O.K., got my new starter put in today. All is fine and good until I try to go over 30 mph. I push on the gas and it sticks then goes full throttle on the main road through town. I stand on the brake and that brings me down to 10 mph, shift into neutral which slows me down but the engine is screaming like he11, put it back in drive and lay some serious rubber, stand on the brake to get into a parking lot and call my car guy. He comes out, we pop the hood. When he put the CAI back on after installing the new starter, he put one of the clamps in a slightly different position and the throttle got caught on the clamp. Scary as hell people!!! Hope this may help avert a problem for someone out there!!!

 

cr*p...you didnt kill anyone??...yep you're lucky!

 

I suggest you find yourself a new car guy, lol! The one you have now leaves a lot to be desired.

 

LOL man !!! just the same thing that happened to me!
But i was the idiot in my case.
I put in my CAI and went to test it, accelerated a bit but my gas wouldn’t go in all the way so i pushed it harder at that point it got stuck
Luckily i have a 5spd i just immediately pushed the clutch and turned off the car (didn’t even redline). Then i had to use a penny because the genius that i am i didn’t even take a screwdriver for my test-drive to unscrew the bolt and move it so it doesn’t interfere with the throttle.

 

Lol, that's ghettofabulous..glad no one got hurt.. a penny..lol

 

have heard that story several times on here.

You had to call your "car guy" to fix that?

 

Yeah your lucky you didnt hit something or somebody. I know that had to be a scary experience. Thanks for the heads up.

 

lol. kind of the same thing happened to me. when i installed my CAI. i turned on the car and revved it. it didnt wanna rev past 3k rpm cuz the throttle body was being blocked by the sscrew on one of the clamps..... i fixed it...

 

haha yeah that happened to me too.. only when i was reving though

 

wow... weird

your i30 is beautiful.

 

wow. i can imagine the adrenaline rush combined with straight fear going down that road. congrats on not dying!

 

This could be a good saev you're gas mod. position it the right way and you'll never go above 2k rpm, then 25mpg here we come!

 

not really. have it pass the screw and ull never go below 2k. GL with that !

 

It was a joke either way.