Post by Christian Challiner on Feb 27, 2015 15:42:28 GMT -5
Hi guys,
So after some messing around with a FSAE pedal box and designing it to accomodate tilton 600 series pads (basically because I reckon a tilton pedal feels better than a randomly drawn aluminium plate!) I decided to look into a similar idea but for the fanatec pedals, I know DSD sell some 'tilton style' faces but to be honest, it's just not the same. So, basically this is just a small adapter plate I've been messing with which replaces those blocks of aluminium that hold the stock pedal faces on, it has two tapped M6x1.0 threads in order to bolt the tilton pad to and two countersunk M6 holes for the bolts through to the actual pedal lever (picture shows this more clearly). Basically, you bolt the block to the pedal lever the same way you would the fanatec pedal, then you put the tilton pedal face over the top and use two more M6's into the tapped holes to secure the pedal to the block. I did think that if you wanted absolute security you could always drill the pedal lever using the block as a template (for the lower hole) but I don't think that's really necessary.
I plan to make a few of these for myself and whilst I can't actually provide them (I don't have the time to machine them) If there's interest I will either try to see if someone wants to take on the product or just upload the engineering drawings here and you guys can sort them out at a machine shop. It's not a complicated part, you could even probably make one using just a saw, clamp, drill and a ruler, finish wont be good but it will work!
Anyway, this is the kind of thing I'm proposing, what do you think?
For note, the tilton faces cost approx £16.50 per pedal so a full set is £49.50 (http://www.competitionsupplies.com/brake-systems/brake-pedal-boxes/tilton-replacement-pedal-pads-suit-600-series-pedal-assemblies), they do a narrow (~40mm) and a wide (~65mm) pedal, you can use any, the bolt pattern is the same but I intended to use narrow pedals for throttle and clutch and wide for the brake pedal.
So after some messing around with a FSAE pedal box and designing it to accomodate tilton 600 series pads (basically because I reckon a tilton pedal feels better than a randomly drawn aluminium plate!) I decided to look into a similar idea but for the fanatec pedals, I know DSD sell some 'tilton style' faces but to be honest, it's just not the same. So, basically this is just a small adapter plate I've been messing with which replaces those blocks of aluminium that hold the stock pedal faces on, it has two tapped M6x1.0 threads in order to bolt the tilton pad to and two countersunk M6 holes for the bolts through to the actual pedal lever (picture shows this more clearly). Basically, you bolt the block to the pedal lever the same way you would the fanatec pedal, then you put the tilton pedal face over the top and use two more M6's into the tapped holes to secure the pedal to the block. I did think that if you wanted absolute security you could always drill the pedal lever using the block as a template (for the lower hole) but I don't think that's really necessary.
I plan to make a few of these for myself and whilst I can't actually provide them (I don't have the time to machine them) If there's interest I will either try to see if someone wants to take on the product or just upload the engineering drawings here and you guys can sort them out at a machine shop. It's not a complicated part, you could even probably make one using just a saw, clamp, drill and a ruler, finish wont be good but it will work!
Anyway, this is the kind of thing I'm proposing, what do you think?
For note, the tilton faces cost approx £16.50 per pedal so a full set is £49.50 (http://www.competitionsupplies.com/brake-systems/brake-pedal-boxes/tilton-replacement-pedal-pads-suit-600-series-pedal-assemblies), they do a narrow (~40mm) and a wide (~65mm) pedal, you can use any, the bolt pattern is the same but I intended to use narrow pedals for throttle and clutch and wide for the brake pedal.