Has Anybody Done This?

[kawaboy13]

I've done this to 2 Rangers and I'm pretty sure you can do it to Comanches. Anyway, if you grab your pedal and pull up, there's most likely some slack because of throttle cable stretch. I looked under my dash and saw I had about an inch of stretch in my Comanche. In the other trucks, the trick was to lift the pedal and put in zip ties to fill in the slack, therefore giving you more pedal and more top speed. Nothing that we really need, but it could improve acceleration also. I'm just wondering if anybody has done this to these trucks? It's rather easy and should bring the pedal up a bit and giving you much more throttle.

[Eagle]

Words fail me.

[HOrnbrod]

Nope, because it's stupid and could cause the accelerator pedal to stick and/or bind. :eek: I'd rather just adjust the slack out at the throttle body.

[codymanche]

hornmrod where can i find that visor like u did

[MJCARENA]

Just because you have slack does not mean the throttle plate is not opening fully. To check this you need two people, one to depress the gas pedal down and the other to see if the throttle plate is open all the way. You would want to adjust the cable so the throttle plate is almost at the point of fully open. You do not want to put extra stress on the cable or the throttle plate shaft.

[Pete M]

I've yet to see a TB valve not fully open up. :dunno: but I guess it's possible. only one way to know for sure and that's to check. just be sure that any adjustment you make won't contribute to a problem down the road, like stretching the cable even more, breaking some linkage on the TB, etc. I gotta imagine my lead foot is a lot stronger than the parts between it and the TB. :yes:

[Oizarod115]

:redX: the bottom 1/2" of the pedal is compression in the cable built in because the truck is already floored... if you pulled the cable even tighter you'd most likely junk the cable out in short order.

[glundblad]

I have used a wood block, C clamp and a 80# tractor weight on the pedal. It works great as a cruise control.

[WahooSteeler]

Words fail me.

 

:rotfl2: Well said Eagle. That one just made top 10, scratch that, Top 5 All Time ________ (fill in the blank)!

[Craft86MJ]

If you do that remember to take the jeep insignia off and replace it with a Toyota insignia.

[Geonovast]

How could it possibly stretch past being floored? Even if flooring it stretched the cable, it would only stretch to the point of still being WOT. You would have to push the pedal through the floor, stretch the cable out, then fix the hole in the floor.

[carnuck]

hornmrod where can i find that visor like u did

 

I have one but it's in with the stuff for my '87 MJ shortbox I'm selling for $2500 (for $500 more you can have an AMC 360/T18A/NP208 combo to go with it!)