Can anyone help me figure out a safe way to increase the resistance on the accelerator pedal? I find the resistance to be low and I constantly have to hold my foot up a little. I find it a little tiring on long trips since I do not have cruise control.

 

Dont hold your feet up, juss step on it.

 

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Maybe you just have a heavy foot?

 

I don't know if increasing the resistance on the accelerator pedal would help. There must be a spring somewhere.

I found that increasing leg/thigh support from the seat definitely helped with cramping on long steady speed drives. The upholstery shop added padding on the right seat bolster and the front of the lower seat cushion.

 

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I know what you mean...

I don't have the problem on steady speed trips because of cruise control, but when I have to change speeds a lot my foot gets tired hovering above the pedal...

O well...

 

Lower your foot a bit and those long trips will be shorter!

 

I'm finding that the culprit here really isn't the gas pedal. Its actually the clutch. Its positioned unproportionally far from the brake and the gas pedals. Thus, to use the clutch pedal, you must sit closer (or have a left leg that is longer than the right one).

This seating adjustment causes your foot to need to float above the gas pedal, or do triple digit speeds - whichever you prefer.

Perhaps you could modify this... perhaps add a spacer under the clutch pedal. I may look into this, but I've been just dealing with it (doing triple digit speeds ).

Discuss.

 

rest your heel on the floor....

 

Thanks for the advice Jetpilot718, I might try and put a spacer under the clutch so I can sit a bit further away from the gas pedal.

 

How tall are you guys?
Are your legs of equal length?

 

Use the heel/toe approach (heel on floor therefore resting the foot and toe(s) to control acceleration - pivot point).

 

I thought "heel toe" was braking and "bliping" the gas at the same time to rev match, for cornering/stopping. BTW, I find this difficult in the 350Z compared to other cars I have had.

 

It is... and you'll get it, its actually really precise in the Z so it takes some practice, but I find myself doing it without noticing sometimes.

 

Here's a link about heel-toe technique. I can't seem to download it but I found it at <www.turnfast.com>. They have many helpful articles about driving technique.

I can't tell whether the thread topic is cramping of one's right foot/leg when driving or if some people drive with their heel off the floor.

Just to be certain, when your foot is on the gas pedal--the ball of your foot is on the pedal and your heel is on the floor. When your foot is on the brake your heel usually isn't on the floor??