Any advice, my throttle pedal sits much farther back from the brake and clutch?

 

I have found this to be the same with all the g body cars. Maybe others have had different experiences. I installed after market pedals from NUMERIC on my 86 Targa. To get the brake and throttle to be close, I had to adjust both pedals.

 

I installed the rennline pedal, and now they are close. What Im trying to figure out is getting rid of the bit of play the throttle has between actually pressing the throttle and it engaging.

 

Is this image upside down? I just installed my pedal this weekend and did not see anything like what you are showing. What year is your car?

 

This is the linkage on the engine side..

 

Oh that makes sense. I have a bit of slack in my pedal too. I just assumed the image was from the pedal side. Id have to check further to see if this slack is normal or within an acceptable range for the car. From the looks of that linkage I am thinking some amount of slack is normal? Dunno.

 

Id imagine a little bit is normal. I drove the car the otherday and it did seem much better with the Rennline pedal kit. It definitely brings the pedal out closer the brake.

 

The rennline pedal will not close the gap 100%, you have to adjust the brake pedal in a bit too. This is a bit more involved as you need to remove the carpet and loosen the floor board to get to the two jam nuts at each end of the brake pedal adjustment turn-buckle.
This is how my pedals line up now. Not perfect yet, but much better for the heal-toe driving.

 

Yea. if I pull the peddle pad out farther I can get mine to be even. I think If I can get rid f the slack in the linkages it would do so as well.

 

Hi -- you can remove most or all of the slack by making a few adjustments:
1. That long pull rod going from the transmission bell crank up to the top of the engine is adjustable where it attaches to the throttle console's lever -- shorten it
2. The accelerator rod has a steel-encapsulated coupler, visible in your photo. Both pieces on either side of it are threaded, and you ought to be able to shorten it slightly.
When you're done, the slop should be gone. Have someone press the accelerator pedal fully and release it -- you should be getting WOT and it should return to the throttle stop (adjusted on the throttle body).