I'm in the process of finishing the testing on the secondary brake spring
mod for the Act Labs pedals. If I do say so myself (and I do), with a last
minute addition, the pedals are fantastic. The brake is firm and smooth,
almost spongy. To lock them up in GPL you have to almost stand on it, but
the feel and control is great. The same for NFS: PU. I can now fly though
the hairpin at Monte Carlo. The control is increadible. The same again for
SCGT. I'm more excited about this modifiation than any other I've done. I
still have to test it for durability (good thing because I can't stop
driving with them) but will post and article soon. I really fell into this
one, too. Proves that sometimes luck is better than skill ;)
Slot
Which mod did you do? I had a site before but no longer have it.
GTX_SlotCar wrote:
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> I'm in the process of finishing the testing on the secondary brake spring > mod for the Act Labs pedals. If I do say so myself (and I do), with a last > minute addition, the pedals are fantastic. The brake is firm and smooth, > almost spongy. To lock them up in GPL you have to almost stand on it, but > the feel and control is great. The same for NFS: PU. I can now fly though > the hairpin at Monte Carlo. The control is increadible. The same again for > SCGT. I'm more excited about this modifiation than any other I've done. I > still have to test it for durability (good thing because I can't stop > driving with them) but will post and article soon. I really fell into this > one, too. Proves that sometimes luck is better than skill ;) > > SlotI used the mod in PartIII of the Act Labs pedals section on my site:
http://home.maine.rr.com/deroy/howto.htm
But I added a secondary spring on the brake. It did work very well, but I
could feel the transition when the second spring kicked in. The second
spring is tough spring steel. I thought I could add yet a 3rd spring to even
the transition, but couldn't drill through the spring steel so I had to
scratch that idea. When I was putting the parts away and rummaging through a
box of goodies (you know, the ones labeled "Wife - Keep Out") I tossed aside
a piece of very dense packing foam. About a minute later it hit me. Anything
is worth a try, right? It's not Styrofoam, but a very dense, layered and
shiny foam. I stuck it under the brake lever and jammed the lever from the
secondary spring about 2/3 of the way up the foam. The result was a
perfectly smooth transition to the second spring and an incredibly realistic
feel. I have to find a source for and identify the foam before I can put it
in an article. It's not a dense, pliable monocellular foam like that used in
weather stripping.
Slot
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> Which mod did you do? I had a site before but no longer have it.
>
> GTX_SlotCar wrote:
>
> > I'm in the process of finishing the testing on the secondary brakespring
> > mod for the Act Labs pedals. If I do say so myself (and I do), with alast
> > minute addition, the pedals are fantastic. The brake is firm and smooth,
> > almost spongy. To lock them up in GPL you have to almost stand on it,but
> > the feel and control is great. The same for NFS: PU. I can now flythough
> > the hairpin at Monte Carlo. The control is increadible. The same againfor
> > SCGT. I'm more excited about this modifiation than any other I've done.I
> > still have to test it for durability (good thing because I can't stop
> > driving with them) but will post and article soon. I really fell intothis
> > one, too. Proves that sometimes luck is better than skill ;)
> >
> > Slot
>
