors I am looking for? I am guessing 85-88 TPI motors. Just confirming.

Tootie Pang

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Nobody?! Ok, so I finally got the "correct" cable which is only an inch longer. On the older style throttle arms I wasn't able to reach the inboard cable connection pin (the cable was still much shorter than the 89+. But I was able to secure it to the outer pin which, on my 89, is used for the cruise control. Anyway, I go it working but the tip in is way too much. I am hoping I can move it to the inboard pin which may help make it more progressive, but right now the throttle is way to touchy. It's like an on-off switch. This cannot possibly be how the 85-88 TPIs felt. It's not easy to drive calmly.

Is the throttle cable eyelet supposed to engage the inboard or outboard throttle arm pin?

Tootie Pang

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I finally got it to work by slipping it diagonally over to the inner cable mount point but still passing the cable housing through the outboard bracket location. Now it works nicely but the cable is still too short. I've seen tons of pics, the parts catalog is messed up. The OEM cables are much longer. I don't know what drugs the Pioneer Cable guys are smoking.