Throttle cable heat shielding

[tweeder]

What all are you shielding your cables with? My exhaust is wrapped. The cable had a plastic tube over it, then what looks like a length of 1/4" thick hose and a heat shielding blanket. With all that, I still melted the inner liner. I'm waiting on a replacement cable and don't want it it happen again.

[aaron88]

The cable is just getting too close to the exhaust.  Use something to hold it closer to the fire-wall.

Also I find that exhaust wrap isn't enough protection.  You really should use a double walled exhaust header and cross over/down tube.


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[tweeder]

The cable is just getting too close to the exhaust.  Use something to hold it closer to the fire-wall.

Also I find that exhaust wrap isn't enough protection.  You really should use a double walled exhaust header and cross over/down tube.


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There wasn't enough room to move the cable over top of the engine.  I replaced it with a new one that for some reason is 1/2" shorter.  So I had to move the bracket up more so the engine wouldn't idle at 2000rpms.  In doing this I left enough slack to be able to have the cable sit over top of the throttle body.