Pedals for heel-toe downshifting?

[Veetec]

What are good pedals for hell-toe downshifting?? And how can I modify them so that the brake and gas pedal are on the same height on a 5th gen Prelude?
Thanx in advance!

[hybridsol]

Originally posted by Veetec
What are good pedals for hell-toe downshifting?? And how can I modify them so that the brake and gas pedal are on the same height on a 5th gen Prelude?
Thanx in advance!

seriously man I woulden't try to make a front wheel drive into a drifting car, make it drag worthy just an opinion. Ok is the car an automatic? or manual?

[higgimonster]

assuming you find pedals to do this with you are going to want to stiffen up you brake pedal so that you squeeze it instead of moving it to slow down. It is a much harder feel but makes heel-toe shifting a lot easier.

[Veetec]

Originally posted by hybridsol

seriously man I woulden't try to make a front wheel drive into a drifting car, make it drag worthy just an opinion. Ok is the car an automatic? or manual?

What do you mean with drag worthy? (Sorry, I´m german...) It´s a manual of course. (Germans don´t like to drive automatic!! )

[civickiller]

drag car, ahh straight line racing. 1/4 mile. 400m. drag racing. 1320. 2 cars line up and go down a straight road as fast as they can and the first one to cross the finish line wins, usually a 1/4 mile

[higgimonster]

some people even live there life a 1/4 mile at a time.

And I am glad to hear germans don't like autos. There are way too many over here in the states. Who buys a corvette with an auto? seriously?!? many americans do. and they drive them at 55mph on the highway

[hybridsol]

Originally posted by Veetec
(Germans don´t like to drive automatic!! )

who does? ok the pedals must also be properly spaced. In my buddies car it required adjusting and bending the gas pedal until I got the match I needed. In many cars, the pedals have some range of adjustment, making the process easier. One thing to remember, as you adjust the gas pedal, make sure that there is a mechanical stop for the pedal. If you rely on the stops in the injection system to stop the motion, you will probably bend or break something as you try to squeeze a couple more horsepower out of the pedal. Also, make sure the linkage is fully open when the pedal hits your mechanical stop.

[Veetec]

Originally posted by civickiller
drag car, ahh straight line racing. 1/4 mile. 400m. drag racing. 1320. 2 cars line up and go down a straight road as fast as they can and the first one to cross the finish line wins, usually a 1/4 mile

Okay, I see! I know what drag racing is but I thought he was talking about something special...
Thanx anyways....

[Veetec]

Originally posted by hybridsol

who does? ok the pedals must also be properly spaced. In my buddies car it required adjusting and bending the gas pedal until I got the match I needed. In many cars, the pedals have some range of adjustment, making the process easier. One thing to remember, as you adjust the gas pedal, make sure that there is a mechanical stop for the pedal. If you rely on the stops in the injection system to stop the motion, you will probably bend or break something as you try to squeeze a couple more horsepower out of the pedal. Also, make sure the linkage is fully open when the pedal hits your mechanical stop.

Do I have to adjust the gas pedal?? I wanted to use some kind of chims (what material?) to raise the gas pedal like described here: http://www.turnfast.com/tech_driving...g_pedals.lasso

[hybridsol]

Originally posted by Veetec
Do I have to adjust the gas pedal?? I wanted to use some kind of chims (what material?) to raise the gas pedal like described here: http://www.turnfast.com/tech_driving...g_pedals.lasso

I know razo makes pedals - http://68.36.226.92/porschepage/exot...hmt/mymr2b.htm
in this link do you see the distance between the pedal's that is what i'm reffering to. height is a little rasied to the break but I believe the gas pedal must only be angeled.

[Frostbyte]

I thought the advantage of heel toe was to keep your turbo spooled around corners huh learn something new everyday

[SilverY2KCivic]

Originally posted by Frostbyte
I thought the advantage of heel toe was to keep your turbo spooled around corners huh learn something new everyday

That is true I think, but in an N/A car, I believe that technique is used to keep the engine at constant revs around curves while shifting 9manual tranny of course). It's so that you don't loose any umpf in your powerband while shifting and accelerating, keeps the ride smooth as well.

[Veetec]

Thanx a lot for your help! I think I´ll get some OMP pedals because they seem to be quality stuff, they are not too expensive and I can get them easily compared to Razo, Mugen, etc. here in germany.

[hybridsol]

Originally posted by Veetec
Thanx a lot for your help! I think I´ll get some OMP pedals because they seem to be quality stuff, they are not too expensive and I can get them easily compared to Razo, Mugen, etc. here in germany.

goodluck man, let me know how everything turns out.

[eklipz]

some people even live there life a 1/4 mile at a time.

Thats the gayest saying ever.