Is there a reason why pedals should be offset from one another i.e. the clutch further back the clutch? Is there a rule of thumb about this kind of thing?
Is there a reason why pedals should be offset from one another i.e. the clutch further back the clutch? Is there a rule of thumb about this kind of thing?
I am sure that some our resident engineers from the OEM can give some good guidance. I would think if you are doing a standard 3 pedal setup your going to want to position the brake and throttle so the you can easily do heel-toe down shifting under braking.
Type Q wrote: I would think if you are doing a standard 3 pedal setup your going to want to position the brake and throttle so the you can easily do heel-toe down shifting under braking.
Are you HEARING THIS TOYOTA?!!?!?!!
Guh. One of my pet peeves.
Toyota and the other OEMs have to build a certain amount of "litgation resistance" into their pedal spacing and alignment. 93EXCivic IIRC is building a formula car in which this matters a whole lot more than it will to your average Toyota owner..
toyota is scared and shrinking their peals, I got the rcall on my tundra and they took about an inch off the already small go pedal
as for the spacing, find a car you like and copy it, the miata has a really good factory setup, it's the little things like a dead pedal close enough and high enough for the transitions off the clutch pedal, and the gas pedal being at the right height when the brake pedal is being modulated
I would like a little more space between the clutch pedal and the footwell. Depending on what shoes I am wearing and where my heel is resting I cannot always just move my foot from the clutch to the dead pedal directly. I have to pull it up and under so it doesn't get hung up. But the pedal spacing itself seems to work very well for me.
That "unintended acceleration" nonsense in Audis was because the brake and gas were on the same plane. You would normally lift your foot to hit the brake, these were just a slide over, you can easily hit the wrong one.
I have no idea on your question.
On my race car, built from scratch, I spent hours and hours just getting the throttle pedal right. What feels right for me was the pedals all being on a similar plane, here's a pic of my very narrow footwell (you would have a narrow footwell, too if you fit a V12 into an MGB):
loosecannon wrote: On my race car, built from scratch, I spent hours and hours just getting the throttle pedal right. What feels right for me was the pedals all being on a similar plane, here's a pic of my very narrow footwell (you would have a narrow footwell, too if you fit a V12 into an MGB):
I belive there is a spec for pedal side spacing and depth. As I recall it was put in place around 69 or 70. If you ever driven a early firebird / camaro with stick shift you know how bad the pedal placement was. gas pedal was way down from the brake and tall guys would smash there knees in a panic stop.
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