gas pedal improvement

[JudgeM]

I have an auto sedan (vios) and its throttle pedal is also too light. It was one of the first e-throttle car I drove and I find it bad for long drives. If i simply rest my foot on it, I end up doing 160kmh.

In my manual hatch (vitz RS) its throttle is slightly stiffer but the clutch is rock hard. So on one foot I get cramp from not being able to rest my foot on throttle, and cramp on other foot from working out the clutch. Why is there so much contrast in the pedals ?

I've been really curious in finding a way to stiffen up these throttle pedals.

The barefoot thing is great. On really challenging drives I take off my shoes. Its not a very practical long term solution (weather, cold, rain etc)

So.. I did a bit of researching and there have been quite a few people complaining about this problem with several other cars with e-throttles. Whats interesting with the CTS pedal you folks in North america have (which is a really weird mechanical design) is that it was designed this way to mimic the feel of a cable throttle. So its surprising to hear its still too light.

The Denso pedal in pretty much rest of world is much more straightforward design. I thought about going in and changing the spring with a stiffer one but I really dont want to mess with a accelerator pedal. I especially wont encourage anyone to do the same with CTS pedals esp after the recalls etc.

So I came across an interesting solution I found on a Honda Fit forum.. I think this is not a bad idea and I will be looking into trying it out on my cars as well. Ive attached an image from there. (courtesy of fitfreaks)

Seems like a good idea. simple enough. will take a bit of trial and error for getting the right tension spring.