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Originally Posted by erebus
Woah, can you elaborate?
My new to me 23 Sceptre has a 2012 225 Etec on it which works great, but during the winter rehab I put some new extreme cables on it, and now theres quite the lag in the the throttle from in gear to actual rpm increase.
I have the etec diag software and recalibrated the TPS sensor, but still have quite the lag.
Seems like theres a lot of throw in the binnacle from fwd to throttle.
Only adjustment (as far as I know) is the spin adjuster on the motor side of the cable.
Something else I can do?
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Whew, let’s see what I recall. Compared to my old Merc, my 2012 ETEC 150 HO has always required more fwd to throttle motion, (but the ETEC also has a slower speed near idle which is nice around the dock). I don’t recall any difference in the fwd to throttle motion between the original, three year old BRP cables and the extremes.
The original key issue was acceleration or deceleration was not linear to throttle motion and at some points acceleration or deceleration might cause not-seated riders to lose balance. At the time there were a number of complaints about this on the etecownersgroup site. The stickiness has improved enough that neither me nor my watersports-driving wife complain anymore. The improvement was probably a combo of the extreme cables and replacing the sticky cam follower (PM me if you need more info on that).
I have the standard BRP gunnel mounted control. My TPS required re-adjustment after I added PerfectPass, which didn’t surprise me, because I had to modify the engine throttle lever to make PP work. But since then my “TPS out of idle range” fault has only coincided with the winterization process.
When I installed the extremes (a couple years after PerfectPass) I didn’t adjust anything in the gunnel-mounted control (if there are even adjustments). Before removing the original cables I did put an alignment mark on the engine throttle lever to note the position of the roller on the throttle cam to attempt to maintain the same relationship; I probably had to adjust the star adjuster to engage the aft end of the extreme cable with the pin on the lower end of the engine throttle lever; but with the extremes that was my only adjustment. There is a bit of dialogue on the etecownersgroup site about cable minimum bend radii, size of loops at the engine end, securing the cable well except at the engine loop, etc. for best results.
I’ll try to get an angular measurement on the throttle lever to gear engagement and to accelerate on my next run.