Throttle cable needed . . .

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  1. mashori

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  2. Dave B

    Dave B I like Mavericks!

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    I used the Lokar universal one.
     
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    i have some. pm me if interested
     
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    Matterick Matt Somerville

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    i used the Lokar. works great and looks nice :yup:
     
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    I have the same Spectre on my Falcon. You will need a bracket to make that part fit/work
     
  6. Bryant

    Bryant forgot more than learned

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    i have the lokar also. that one looks alot like the lokar and it should work just fine.
     
  7. mashori

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    there are several sizes lokar has, which size do I need?
     
  8. Bryant

    Bryant forgot more than learned

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    it can be cut down if you get one to long. also consider that you may need a longer one for you supercharger. mine is long enough to goto a throttlebody on a efi manifold if i wanted. it makes a nice clean loop right out of the fire wall. i would suspect that 15" would work for you.
     
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    facelessnumber Drew Pittman

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    I've got the Spectre one and I like it. Braided steel, teflon lined, lets me use a much lighter return spring. As rthomas771 said, you do need a bracket. I got both at Autozone.
     
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    i just went to pick n pull and used one off some other car that looked like the mavs
     
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    i meant to post an update. so Bryant helped me fix it. basically the hold down bracket was sitting pretty low after the nitrous plate went in. So we put in some spacers (nuts I should say) and the whole thing is working beautifully now
     
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    everyone else seems to have good luck with these? do a search though and you will find i was not so lucky. the solid ends on both the lokar and spectre models broke off on my while driving down the freeway with very little mileage. dont know if i have my return spring too strong or too heavy of a foot? after i bought the third one i modified the solid end to be hex bolted on like the other end and have been much happier with that. just my .02
     
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    sierra, sounds like cable needs adjusted. When carb is fully open, pedal should be just touching floor or some kinda stop.
     

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