How do you have a stop on there? Doesn't it stop you from getting full gas or
break? Did they design the pedals so they go further than they have to?
Chris
How do you have a stop on there? Doesn't it stop you from getting full gas or
break? Did they design the pedals so they go further than they have to?
Chris
> Given that in both F1 and Indycar manual clutches are only employed in
> the pits and on the starting grid, be they hand clutches or foot
> clutches, it's actually entirely realistic to assume that everyone is
> left foot braking. In fact, Paul Tracy admitted as much in a recent
> CBC interview.
Also, in last weekend's coverage of the Winston Cup race at Watkins
Glen, Labonte's pedal cam shows him braking with his right foot. They
apparently have cameras wired everywhere in competition cars these days.
I still haven't figured out how they got enough light under the "dash"
for that particularly revealing piece of footage. (Or why they bothered,
for that matter. :)
Mike.
>> Given that in both F1 and Indycar manual clutches are only employed in
>> the pits and on the starting grid, be they hand clutches or foot
>> clutches, it's actually entirely realistic to assume that everyone is
>> left foot braking. In fact, Paul Tracy admitted as much in a recent
>> CBC interview.
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>Alain Prost, champeen F1 driver, writes in his book that left foot
>braking is common with Scandanavian rally drivers. Typical rally cars
>there are front wheel drive, running on unpaved or rough roads. He
>neither recommends or discourages this as a practice, but points out its
>utility for preventing the fronts from locking under heavy braking by
>over-driving the brakes on the drive wheels. He makes no mention of
>whether F1 or IndyCar drivers do this as a common practice. In a
>humorous side note, Alain instructs old-timers how to deal with their
>impetuous younger competition when they get bothersome by going too
>fast. Mentioning that they should learn to brake with the left foot
>should remove the rookies from serious competition for at least a year,
>the time it would take to learn to do so effectively.
>Also, in last weekend's coverage of the Winston Cup race at Watkins
>Glen, Labonte's pedal cam shows him braking with his right foot. They
>apparently have cameras wired everywhere in competition cars these days.
>I still haven't figured out how they got enough light under the "dash"
>for that particularly revealing piece of footage. (Or why they bothered,
>for that matter. :)
>Mike.
Ron
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Who needs it anyway? The T2 pedals are just fine for two foot operation as
they are. Better then one footed even as you always have a foot anchoring
the damn things to the floor.
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Derek James
>>Unforetunately, that will not work for a T2.
>Who needs it anyway? The T2 pedals are just fine for two foot operation as
>they are. Better then one footed even as you always have a foot anchoring
>the damn things to the floor.
>> Wondering which parts those of you who own a T2 wheel/pedal set are
>> experiencing the most wear/breakage with.
>> Being a machinist I figure to machine up a set of bushings/pedals/ a
>> base/ etc, to replace high wear rate components.
>> Thanks in advance.
>> Ron
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>I broke the gas pedal spring twice on my T1. I've since given up on the
>Thrustmaster pedals, and replaced them with CH rudder pedals. The CH
>setup requires you use two feet, right for gas, left from brake, whereas
>I could actually toe and heel (not that I want or need to) with the T1.
>I'd be interested in hearing about your solution. It would perhaps be as
>simple as heat treating the springs correctly, or adding a mechanical
>stop on the back of the pedal unit.
They're not bugs! They're random features!