Upgraded pedal clusters?

[DORIGTT]

What pedal clusters out there will fit in the pan area of our VW's?

[Shad Laws]

Hello-

What's wrong with the VW one? :-)

Seriously, the single biggest problem with the stock pedal cluster as-is is that heel-toe braking is danged near impossible. IMHO, the correct solution is _not_ to run off to a Porsche and start grafting in parts. Rather, it's to modify what you have.

Take out your pedal cluster and stare at it for awhile. You should be able to figure out a few ways of "raising" the accelerator and "dropping" the clutch and brake pedals. Before you begin, however, note what kind of stroke the clutch and brake need - modifying them may shorten the stroke and, if it's not long enough, you'll be quite disappointed.

This is a fabrication project, but much less of one than grafting in a Porsche part would be :-).

I spent about an entire day blueprinting and modifying my pedal cluster. It has nearly no play anywhere, the strokes are all short, and I can heel-toe. It can be done!

Take care,

[judgie]

hhhmmmm
so what did you do?any pic's or more info on this?just asking as am building a track day car out of a 1303 and like you said its near impossable to heel and toe.
cheers rob

[Shad Laws]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by judgie
hhhmmmm
so what did you do?

Well, basically, you raise the gas pedal and drop the brake/clutch. There are quite a large number of ways to do it... no brain surgery here. Just take it apart and stare for awhile.

The easiest way to drop the clutch/brake is to first measure the stroke that each require, then modify/adjust the MC pushrod and the clutch cable so they only use the bottom part of the stroke, then "move up" the stop on the floorpan to hold the pedals down there, killing the dead part of the stroke on the top. One note of caution here: if you want to be really careful, you should setup the brake pedal with enough stroke to be able to brake with one circuit totally "failed." The easiest way to test this is to "bleed" the brakes - note where the pedal falls with a bleeder screw open. Of course, unless there is a 100% failure of one circuit (as opposed to a little leak), this won't be a problem.

Now, you have to raise the gas. Modify the cam. Modify the roller arm. Bend the pedal into a 90º bend, making the lower ~3/4" or so horizontal and pushing it forward. There's a myriad of ways... just take a look and see what's best for your application. If you want a more "vertical" gas pedal, then radically modifying your roller arm and cam are going to be the way to go.

Take care,