Originally Posted By: Onmo'Eegusee
With the old way, you have a pedal, a linkage, a cruise linkage, a trans kickdown linkage and a throttle position sensor.
My Vic does not have that. My Cavalier does, but it has a 3T40 which is almost all mechanical controlled, except for the torque converter lockup. You oversimplified the DBW, there is a sensor on the pedal, a computer, and a sensor and a motor on the TB.
Yeah, cables are not infallible, nothing is, but how much did it cost to replace those cables?
Add in labor, and it's probably a wash...
With the old way, you have a pedal, a linkage, a cruise linkage, a trans kickdown linkage and a throttle position sensor.
My Vic does not have that. My Cavalier does, but it has a 3T40 which is almost all mechanical controlled, except for the torque converter lockup. You oversimplified the DBW, there is a sensor on the pedal, a computer, and a sensor and a motor on the TB.
Yeah, cables are not infallible, nothing is, but how much did it cost to replace those cables?
Add in labor, and it's probably a wash...
