oh bad. But a good one.
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For me it's not so much that it is stiff, it just seems you have to push it further than you'd expect to get the intended response from the car. It's as though the potentiometer doesn't change the setting much for the first inch of pedal travel. My guess is that is intentional so the un-experienced won't get in the car and put way more power to the wheels than they intended.
That is what Chuck CoW's "CoW Booster" tune and add-on devices like Sprint Booster addressed on the C6. Apparently some canned and custom tunes can do a little with it too.
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For me it's not so much that it is stiff, it just seems you have to push it further than you'd expect to get the intended response from the car. It's as though the potentiometer doesn't change the setting much for the first inch of pedal travel. My guess is that is intentional so the un-experienced won't get in the car and put way more power to the wheels than they intended.
Just to set the record straight it is apparently not a potentiometer, they are using devices like a Hall effect sensor. There are various types but basically a magnet is moved past a coil providing an electrical signal. That is what the transmission uses to define which gear you’re going into for the rev matching. Back to the gas pedal, there are no contacting or rubbing parts as there would be with a potentiometer. Therefore the only resistance should be a spring to bring the pedal back or a carpet causing binding . The amount it moves the air intake butterfly is controlled by the computer so for some settings it is purposely made slower.
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Just called service dept where I bought the car (Macmulkin) and they said it is what it is hmm, nothing they can do and have not heard of any recall on this so might have to live with it, when the weather gets better I will look into it further but right now its locked in public storage.
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In product training they call the pedal getting "longer or shorter" - the eco,weather and tour are longer settings for the pedal (less responsive), the sport and track are shorter travel settings (more responsive).
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That is a very good description, it should get longer and shorter as far as how it responds, but not stiffer as this thread started. Since they are apparently using non-contact sensors, if it is to “stiff” there is something causing friction or a carpet, etc. in the way.
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For example: I drove all week on Eco. On Saturday went out in Sport and ended up leaving rubber because the pedal was shorter and I got more response than I was expecting. I'm sure I'll get used to it so no biggy.
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