go faster pedal

[ben24]

On my 172 when i put my foot down it stops at a ponit near the bottom then with a little more of a press it goes down a little bit further and yes it does go faster, is it some sort of extra release for when u really need it or do i just have a sticky mech on the pedal ??


Ben

 

[Monkey_beast_182]

My 182 does the same. I think it's a peculiarity of the "fly-by-wire" system on the throttle - doesn't have any affect on the power (it doesn't affect the full-throttle point, unfortunately!)

I'd be interested to hear other peoples views on it though. I'd like to be proved wrong!

 

[ben24]

thank god its not just me then

 

[Rich]

It is the switch to overide the speed limiter

 

[ben24]

It is the switch to overide the speed limiter

????

 

[Alan]

Theres a speed limiter built into the car mate...

For example, if your going a long motorway drive you can set it to 80mph, meaning the car won't go over 80mph when cruising so you don't get into too much bother with the 5 0 as up to 80mph is mostly tolerated these days on the motorway.

But if you have to overide the speed limiter and you press the pedal beyond the 'sticky' point the car will speed up IIRC.

 

[ben24]

how do i set it then ???

 

[Alan]

The car needs to be going at at least 30mph IIRC, the switch that you press upwards to set the cruise control, press it downwards and you + or - the speed with the buttons on the steering wheel.

Drive as normal, do a test run with it, go along a road thats maybe a 40, set the speed limiter to 40, accelerate and it'll sort of hit an electronic limiter when it gets to the set speed.

 

[ben24]

arrrr right well im missing one thing then ............those buttons on my steering wheel , i would of thought havin the 172 mk2 i woul dhave it but maybe not then


Ben

 

[Alan]

What plate/year is your car matey??

 

[ben24]

she is a 2002 , look nothing there , very strange ??:banghead:

 

[ben24]

also one thing i forgot to mention as well , does everyones 172 / 182 seem to have a power increase at about 5000-5000 rpm when foot is to the floor ? as mine does ,

 

[Monkey_beast_182]

also one thing i forgot to mention as well , does everyones 172 / 182 seem to have a power increase at about 5000-5000 rpm when foot is to the floor ? as mine does ,

Yes, that's because it's on cam

 

[ben24]

like a v-tec u mean yea ?

 

[-Leigh-]

she is a 2002 , look nothing there , very strange ??:banghead:

Don't worry, you won't have it, as it wasn't fitted until mid 2003. Strange that we still have the switch on the throttle though.

 

[Rich]

like a v-tec u mean yea ?

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=265942&highlight=Dephaser

 

[Monkey_beast_182]

sort of. It's just because that's where your peak power/torque come in to play (iirc about 5750rpm on the 172)

 

[Alan]

Ben the cruise control wasn't a standard feature on the 172 until the some very early 52/03 plates IIRC, it doesn't have traction control either, again a feature on the later 172's.

At 5k the cam profile changes, just before people start banging on about V-tec, VVT-i etc.

VVT-i is on from alot lower down the rev range too IIRC.

Yes its a variable valve timed engine but its a bit different from V-tec etc.

 

[ben24]

cheers guys , you seem to offer great help and wise knowledge lol

 

[ChrisR]

At 5k the cam profile changes, just before people start banging on about V-tec, VVT-i etc.

The cam profile doesn't change at all at 5k iirc, it's just hitting it's optimum rpm, or as some say it's now "on cam".

 

[edde]

At 5k the cam profile changes, just before people start banging on about V-tec, VVT-i etc.

Nope the 5k kick is the cams becomming efficient nothing to do with variable valve timing.

 

[alexbleubolt]

Ben, i have the same thing with my accel pedal, when your flooring it then it can go down a bit more, i think its some kind of spring thing, its been the same on both my ph2 172's

 

[ben24]

Ben, i have the same thing with my accel pedal, when your flooring it then it can go down a bit more, i think its some kind of spring thing, its been the same on both my ph2 172's

strange innit , but if it makes my car go fast er then ahmen :approve:

 

[Teleturbie]

Can this resistance on the end of the accel pedal be removed? Don't like it at all and I never use this speedlimiter nonsense anyway.
There must be a spring or something which creates this resistance :S ?

 

[Christophe]

i have 52plate 172 mk2 phase 2. will i have it? Do you just push the accelerator a bit harder?

 

[ben24]

i have 52plate 172 mk2 phase 2. will i have it? Do you just push the accelerator a bit harder?

you got it mate , jusy push that pedal down

 

[graham_172]

pedal is same for 172/182

 

[Christophe]

i have 52plate 172 mk2 phase 2. will i have it? Do you just push the accelerator a bit harder?

you got it mate , jusy push that pedal down

oooo i'll be trying that after work. I take you got to press quite hard as iv never noticed it before.

 

[Timmay]

ive notcied it a couple of times now

 

[Christophe]

tried it and nothing! I pushed quite hard but didnt go any further down

 

[Shotgunsjay]

mine does it, at 1st i wa like wtf, i wa gonna post and ask what it was, least im not the only one, phew

 

[Christophe]

i feel left out lol. damn 172!

 

[Simon@SprayShack]

Any update on this, mine has it and id love to know what it does!!!. Also i dont have cruise control!

 

[Peperami]

Then it doesnt do anything.

All the cars had it, but only on the ones with cruise control does it do anything.

 

[Mells]

lol! Its actually in the clio handbook this. Like Alan says its to take off the c/c. Look it up in that section. It says fully depress the loud pedal to take it off.

 

[Has]

Can this resistance on the end of the accel pedal be removed? Don't like it at all and I never use this speedlimiter nonsense anyway.
There must be a spring or something which creates this resistance :S ?

use a non RS pedal lol.

We used my old one on bmh.01s car when we were testing.
It doesnt have the clicky bit towards the end and pedal travel is smaller too!

 

[Cookie]

The car doesn't go any faster when you press the button down

 

[T-Bag]

Only picked mine up today and noticed this straight away driving home