Dead spot in gas pedal
05-10-2016, 12:14 AM
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Dead spot in gas pedal
So I've been slowly setting up my car for drifting, konis in the rear, welded diff, racing seats, gutted just some small stuff but after I was in a competition I had his really weird pedal feel and I went home and adjusted the tremendous amount of slack out but it's still there. It's weird I'll be in gear an the pedal feels fine up to around 3000 rpm then it gets really stiff and I can move my foot with the pedal about two inches in that zone and the rpms don't move at all the hell is going on anyone have any info
05-10-2016, 11:18 AM
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Do you still have the stock throttle cam? It has an arm that gives you a lot of leverage at low throttle, then at higher throttle gets to the round part and will be stiffer due to the smaller radius. If the cable housing is broken, the higher resistance might allow the housing to buckle, causing your unresponsiveness.
05-10-2016, 01:09 PM
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Do you still have the stock throttle cam? It has an arm that gives you a lot of leverage at low throttle, then at higher throttle gets to the round part and will be stiffer due to the smaller radius. If the cable housing is broken, the higher resistance might allow the housing to buckle, causing your unresponsiveness.
05-10-2016, 04:00 PM
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It could be a lot of things... break it down into small components... Does the gas pedal move smoothly with out hitting anything (like the carpet or sound deadening)? Does the cable (that's too long) move freely through out it's travel? Does the cam on the throttle body hit anything (like a hose clamp)? Does the butterfly move freely (or is the shaft bent?) Is the throttle switch binding up internally?
With a little sleuthing, I'm sure you'll figure it out.
With a little sleuthing, I'm sure you'll figure it out.
05-10-2016, 05:32 PM
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It could be a lot of things... break it down into small components... Does the gas pedal move smoothly with out hitting anything (like the carpet or sound deadening)? Does the cable (that's too long) move freely through out it's travel? Does the cam on the throttle body hit anything (like a hose clamp)? Does the butterfly move freely (or is the shaft bent?) Is the throttle switch binding up internally? With a little sleuthing, I'm sure you'll figure it out.
05-11-2016, 10:14 AM
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Throttle switch is mounted to the bottom of the throttle body. If the throttle cam doesn't rotate smoothly, the throttle switch would be one of the things that could cause the problem.
05-12-2016, 10:14 PM
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Check where the plastic pedal connects to the cable arm - the cable arm runs in a small slot in the pedal. If your floorpan is damaged then the floormounted pedal might be topping out against the cable arm and causing a toggling action.
Hard to describe - check behind the pedal and you'll see!
Hard to describe - check behind the pedal and you'll see!