TORQUERULES
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I wasn't sure if this had ever been posted on here or not, but I wanted to share with everyone the procedure for making sure that your throttle is calibrated correctly to eliminate any dead spots or non-linearity. You'll be surprised how many of us never really had a properly calibrated throttle. Drive by wire can be really sketchy which is why many of us try to help it a little bit with tuning and something like a pedal commander.
Anyway, here is the procedure:
1. Turn your ignition on, but do not start the truck.
2. Now push the throttle pedal SLOWLY in it's full arc from no throttle to flat to the floor. Be steady. It should take you about 10 seconds or more.
3. Quickly release the pedal as soon as you hit the floor.
4. Turn your ignition off.
5. Repeat steps 1-4 two more times and then start the truck.
You should see a difference in your throttle response as soon as you drive your truck. Now if your throttle happens to already be properly calibrated and never really had any issues you may not see a difference, but many of you will.
This will work with a tune and a pedal commander type device as well. They will actually do their job better. Just make sure if you have something like a pedal commander that is turned off when you do the procedure just to make sure it doesn't throw things off. Don't worry about your tune, it will not affect that at all.
As an example I have my tunes set up to have sport mode throttle tables in all modes and on top of that I use a pedal commander on City just to find my sweet spot and to give me a little extra adjustability either way if I want it.
This procedure worked wonders for me and it should work wonders for you too so give it a try.
Anyway, here is the procedure:
1. Turn your ignition on, but do not start the truck.
2. Now push the throttle pedal SLOWLY in it's full arc from no throttle to flat to the floor. Be steady. It should take you about 10 seconds or more.
3. Quickly release the pedal as soon as you hit the floor.
4. Turn your ignition off.
5. Repeat steps 1-4 two more times and then start the truck.
You should see a difference in your throttle response as soon as you drive your truck. Now if your throttle happens to already be properly calibrated and never really had any issues you may not see a difference, but many of you will.
This will work with a tune and a pedal commander type device as well. They will actually do their job better. Just make sure if you have something like a pedal commander that is turned off when you do the procedure just to make sure it doesn't throw things off. Don't worry about your tune, it will not affect that at all.
As an example I have my tunes set up to have sport mode throttle tables in all modes and on top of that I use a pedal commander on City just to find my sweet spot and to give me a little extra adjustability either way if I want it.
This procedure worked wonders for me and it should work wonders for you too so give it a try.
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