GR86 Cusco - Pedal extension for heel toe

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Fitted these pedal extensions to the accelerator and for once in my life I can now heel toe. :)
I would say the best mod for the money so far on the GR (except turning off the fake engine noise which is free).
Much easier to heel toe following the forums advice.
I didn't take the pedal out to install so took a bit longer, but you could do to make the install easier.
Was a bit tricky, but you will need an allen key and a 7mm spanner to help tighten the bolts.
Well worth an install and changes the driving feel of the car - just need to hoover the dirt off the carpet.
Recommended.

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Shame the finish doesn’t match the other pedals.

It’s not the easiest car to heel & toe in, which seems like an oversight. Compared to my Elise, which has utterly perfectly placed pedals!

The only other car I’ve driven that comes anywhere near is bizarrely my old K12 Micra 160SR!
 
Quite interested in these. Being a road only driver, I don't heel and toe usually, but it's one of things I like to try sometimes, and it's pretty difficult. Found it easier since lowering my clutch pedal but still feels like the accelerator is a bit far away. How much was it?
 
About £50 delivered, likewise road driver too, but reading all the mystical dark art of heel toeing, I thought I should at least be able to do it properly.
Definitely makes life easier and no drilling needed.
 
I ordered the Verus engineering pedal spacer instead

Cost more but will make the throttle even closer in height and distance while retaining the original pedal
 
Thanks for posting, this is one of the few mods I'm interested in.

After 8 months and 3000 miles I have finally started to master H&T but it involves placing my (large) feet much higher on the brake pedal than is comfortable by lifting my foot off the floor. Even then it's still hit and miss and with the engine so quiet, it's hard to judge.
 
Itcaptainslow said:
Shame the finish doesn’t match the other pedals.

It’s not the easiest car to heel & toe in, which seems like an oversight. Compared to my Elise, which has utterly perfectly placed pedals!

The only other car I’ve driven that comes anywhere near is bizarrely my old K12 Micra 160SR!
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It seems to be set up more for heel and toe on track where you'll be depressing the brake pedal more. Those who have used it on track without seem to like it.

Funny you should mention the Micra, when I was learning to drive in a K11 Micra, I tried heel and toeing to make slowing down smoother, had no idea it was an actual racing technique at that point! The best car I've tried to do it in recently was an R8 Rover Coupé.

I'm considering getting one of these as I'd like to practise on the road and I'm unlikely to go tracking it any time soon.

Where did you guys get yours?
 
Rather fortuitously, one of these came up for sale on the Facebook GT86 Selling Page this morning. Unused....not even opened. Located only 30 mins away and he wanted £35. Have just gone and picked it up. Score! Not sure if I'll get a chance to fit it today but if I do I'll report back.
 
Itcaptainslow said:
Shame the finish doesn’t match the other pedals.

It’s not the easiest car to heel & toe in, which seems like an oversight. Compared to my Elise, which has utterly perfectly placed pedals!

The only other car I’ve driven that comes anywhere near is bizarrely my old K12 Micra 160SR!
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You can quite easily do the brushed aluminium finish yourself to match it a little bit more with the other pedals.

I think I am going to wait till mine is a little run in before I commit. I noticed a German guy was 3d printing spacers for the OEM pedal for 30 odd euro's but unfortunately is for LHD only.
 
Not sure how good a spacer would be. For me the Cusco is perfect as you want the throttle in line when you're pressing the brake, with a spacer surely the throttle would be higher with the brake depressed?
 
AdamST205 said:
You can quite easily do the brushed aluminium finish yourself to match it a little bit more with the other pedals.
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What's the best way to do this? Just go over it evenly with some scotchbrite? Must admit I'm not a fan of the shiny finish.
 
Conscript said:
What's the best way to do this? Just go over it evenly with some scotchbrite? Must admit I'm not a fan of the shiny finish.
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I did some before for some pieces and I used this video as a guide. Being able to bolt it down to some sort of jig to get straight lines helps a lot.

 
Nice. Might be a bit tricky as the pedal isn't flat and has dimpled holes, but I might give it a try later. Don't think it will need sandpaper as it obviously has no deep machining marks to get rid of. Good thing is I can experiment on the back of the pedal first.
 
Fitted mine now. Gave it a going over with a scotch pad first. Still not the same finish as the othe pedals, but much less shiny now.

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First impressions are fine. I've only taken it around the block so far and driving normally it feels no different, which is good. I was worried that perhaps I might catch it under normal braking but it still sits lower than the brake so no issues. I did do some completely unnecessary downshifts and there's no doubt it's much easier to blip the throttle while doing so now. Whether that translates to me being able to heel/toe any better remains to be seen, but it can only help.
 
Just fitted my Cusco pedal too. I couldn't blip the throttle at all with the stock pedals which was very frustrating, but this has made a big difference.

I'd definitely recommend taking the pedal assembly out of the car for fitting. It's only two 10mm bolts and a wiring plug. Kinda threw me off as I've never encountered an electronic accelerator before haha.

I also gave the pedal a brushed finish, but it's never going to match the original pedals.

Top mod!

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Stardus. said:
I ordered the Verus engineering pedal spacer instead

Cost more but will make the throttle even closer in height and distance while retaining the original pedal
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I know this an old post but how do you get with the pedal spacer? I've had the Cusco pedal on for a couple of years but I still sometimes feel like the throttle pedal sits a little low in relation to the brake. Not just for heel and toe...sometimes I feel like the weird tip in when driving normally would feel better if the pedal was a touch closer. I can move my seat a little closer but then it feels like I'm crowding the other pedals a bit.

Don't really fancy fiddling with the brake pedal to lower that, so wondering if the Verus spacer to lift the throttle might help....but it's bloody expensive for what it does.
 
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