Over sensitive gas pedal?
 

The last couple of days I've been searching old posts to see if I can figure out something on my SVX, but so far I haven't had any luck.

Here's the problem. Since the rebuild the gas pedal has been extremely sensitive. It's fine when I first take off but when at a speed I want to cruise at, you practically don't have to touch it. The slightest pressure will make you accelerate.

Anyone seen this before? I've heard people talk about having a bad throttle position sensor so I tried looking that up but it doesn't seem to be the same thing. Any ideas?

Re: Over sensitive gas pedal?
 

Perhaps the throttle cable is adjusted too tight, without slack?

Re: Over sensitive gas pedal?
 

That's the only explanation I can think of.

Re: Over sensitive gas pedal?
 

Same here. Cables are probably too tight.

Chiketkd did a thread back in 2004 about tightening the throttle cables to remove the slack and improve the throttle response.

see HERE


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Re: Over sensitive gas pedal?
 

Thanks, that thread does sound exactly what I'm experiencing. Perhaps when they rebuilt the engine they tightened it up? I'll play with it later today if I can get out of work early enough. Thanks again :)

Re: Over sensitive gas pedal?
 

Yep, this is also something I need to tweak before I pull my car out of storage next month. After I stripped and rebuilt my throttle body (Which I DO NOT recommend anyone do) I installed the lines a little tight. Idle is up around 900 RPM and it will roll forward quite quickly in gear.

Definitely not doing wonders for fuel economy.