In reading about all the problems with Toyotas, there's talk about throttle over-ride being incorporated in Nissans and some European vehicles. It supposedly returns the engine to idle if the brake is applied.

Does the 350Z have this feature?

How much pressure does it take on the brake pedal to over-ride the throttle pedal input to the ECU?

 

Pressing on the brake and throttle at the same time will cause the ECU to cut power to the engine, it will not cut it back to idle. Go read some of the posts about people who try to do burn-outs and can't - it's because the engine power is being cut.

 

I tested that this week after the Toyota debacle. Seemed like it did cut power when under acceleration but the weird thing was you could press in the clutch or go to neutral and still rev it up to redline while applying the brakes. Strange....

 

^ with no strain on the motor in N or clutch down of course your able to rev it up. (most cars these days) And its not that it cuts power to idle. just some cars that have rev limit that will come into play while the engine is in load conditions. Otherwise it just goes back to normal. Most of the american cars rev limit is set all through out whether it is under load or in plain neutral.

Sucks when your testing for misfire conditions under a certain RPM load and the rev limiter kicks in. Then you bounce the RPM all over. I HATE THAT!!! but i guess it is beneficial to morons who over rev like maniacs.

 

Pull out the brake light fuse. Does great burnouts