Quicker throttle response

[thet33]

I'm not sure who you are referring to but, as I mentioned the other day, I have a GT Premium (non-PP). I had heard great things about the PedalMax but was on the fence because I was under the impression that my driving modes did the same thing more or less. Specifically, track mode.

I ended up buying one for a great price from a local member to give it a try. Figured that worse case I could sell it to someone else if I didn't like it, but I def wanted to see what all the hype was about. I have to say, I'm pretty impressed with it. I'm still trying to get used to it. Mine is set to 100% (seller didn't have the little pill to drop it to 60%). I think the knob is a good way to go as I think maybe 80% - 90% would be perfect.

Anyway, I'm not sure what happened here to make this thread go downhill. If I recall, the actual point of this thread was that the OP was asking what he could do for better throttle response. Seems to me that would be either a tune or a Pedalmax.

Not you at all. Just tired of the bashing when people interested in the product are trying to have a real discussion.

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[MSMStannyl]

Not you at all. Just tired of the bashing when people interested in the product are trying to have a real discussion.

Sorry, I wasn't implying that you were implying that it was me. I just wanted to point out that even with the Premium drive modes, I figured it was worth a shot to see what it was all about. I'm not going to lie, if the local, used Pedalmax deal didn't present itself, I probably wouldn't have one right now. At least not yet. I do still believe that the price is way too high for what it is (especially for a $50 knob!) but I can at least appreciate what it does.


I like that now, if it's pouring rain outside and I don't want to drive around in Track mode, I can put the car in Rain mode (or any of the others) to have the traction/stability system settings from that mode while still enjoying great responsiveness.

 

[Southview]

I have an easier way to describe the effect. At least with my Pedal Commander. I had to adjust my take off. It feels like I took my 3.15 rear and put in 3.73 gears. I have mine on city mode and turned down and it still wants to jump from take off. I have 4 modes with 4 levels of adjustability between each mode. also I can drive in D now without the rpms wanting to lug the motor. I hated D unless I was on the highway. And S mode was ok for around town but the aggressive down shifts sometime get annoying with Roush AB and h pipe(loud. Scare old people and children loud)

 

[4V Mayhem]

You have yourself far too twisted over this. I'll just step back and let it be.

Yea you really need to. I have no plans to buy one of these controllers. Like I mentioned before, with my future mods, I think it'll only cause havoc. But I have used these products many times on many different vehicles. Nobody is saying it'll make you're car faster. Nobody is saying it'll drop a tenth off your quarter mile ET. But I am saying that it'll do EXACTLY what sport and track mode does in your manual trans GT. It quickens up throttle response. Now I don't know how you drive your GT, but I have the Premium with 3.31 gears and I'll tell you right now that Normal mode outright sucks. Sport mode is better and Track mode is even better than Sport mode. All those modes do is open the throttle blade faster. That is all. Well track mode also disables traction control. But basically, this product does exactly what those modes do for your GT. Now if you're telling me that you don't feel any difference between Normal, Sport, and Track, then I can understand why you would think this product is all placebo. But if you ever were driving and wanted a more exhilarating drive and switched modes, then right now you are being hypocritical by criticizing people for buying this. It does the exact same thing that your switch on your Premium GT does. For the record, in case you didn't know, on the manual trans, switching modes has no affect on the actual tuning. All it does is open the throttle faster...just so you know. So basically, you have a pedal max already installed from the factory. So keep on calling people "sheep" if you want.

 

[Sawman70]

Danielle (whom I respect on here, just fundamentally disagree with her agreeing that Gibbo was correct) quoted Gibbo. Gibbo said:



This was my response: http://www.mustang6g.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1447495&postcount=29

To be more specific than my first response, I especially take issue with this:



In short, his first sentence is true. The PedalMAX does NOT change the ECU in any way. However, the way he said it is misleading, since while it does not directly change the throttle tables in the ECU, it does their purpose because of the amplified signal by tricking the tables.

He also said "pushing the pedal more has the same effect" which is completely untrue. It does not matter how quickly you press the pedal nor how fast you push it to the desired location, the throttle body will not snap open as quickly as with the PedalMAX. The bottom line is that this is not a performance mod, it is a driveability mod. I think a lot of people get hung up on that.

As simple as can be said, the PedalMAX snaps open the throttle (and in turn you get increased and quicker throttle response) faster than without it. That is the bottom line.

