This x 10. Money well spent for me. Will wait to see what a tune does for me before i part with it.
It doesnt matter if you agree or not. This product is very simple in what it does. It changes the throttle input to output ratio. So when you press the throttle down 75% your computer sees 100%. Pressing the pedal down the rest of the 25% does absolutely nothing. You can replicate what the pedalmax does by pressing the gas pedal down faster. There is no lag between the pedal, ecu, and throttlebody. The ecu doesnt care what you do with the gas pedal. It considers your pedal input, then sends a modified signal to the throttlebody. Its snake oil. Its a 20 dollar product.
Please explain how it works then
Topic has been beat to death. You're a known hater of the product for whatever reason, we get it. To say it does nothing for the throttle is flat out wrong. Myself as well as others are very pleased with it. Not interested in getting into a pissing match on a website forum, or breaking down the science behind it, just stating MY experience. Hate away...
You're confusing throttle response with opening the throttle more with less pedal input :lol:
It's basically raising the throttle curve so that more power is requested at a certain point like what sport mode does but optionally even more. Yes, the end result is the same. It's not a tune no more horsepower is given.
Bruh are you serious? Does sport mode add power?
NO. That was satire for the rest of the post on this forum.
So you dont know how it works but you know it works
I agree with your explanation of how this product works but I don't agree with your conclusion that this is a snake oil. What you are missing here is how the car feels after you install this. You can get the same results by mashing your foot down but I am sorry to say the car just doesn't feel the same. There is something so rewarding about putting your foot down on the gas and getting that instant engine response feel with out having to mash it all the way down. You can call it placebo or whatever but from my experience and for most people that have this mod it is 100% worth it on how the car feels.SergeyMelnik said:
If you don't own a pedal max and drive a tuned car do not even attempt to make a comment! Changing the signal magnitude is not the same as throttle position. We need an electrical engineer to chime in and explain this. I m a mechanical engineer and signal processing is beyond me!
Oh its not placebo, this product really works. You simply reach full throttle at 75 percent pedal press or whatever its set to. Maybe you think its placebo since youre accusing me of calling it placebo? Maybe your mind and car adjust to the much shorter pedal press and in the long run it feels like a normal pedal? There have been people who reported this. Then you say you can get the same feel by pressing your foot down faster but the car doesnt feel the same. Actually the car will feel exactly the same. And this thing is 100 percent snake oil. Their website says eliminate pedal lag. Thats a lie. Not only that theyre severely overcharging this garbage 20 dollar product.
It changes the throttle position relative to signal magnitude. So if you press the pedal down 20 percent your car sees 28 percent depending on the setting. There is no lag anywhere in the system. The stock 1 to 1 ratio is the closest you will get to throttle by cable feel. With the pedalmax you lose that along with pedal resolution and having a partially dead pedal.
