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It seems to me like my brake pedal, when fully depressed, goes down too far to easily allow heel and toeing. Is this just my imagination or is there a common solution?
I’m more used to a '99 Porsche, and with it seemed like when I was really standing on the brakes, the brake pedal would be pretty close to level with the gas.
I have not noticed this being a problem with my car but I am not comparing it to the pedal position of another car. To me it would be easier to heal/toe with the brake pedal slightly lower than the gas. I would check to make sure there is no air in the brake lines and that the rest of the brake system is working properly. If it is still a problem for you, you can easily fabricate a pedal cover to build up the brake pedal height to a more comfortable position for you. Just be sure that it is very secure…you wouldn’t wan’t to loose footing on the brake pedal at the end of a long straight.
The brake pedal strikes me as being a lot lower. But one of the beauties of a Spec class is that I can grab one of you at the track and have you jump into my car and see what you think.
I have an aftermarket pedal that I can bold on to the current brake pedal to raise it a 1/2", but that won’t be nearly enough. The significant difference in height, call it 1.5-2", is why I figured that there was something I was missing.
On my car the brake pedal when fully depresed is lower than the accelerator. I just learned to heel/toe with it in that position and works fine for me. I have thought about extending one of the pedals a little closer to the other, but so far it just hasn’t been a high enough priority, and I have no issues with h/t - I use a lot of heel to blip but have learned to do it fast. You may want to try practicing with it like that for a little while and see if it starts to become easier.
This is a frequent, but not uniform observation in these cars. Some people, myself included, have added something to the brake pedal to raise the height at full braking. Some solutions are pretty crude(like mine -block of wood) The slickest, but most costly, solution is to buy an aftermarket brake pedal and bolt it to the stock pedal using washers as spacers to acheive the desired height.
It did not take too much to raise my pedal to a height that made heel-toe a bit easier for me.
Go to Peb Boys. Purchase one of those rice rocket throttle pedal kits. Depending on the depth of the brake pedal, mount the pedal on the front of the throttle pedal or in back of the pedal. Actually, on the back-of-the-pedal arrangement (two four-door cars where the brakes go lower) I’ve used a seat belt bracket as the extension piece.
Bottom line, seems the brake pedal travel is different on all of our cars, and it changes as the pads wear out. So, build up the brake pedal or add extensions fore or aft to the throttle pedal to make it easy to heel/toe.
Regards, Robert Patton
I presume this is true for all of the E30 production. It certainly is on my 87. The brake pedal can be adjusted via the link rod between the pedal box and the master cylinder.
And in case you don’t know, limited adjustment of the clutch pedal is available via an excentric on the pedal box.
On my 88IS my gas pedal is still below the brake pedal at full breaking.
It could be cuase my gas pedal floor mount is broken(missing) and the gas pedal is just flappin around :silly:
It is on the list to get fixed