I've thought about this a few times before and never really came up with a great answer, so I thought I'd see if someone else has one. There isn't a huge difference in the performance of a hanging pedal vs. a floor-mounted one I suppose, except perhaps in feel and/or geometry through the pedal's sweep, but a floor-mounted pedal does bring a couple unfortunate side-effects like rust at the mounting location. Interestingly, BMW has used the same basic design since the 2002. Some thoughts I had were possibly cost and/or packaging, but those are just guesses. Any ideas?
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I prefer them over a hanging pedal, plus BMW has always been spot on for the placement for heel-toe. Every BMW I have ever driven has the same exact pedal feel and has similar wheel distance (or able to move there). Just put an LS1 in a Mercedes w210 and mimicked (for the most part) and e30 pedal setup using the Camaro pedal box which has a hanging accelerator, not nearly as comfortable/fluid heel toe.
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Think about the relative angles of motion if you wanted the vertical angles of a floor hinged pedal in a top mounted one. Seems to me that the top mounted one would be likely to interfere with the floor pan before achieving the amount of travel most MFRs like to have.
This seems directly related to difficult heel toe angles FF wrote about above.
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I've honestly never been too happy with the floor mounted gas pedal. I find this car much less intuitive to heel-toe than my RX-7's where (both FC and FD) with their hanging gas pedal. I have to more toe-toe instead of heel-toe if that makes sense.1991 325i - "Scambles" The Daily Driven lightly modded.
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Originally posted by ForcedFirebird View Post^^^Yes, rolling the foot is the most efficient "heel toe" IMO. I use the ball of my right to modulate brake, then roll my small toe over to the accelerator whenever possible.Originally posted by priapismMy girl don't know shit, but she bakes a mean cupcake.Originally posted by shamesonUsually it's best not to know how much money you have into your e30
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Because you can't get your foot jammed under it.2006 GMC Sierra 2500HD 4WD LBZ/Allison
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ergonomics, more comfortable than having your foot in the air. It can rest on the floor
The bit that has always pissed me off is its hard as a mother fucker to get a vacuum in and around the base of it. I basically have to blow all the sand out with an air gun on my E90Boris - 89 E30 325i
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Some very thought-provoking responses, thanks guys. I've personally always preferred the feel of a hanging pedal and hadn't run into the issues mentioned, but I can see how those could occur.Interested in vintage cars? Ever thought about racing one? Info, photos, videos, and more can be found at www.michaelsvintageracing.com!
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