Thanks sent. Thank you anyway.

 

[Kong76]

I can take my right foot slam the gas pedal to the floor as quick as I can and barely get an rpm increase by the time I lift my foot off the gas pedal. If it weren't for PP2 coming out I would be purchasing one of these units.

 

[SergeyMelnik]

This thing does nothing to the software. All it does is increase voltage early in the pedal press. Pressing the pedal fast without this thing is the same as pressing the pedal slow without it. Your foot can do exactly what this pedalmax does.

 

[Ambrotos]

And you are full of shit. So stop commenting on something you haven't even tried. So shit post in another thread.

 

[HISSMAN]

I've never tried cocaine, and I think it's stupid.

 

[daltron]

This thing does nothing to the software. All it do es is increase voltage early in the pedal press.Pressing the pedal fast without this thing is the same as pressing the pedal slow without it. Your foot can do exactly what this pedalmax does.

Yes, all it does is amplify the signal. I believe the only options are 0%, 25%, 50%, 60%, 75%, and 100%. With the knob you can do them all, without the knob you can only do what is not bolded.

I promise you though that you cannot replicate the PedalMAX on a stock car. I know, I have one.

Listen guys, I am not a salesman. I have no stock in these. I was skeptical too, but a forum member hooked me up with a good price on one. I couldn't care less if people buy one or not, my only goal is to clear up the confusion on them. Honestly, I think for what it does it is priced way too high. But, never the less it works for what it is intended to do.

I have said this before, but it's probably far back, that this is NOT a performance mod. This is 100% a driveability mod. The simplest way to describe is do you like the throttle response difference in Sport/Track mode compared to Normal mode? Because that is exactly what this thing does with more varying options.

 

[Kong76]

This thing does nothing to the software. All it does is increase voltage early in the pedal press. Pressing the pedal fast without this thing is the same as pressing the pedal slow without it. Your foot can do exactly what this pedalmax does.

Do you happen to own one of these?

 

[thet33]

People do understand that it does take longer to push the pedal further or all the way down to "achieve the same results"? So by virtue of it taking longer and more action it is not the same result. That's a direct contradiction. That's like saying "3.31 gears accelerate the same as 3.73s, you just have to be floored all the time"

 

[tomnelsonii]

Daltron and Kong76, we are all wasting our time with these peeps that just want to bash. They will never answer and say they don't own one of these devices or that they've never even tried it. Their loss. This is ridiculous! I've been on many other forums for snowmobiles, motorcycles, and cars, and this site is by far the most hostile. Lol. I guess their mamas never taught them manners.

I'll say this... if you buy a SprintBooster, PedalMax, or other device and don't like it, you can fence it on this site and not loose more than about $50. That's pretty low risk.

 

[4V Mayhem]

Yes, all it does is amplify the signal. I believe the only options are 0%, 25%, 50%, 60%, 75%, and 100%. With the knob you can do them all, without the knob you can only do what is not bolded.

I promise you though that you cannot replicate the PedalMAX on a stock car. I know, I have one.

Listen guys, I am not a salesman. I have no stock in these. I was skeptical too, but a forum member hooked me up with a good price on one. I couldn't care less if people buy one or not, my only goal is to clear up the confusion on them. Honestly, I think for what it does it is priced way too high. But, never the less it works for what it is intended to do.

I have said this before, but it's probably far back, that this is NOT a performance mod. This is 100% a driveability mod. The simplest way to describe is do you like the throttle response difference in Sport/Track mode compared to Normal mode? Because that is exactly what this thing does with more varying options.

You can explain it a million different times in a million different ways and they will never get it. The same thing happened over in the Camaro community when the throttle controllers came out for them a few years ago. Same exact thing. I tried to simplify things by telling people with manual trans that this product does exactly what Sport mode and Track mode does...just like you just tried to explain. But I guess they all drive in Normal mode and never ever change to sport because perhaps they just don't believe in that either. Sometimes you can't get across to some people.

 

[beefcake]

what some don't realize, just because the throttle is all the way down, does not mean the throttle blade is open as much either.

i was with lund when he took delivery of his 2013 gt500 a couple years back an did the driving for him while he started working on the tuning.

even at "wot", the throttle blade wasn't 100% open til nearly 6000 rpms.

just because the pedal is down, your not getting the same effect

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