All i did was place a little peice of rubber with some double sided sticky tape onto the already existing plastic pedal stop. so what it does is push the pedal down a tad bit.

Shifting is much nice and smoother. Its dark out so i will wait until tomorrow to take some pics.

But honestly its really simple, just push the pedal all the way down and put your hand towards the top/back of the pedal bracket that attaches to the firewall (above the spring) and there is a little plastic pedal stop. Its not adjusted to hold the pedal foward/down far enough. by putting something back there it will shim the pedal to avoid that small dead spot. You only need something about 1/8" thick.

I hope that made sense..........

Ok, I tried a few time to get some pics but this is the only one that turned out decent. I actually took out my pedal to get this pic. And while it was out I sorta changed how I did the mod. I just used 2 clear rubber feet (they are the same at every store that carries them) and stacked them. I then put them at the very top of the pedal. now I just barely touch the pedal and ive got instant throttle. I also took a very short vid.

Video: http://www.installshowcase.com/Scion...edal%20Fix.wmv

Pic:

 

Hey Harmonic, perhaps I don't get it because I haven't gotten my tC as of yet, but when you say throttle delay, what do you mean?

Is it when you push the pedal down only a little that nothing happens?

 

please show a picture to clarify...i look forward to that.

 

oh i get it, all u did is put a lil bit of rubber at the top so that the pedal is slightly pressed

 

i think i know what your sayign but pics would definetly help.

 

sell this mod on ebay~!

 

i think i get it, i get throttle delay too and it's a _____, i've stalled too many time to count already.

 

yes exactly. super easy. works perfect

 

Will do. Im not sure how good itll turn out since i had to "feel" around to find the already existing pedal stop. I couldnt really see it. I am hoping that i can get the camera far enough back there in the right angle to get a good pic.

 

by the pedaling be pressed a little won't this increase the idle of the car which is suppose to be around 800 rpms? or is it just that our throddle doesn't open at all when slightly on gas pedal?

 

nice, super ez mod, you're the man

 

no because the pedal doesnt do anything until you press it a little bit. THEN the throttle opens. all this little mod will do is position the pedal so right when you apply pressure it will open the throttle

 

i thought the throttle delay was cuased by the fact that we have a computer controlled throttle system other that a drive by wire? but if this works then i guess not

 

it is. however the pedal from the factory is not positioned to activate the potentiomenter right when you press the pedal so all this does is postion it to activate the "pot" with imediate pressure. similar to "taking out the slack" on a cable controlled throttle.

The delay is not the computer being slow to process the information, its just that the pedal was not activating the "pot" right away. trust me this little mod works.

 

Amazing.

Maybe throttle by wire really isn't that bad afterall.

You da man. Fo'rizzo. Who knew our cars' throttle delay could be fized wit dis little shizzo.

I'm sorry, I'll never do dat agin (sorry..)

 

I still dont see how this can fix the delay when you hit the gas pedal all the way to the floor. It seems like it takes its good ole time opening the plate.

 

this pretty much confirms what I have been saying. The delay on this car (At least mine) is the same or less than most mechanical link throttles I have ever driven (I have NEVER driven a car without some delay). All systems have some play in them, and part of the delay is within the fuel injection system. I think people tend to "notice" it more on this car once they find out it is throttle by wire. But, for those that it bothers, this seems to be a good fix. Good job harmonic!

 

sweet fix harmonic you the man!

 

cool, i wanna try it, i can't wait to see pics!

 

yeah dude if u can post some pics thad be great cuase i wanna try this out