Throttle pedal thingy

[DomP182]

No sure what section to put this in but while cleaning the tracks on my throttle pedal I took apart the mechanism. There is a sprung piece that causes the extra 'click' you get at full throttle which got me wondering what the purpose is of this? Answers

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on a postcard.

 

[James]

It's the switch that over rides the speed limiter.

Or kick down switch in an auto

 

[JamesBryan]

Extra boost mode.


Nah it's just the cruise control/speed limiter override I think.

 

[DomP182]

Ah of course! Although the clicky bit is in no way electrically connected it allows the contacts to move off the tracks onto the limiter tracks. I was thinking about it in the wrong way

 

[OssPoop]

That's when you go for a drive and "kick it's head in".