I've done a little searching on this and didn't seem to find any consensus. I'm not a heel-toe guy, I'm a ball-of-foot on brake / pinkie toe on throttle guy. My feet are naturally splayed out, and I just can't keep my leg twisted around enough to use my heel on the throttle.

So, with that said, I'm not bad at heel toeing when I'm wearing my widest sets of shoes. However, I just bought some Bell racing shoes off eBay that fit my foot perfectly (size 9.5), and I can't heel-toe in them.

From what I can read in other posts, the heel on throttle people seem to think the pedal placement is perfect.

So, I guess I want to pose this question ONLY to those who are NOT heel-on-the-throttle people, and who have NARROW feet: What have you done that works???

If you've used aftermarket pedal caps, what brand / model?

Has anyone succesfully modified the stock pedals? I did read a post about 'bending' the throttle pedal. I was also thinking it might be possible to drill some new holes that will mount it a little closer to the brake pedal? Anyone tried that?

Thanks!!!

 

New solution: https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=222776

 

Richard-

Did you remove the original pedals as Ludedude's response from Autovation indicates that they recommend (at least for the throttle), or did you bolt the new ones over top the old?

Since the Autovation installation instructions don't seem to apply to the S2000, can you give me an idea of how much effort this took?

Thanks!!!

 

Autovation is working on a new set of instructions for the S2000 specific pedals. You can either attach these as covers over the existing pedals or remove the pedals and replace them with the autovation ones. Apparently the choice is yours. Maybe one of the guys that has already done the install will pipe in with their experiences as well.

 

This is just me but I can't seem to understand why a lot of people are having such difficulty HT'ing in the S2000... this is one of the easiest cars I've done it in. Barefoot, slippers, Army combat boots, running shoes... it doesn't matter.

If you have big feet like me and find yourself taking up a lot of room near the pedals, shift your right foot higher on the brake pedal... don't use the toe-area for the brake. Try to focus on using the ball of your foot to handle the brake modulation and simply blip the throttle with the lower-right corner of your heel, not your entire heel. If you do it right, that's all you need.

Look at my avatar and you'll see that it's no problem with New Balance shoes. You really don't need special pedals and such, although Ludedude's set are very nice!

 

I bent my throttle a little bit closer to the brake pedal. I wear tennis shoes when I drive the S as cross trainers are a little bit to wide for my set up.

 

[QUOTE=Hyper-X,Aug 2 2004, 04:09 AM] This is just me but I can't seem to understand why a lot of people are having such difficulty HT'ing in the S2000... this is one of the easiest cars I've done it in.

 

We're not all built the same. I naturally have about 30 degrees of toe-out on my right foot. So, for me to turn it so that it's about 20 degrees toe-in like your avatar, I have to twist my leg around 50 degrees. This has me sitting with my right cheek practically in the air. I'm sure that's more detail than you really wanted, but why don't you try driving with your right foot parallel to the ground and tell me how fun that is. Not that I'm trying to be a jerk about this.

 

Did you bend the throttle rod?

Did you take it out to bend it, or just do it while it's in place?

I looked at doing that, but was afraid I'd wind up bending some of the brackets instead of the rod.

Thanks

 

I just grabbed the pedal and pushed it towards the brakes, viola, no problems.