Does anyone have this accelerator pedal and why don't I need it?
 

Aluminum adjustable accelerator pedal, silver, 911/912/930 all [Photo]
PEL-A10S $262.50
This is the way I get into things I don't need to get into. The first time I saw that stock gas pedal, Lets just say I was disapointed.
So I'm looking at some little tidbits to spruce up my pedal cluster if I ever get my clutch pedal back, (A spring, new rubber) And what catches my eye... This beautiful adjustable pedal. Well $262.50 kept me moving right along.
Then, just this evening, I visited the place where my pedal cluster will return to sometime very soon and I saw that sorry a$$ stock gas pedal sitting on the passenger seat with its cheesy plastic hinge. And that beautiful aluminum adjustable pedal flashed before my eyes...
Oh God! I'm a junky!
http://www.pelicanparts.com/catalog/images/Rennline/ped-adj-all-sr-4-corner.jpg

I dunno, it just doesn't do it for me.

RUF has a nice aluminum pedal that goes over the stock one.

You can see a picture of one here)

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=132082&highlight=summer +vacation

AFJuvat

That pedal set certainly says "I mean business."

-Wayne

Why are you looking at the pedals? Don't your feet know where to go?;) Jim

Pedals won't make you any faster....... But I'd look at the Rennline stuff and maybe save a few bucks if I wanted to look pretty and go fast. They have a pretty nice set for under $200 if I remember correctly.

You guys aren't getting the point. It's not about speed or even pretty. It is about the cheesy plastic hinge that looks like it can peel apart at any moment. Look at the fine engineering that went into that pedal. I know it is insane but this is how my mind works. The cheesy plastic hinge works on AFJuvat's turbo just fine. I'm sure it will push my 180 HP SC along well enough.
Thank you for straightening me up though. I don't need to waste any money tonight. I can dream can't I? Don't you like the heel plate though? Come on, You gotta love the adjustable heel plate?
Anyway, I have aluminum covers on my pedals already, they look pretty enough. I can buy a hinge for 50 cents. And screw the top of a coffee can where the heel plate would go :D

That doesn't even look like a pedal. It looks like some sort of surgical device. :rolleyes:

You obviously have no taste... in sugical devices

and I cant spell!

That thing looks like a robotic spatula.

the stock one weighs less

their regular pedal set works fine, we picked it up at GAF in 03 on the cheap. I made another pedal out of alu that I like better. I think I might take off the Rennline ones and put grip tape on the clutch and brake.

Wow, you're car looks like it means business. Hey, what are you doing up at 2:37AM?

-Wayne

That pedal sure looks like the proverbial "brick http://www.pelicanparts.com/support/smileys/pain30.gif -house" to me!

Like someone else pointed out, if it doesn't make you go faster...

I have the Rennline adjustable pedal in black and like it a lot. True,
it doesn't make you go faster.

However the adjustability makes threshold braking and "heel & toe" a lot easier (at least for a busted up old amateur like me).

And the aluminum floorboards too... what a beautiful dream...
and you toe heel guys with normal pedals are all pigeon toed!

Do they still make the Wings Engineering "The Third Foot"? I have it in my car and really like it. It is adjustable, great for "heel toe", and looks good. I paid $109.00.

Yeah - if you can heel and toe with the normal pedals you are my hero - or much more limber legged than I am... Maybe it's just my big feet.

The pedal has too many moving parts for me to feel good about it at speed.

Cheers, James

I installed this one last night, though I have yet to drive with it...damn road salt (and finicky sway bar). Great build quality and fully adjustable for $141.75.

pedal

Hey Tim, We're neighbors!! Shoot me a pm sometime.

Cheers, James

Hey Tim,
I don't know what is worse, road salt keeping your car in the garage or the pedal cluster being out of my car when it's been 70 degrees outside all week.
I like your pedal but the heel plate is what has me dreaming about the other one. The disgruntled surgical spatula...

What we really need is for somebody to make the entire pedal cluster out of Al (and brass bushings). That will save a bit of wt., look great and solve the rust problems down there. Otherwise, I don't see any reason to put shiny things in the footwell. If you like it, do it. I'd spend those $$ somewhere else.

Now there's a decen't looking pedal. Simple, sharp-looking, and no "heel extension" to get in the way.

Here is one reason that you don't need any special pedals. If you ever look at a Porsche racing car, be it vintage or modern, you will always see the stock rubber pedals. It seems the stock pedals are preferred by professional drivers.

Get in the way!?!?!?!
You You YOU pigeon toe!

HA! :p
Nope, just do the heel/toe thang with the ball of my foot (like other normal people hehe). Like I mentioned/asked in a previous thread: Who actually heel/toes with their "heel"?? Those pedals with the bottom heel plate are an accident waiting to happen on a street-driven car. Just wait until your first panic stop, in traffic, in gear, and you go for the brake, but also get the gas. :eek: Uh O, better get Macco. :D

Have to semi-agree with you there. I prefer (or at least am used to) the rubber pedal pads and plastic accelerator as well, but not all racing Porsches used them (935 for example).

Actually, when you brake on the track you push on the stop peddle much harder and so it doesn't wind up being 3-4 inches below the brake. They wind up almost level.

Exactly like they should.

I do the toe on the brake and the heal on the gas in a pigeon toe act. How else? I have small feet though. The truth is I might need motor mounts and or tranny mounts cause I have more trouble shifting than I think I should. Maybe something is amiss.
I think the pedal would be great anyway. I wouldn't pay that much for it at my current financial level but, I might try and build something. As far as an accident waiting to happen, we would need to ask somebody who has used it for a while. I don't see why it would be a problem, I never go for the brake heel first. At least I don't think I do. We would need to fund a double blind study to find out for sure.
...edited for poorer grammer than usual.

The adjustable seems unnecessary and pricey. There are some nice aluminum pedals that are complete (include the hinge, not just an overlay) that are probably much cheaper.

I can't argue that, I still like it though.
It is cruel and unusual that I was born a carpenter instead of a king.

I'm gong to mention that you got it from Pelican. Here's the page.

I like that style the best as I roll my foot over to blip the gas when downshifting. If I want to use my heel, I have to turn my ankle too much for comfort. Too low heel on the gas pedal and I don't have enough control over the revs.

Eric, I'm with you!

The first time I saw the pedal installed I thought it looked like you could hit the accelarator at the same time as the brake in an emergency stop. It would also be interesting to see what an insurance company would say about them in the event of an accident (either related or not). They look for anything that may give them an 'out' on a claim!

They do look very nice though!

FWIW A friend of mine just bought a 996GT3R that competed at LeMans, and a number of ALMS races last year.

It has the stock porsche gas Pedal that has a piece of plywood screwed to it :p

I have this one. Yes it's one of the "wings" one. I had one of the straight line ones and had difficulties heel and toeing... This works like a charm. Better for me to push the brake down hard until I feel my heel touch the lower portion of the pedal (adjusted properly I just touch at maximum brake)- then roll the foot to blip the throttle.

I think any pedal will take a little getting used to, even the stock one for that matter. At a panic stop with my brakes I am more worried about scanning my rearview...

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1104895800.jpg

935 style (aluminum):

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1104897430.jpg

Ha! I even went one step further than that. My piece of plywood over the stock gas pedal has a rubber VW pedal on top of it. I can adjust the height by placing different thicknesses of wood between the stock and VW pedals. I "heel-toe" with the inside ball of my size 11 on the right half of the brake pedal and the outside ball and little toe on the gas. It works great for me. The extra ears sticking out from those fancy gas pedals do look pretty scary; I have not found them necessary anyway.

Thank you boys, that was enlightening :D