Yahoo!
Great advice on removing the seat!
It was a bitch to remove the cable from the firewall.
I replaced everything!
Spring, bushings, circlips.
A few observations.
My original cable entered the pedal from the left.
Realoem shows it from the right.
So I took apart the dash again to pop it in from the right.
My original cable didn't line up perpendicular with the mounting tab under the throttle body. This one does.
Now I'm not sure if I installed the cable upside down.
My original cable had some markings on the top so I installed the new one the same way. Realoem shows the upper tab of the firewall mount as being larger. My original one was on the bottom. It's not coming out.
But overall, the cable looks like it fits a lot better the way I have it.
It also didn't seem that the cable needed to be adjusted, but I did anyway.
Having disconnected the battery and reconnecting it to start it, my idle seemed a bit high then it went down. Also sounded like a vacuum leak but I think that was because I was in my closed garage with the hood up. I'm always listening for the worst.
The butt dyno tells me the cable is like night and day.
I could have sworn acceleration was better, but I know it can't be.
I no longer have any slack in the cable.
At first I didn't think there was any improvement but blipping the throttle is now effortless.
A huge, huge improvement.
Now to practice my heel & toe.
Oh, I found a bulb and torx screw from a bulb replacement from years ago.