damnit I broke my car again

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FOCI
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So some friends and I installed the nitrous for the most part and while we were welding a bracket for the full-throttle switch to the tb we melted part of the throttle cable. Not to mention we forgot to tighten the switch so it fell off to when I was driving. So not only do I not have the throtle switch the throttle cable pops out of the tb and the car shoots to about 5k rpm until I shut the car down and push it back in. Does anybody else always do stupid shit lioke this when installing parts on there cars or is it just me?
CleanZX3
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You welded the bracket? I just drilled a hole in the throttle cable bracket, put a bolt through it, bent the supplied bracket, and bolted it on. It worked great.
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FOCI
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I wish I would have thought of that.
trahma
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Now not that I'm one to pass judgement.. but you brought a welder in right next to your fuel system?
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