[PhillysMostWntd]

ok so heres the deal, got the '44 put back together today, vacuum lines done, etc. im having other issues though.

here goes:

there is lots of slack on the throttle cable, so much as to where it wont idle, it wont stay running unless im pushin on the gas, even then it will bog out heres an example of a what happens

1. turn key
2. car starts, needle immidiately drops to 0 and stalls unless gas is applied
3. if i push the gas pedal all the way down, i dont get a response from the engine for atleast 3 seconds, then i get a *vroooom* then it drops back down.
4. tried fumbling around with this to get an idle going, no sucess, i looked at pictures to make sure i have the mounting plate and wheel installed correctly, to my knowledge i do have them installed correctly (tried for 15 min to see if it would go on any other way)
5. i tightened the bolt going from the cable to the fire wall, it is fully compressed, and that only removed maybe 1/2 the slack, still not idleing, still takes a long time to get a response from the engine after compressing the pedal.

how do i tighten this??? im soooooo lost, like i said, ive tightened the 2 bolts on the fire wall as much as they would go and still i have lots of slack

what am i missing here? what is causing this? how do i fix it? please someone help, as soon as i get this fixed my 944 will be running again, i have a deadline i really need to meet this friday and this is the only thing holding me back.