Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums Modifications Duratec Performance 65mm TB

I recieved the throttle body and I was wondering if there was anything i had to do to get this to wokr. i hooked it up and that top part wit the hole was hitting the UIM. Then i cut it off and it was fine. But then i went to connect the cable and it didnt fit. Ok so i open it up a little. now its cool. just one problem...the area where the cable runs leaves too much slack and the gas pedal is real loose and it wont go WOT. Was there some sort of modification that i was supposed to do.

I think Anastazi's (Aussie) done this you might want to check with him.

You need to make some spacers for pedal where the cable goes thought it. This will put you pedal back to it's original position. For my spacers I used neoprene hose and hose claps.

pull the cable through the pedal and put a 3/8 zip tie around the cable.

i like the part about how you just "hooked it up"
took me 2 days to get mine working, and it still wont open to WOT, and the spring isnt stiff enough to close it entirely all the time, leaving me with terrible throttle hang half the time

that said, my car is faster now, even not being able to go WOT
definately a MUST have mod.. if you can get it to work that is..

Not doubting you.. Ok I am heh heh. Not being able to go WoT and not closing all the way as well aren't you having idle problems? I know with the Apexi you can adjust to compensate, but if its never reading WoT timing and fuel nightmare I would think. Get your car dyno'd with and without I'd be interested to see

Ryan

the butterfly is close to closed, and i just need to tap the throttle to get it to close all the way, but other than that, it idles around 1500-2000 rpm (annoying) so im gonna try and get a higher tension spring, oh and hte reason its not opeing to wot is cause there is a small plastic peice hitting the intake manifold, i just need to cut it off, also, its opening to about 90%-95% throttle, pretty close to wot, but not quite

i wont know how lean or rich im running till i hook up my air/fuel ratio meter (odb1 wont run the blue wire mod on my apexi) but to compensate for the TB i get it to run richer now, and its made a bug difference, im now making power ALL the way to the rev limiter, where as before i stopped making power at 5900-6000 rpm

just need to play with it some more i guess

Sounds like you took it ups and didn't rebuild it right. And you plate isn't sitting flsuh in the closed position or you didn't add enough tension to the spring when reassembling it.
You can make the GT Mustang TB as tight as you want by adding a few turns to the throttle cam before you reinsert the butterfly plate.

As for adjusting the slack in the cable, you can space the end of the cable away from the pedal, inside the cabin by using zip ties as spacers. Or a more professional fix; cut of the lead stopper ont eh stock cable, at the TB, and use a brass adjustable cable stopper (available from the smaller non-Home Depot style hardware stores - usually in the same section as the lawnmowers or the "odds 'n' ends" aisle where you find nuts, bolts, sprinmg grommet etc. and all that sort of stuff in the plastic drawers). Remeber that the cable end on the Mustang TB is actually smaller than the Contour, so buy the right diameter stopper - take the TB into the store with you to make sure you have the right one. Once you have everything assembled and adjusted, cut off the excess throttle cable sticking through your new cable stop.

thanks for the info stazi!!!