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Throttle bracket differences?

Reply #1 –
Should be the same. It was an efi in 5.0L 86. Unless it had CFI then it would be different.
1988 Thunderbird Sport. Work in Progress
5.8L swap w/fitech efi, 4R70W swap w/quick 4 controller, 2003 GT rear diff, 5 Lug swap

Bought this car back as an old project car.

:burnout:

Throttle bracket differences?

Reply #2 –
the cougar that I pulled the cable and bracket from was efi but where the TV cable comes through I'm having some trouble.  do I have to take the adjustable part off to get it through the bracket?

Throttle bracket differences?

Reply #3 –
It should twist to come out right.The brackets are the same.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

Throttle bracket differences?

Reply #5 –
The TV cable slides into a special cut hole,then twists into the right position to lock it into place so it doesn't fall out by any chance.The tranny depends on it.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

Throttle bracket differences?

Reply #6 –
sorry about the poor quality pics.  I was thinking about cutting a notch in the side to be able to pass the cable through but the only thing stopping me is the risk of weakening the bracket. any ideas?

Throttle bracket differences?

Reply #7 –
I think the 86 bracket is unique because they had a slightly different TV cable end that fit through that hole. The bracket on my 88 has a notch for the the TV cable to pass through.

Oh and yes an 86 Mustang used a different method to attach the TV cable to the throttle body than the 87-93 cars. Don't ask why because I don't know;)
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.
 

Throttle bracket differences?

Reply #8 –
I have a notch in my two brackets.It'll be fine to notch it.My '86 TV cable hooked up to the throttle body with a clip instead of pushing it through the hole on the lever.But,the cable hooked to the bracket the same.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

Throttle bracket differences?

Reply #10 –
Here ya go
41 Dodge Luxury Liner Sedan
78 F-100 2wd flareside
84Turbo Coupe
84 Thunderbird Élan
85 Thunderbird 3.8
88 Turbo Coupe
88 Mustang GT
90 Stang LX 5.0 5spd
93 F-150 4x4 ext cab
96 Mustang GT
98 Mustang GT
99 SVT Cobra
06 Fusion SEL
14 Fusion Sport

Throttle bracket differences?

Reply #12 –
No problem. Its kinda a joy have all stick cars.:D
41 Dodge Luxury Liner Sedan
78 F-100 2wd flareside
84Turbo Coupe
84 Thunderbird Élan
85 Thunderbird 3.8
88 Turbo Coupe
88 Mustang GT
90 Stang LX 5.0 5spd
93 F-150 4x4 ext cab
96 Mustang GT
98 Mustang GT
99 SVT Cobra
06 Fusion SEL
14 Fusion Sport

Throttle bracket differences?

Reply #14 –
I got em at NAPA but any auto parts store should have the premolded ones.  You may have to trim em a bit to make em work though.  I had to trim ones on the car in the pic.
41 Dodge Luxury Liner Sedan
78 F-100 2wd flareside
84Turbo Coupe
84 Thunderbird Élan
85 Thunderbird 3.8
88 Turbo Coupe
88 Mustang GT
90 Stang LX 5.0 5spd
93 F-150 4x4 ext cab
96 Mustang GT
98 Mustang GT
99 SVT Cobra
06 Fusion SEL
14 Fusion Sport