Ok, i was complaining to the guys on an explorer forum how i couldnt get any acceleration out of my explorer because it felt that when i pushed my pedal to the floor, it was hardly making a difference. They suggested to me, the throttle cab mod which worked GREAT!
by they way, I have a 94 manual explorer sport

Anyway, to make things easy on myself, i took off my intake tube and used a screwdriver end to prop open the throttle body. This made the cable that connects to the gas pedal dangle. I then took two zip ties and tightened them on the cable between the spring and the metal end piece. when i took the screwdrive out of the throttle body, the cable tightened and now it feels tougher to push the gas pedal. (Not actually toguher, the cable is just tighter so it does more without you pushing down farther on the gas pedal). Anyway, to find out if doing this MOD might help you just take off your intake a tube and have a friend press down the gas pedal. If your throttle body doesnt come to a 90 degree angle you can get more out your engine! I will try to post pics but just let me know if you dont understand something

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"I drink too much. The last time I gave a urine sample it had an olive in it."

Pretty interesting...will have to look at my truck and check it out!! I imagine engine feels peppier.

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...... BRIAN ......

On my Ranger I didn't do anything on the engine side of things. From under the dash I pulled the slack out of the cable, moved the pedal upward and was able to zip tie about three quarters of an inch on the cable. I made sure not too pull too much to keep the engine from getting extra gas when I didn't have my foot on the throttle.
It made a big difference, I used to be flooring it on some of the large highway hills that we have here, not anymore though. I would say it gave me another two inches to move the pedal down. This got rid of all the up-down play in the pedal. Before I had to push the pedal down those two inches before gas was sent to the engine.

It helped a whole lot!

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Me - "That moose, was, f*ckin f*ckin close."
My passenger - "Ya. F*ckin f*ckin close."

same here, propping it open with a screwdriver just gave me more slack to deal with and i didnt have to worry about holding it

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"I drink too much. The last time I gave a urine sample it had an olive in it."

would that help your pickup time??? allowing you to reach speeds faster

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Josh Ball
2001 Ford Ranger EDGE
3.0L V6
4X2
Bright Island Blue

wouldnt that wast some gas tho?

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1986 Ford Ranger 2.9 V6 5spd
2000 Stock Ranger Rims
Saturn Bucket Seats
Diamond Plate Toolbox
Custom Tube Bumpers
Sony Head Unit
2 Blaupunkt 6x9s
Dixie Horn
SunPro MiniTach
Clear Bumper Lights
More Mods to Come
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nope... it should just tighten the cable so you vehicle will have more "pep" when you push the pedal. If you overtighten the cable it will rev the engine higher than a normal idle wasting gas however

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2002 Mustang GT
Mods: Aftermarket Tint, K&N. Air Silencer Removal, Painted Calipers, American Thunder Flowmaster Catback, Mach 1 chin spoiler.

wouldnt that make it idle higher??/

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built ford tough,no dodge can hold me down...

every thing streches, even a metal wire cable, this mod isnt neccisary for newer vehicals because the cable hasnt been abuse for years, but once wear and tear start to kick in you will need to do this for any throttle responce.

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there's something strange afoot at the Circle K!

gonna try it on my 00 ranger

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1999 exploder sport dropped on 20"
still hear me commin up the block

Very interesting will have to look into this mod.

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"Foolish man give wife grand piano,
Wise man give wife upright organ."

as i said, worked great on my 94, havent thoght about doing it to my 01 yet

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"I drink too much. The last time I gave a urine sample it had an olive in it."

hey mike do it and tell me what it does

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1999 exploder sport dropped on 20"
still hear me commin up the block