Rennline Lifter: Help for PCCB's Heel-Toe Problem
More toy for my treasured baby! 
My only disappointment with the fabulous PCCB brake is that its high/early "bite" position make it very difficult to heel toe. I heel toe with the sides of my foot and this method requires that the heights of the gas and brake pedal to be close to each other. In my first 997 with its standard brake, there was no problem. With the Turbo's PCCB, the brake pedal is too high in relation to the gas pedal when it bites, for me that is, and makes the process nearly impossible.
(BTW, there have been discussions of this issue in the past and it appears that the only exception is at the track, where the PCCB brake once warmed up would bite deeper and allows easy heel-toe.)
Rennline is a US company that makes these cool aluminum after-market pedal plates/covers. They sell them in set of 4, for a very reasonable US $ 225. What I am interested in, however, is the OPTION that they offer in addition to this set: the throttle lifter that AFAIK is designed to help with the very problem I have with heel-toeing with PCCB brake. The lifter has adjustable screw that allows you to RAISE the height of the throttle pedal plate. I saw this in Atomic80's & "Over the hill" (Larry)'s cars a few months ago and finally decided to give it a try when someone again recommends it on rennlist.
****** http://www.rennline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=PA71 *****
Enclosed is a picture of the set in aluminum finish. I prefer something more inconspicuous so I got the black model instead.
I will give final report in a few days, but "early result" is extremely promising!
My only disappointment with the fabulous PCCB brake is that its high/early "bite" position make it very difficult to heel toe. I heel toe with the sides of my foot and this method requires that the heights of the gas and brake pedal to be close to each other. In my first 997 with its standard brake, there was no problem. With the Turbo's PCCB, the brake pedal is too high in relation to the gas pedal when it bites, for me that is, and makes the process nearly impossible.
(BTW, there have been discussions of this issue in the past and it appears that the only exception is at the track, where the PCCB brake once warmed up would bite deeper and allows easy heel-toe.)
Rennline is a US company that makes these cool aluminum after-market pedal plates/covers. They sell them in set of 4, for a very reasonable US $ 225. What I am interested in, however, is the OPTION that they offer in addition to this set: the throttle lifter that AFAIK is designed to help with the very problem I have with heel-toeing with PCCB brake. The lifter has adjustable screw that allows you to RAISE the height of the throttle pedal plate. I saw this in Atomic80's & "Over the hill" (Larry)'s cars a few months ago and finally decided to give it a try when someone again recommends it on rennlist.
****** http://www.rennline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=PA71 *****
Enclosed is a picture of the set in aluminum finish. I prefer something more inconspicuous so I got the black model instead.
I will give final report in a few days, but "early result" is extremely promising!
(Am only HALF kidding; I am one of "those" who adjust the seat position 1/2 mm at a time.)
, and I've not committed an "Audi 5000" maneuver yet, so yes, the very high recommendation stays. It does make mundane driving a bit more fun!
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