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MG MGB Technical - gas pedal

A goofy sort of question, but why do newer mgb's (like '74) lack a pad on the gas pedal?...Just wondering?...
Pete

Is that when they changed pedals to make heel toe driving easier to do? I have a 78 with the long pedal which definitely makes it easier.

Simon Jansen

Since San Francisco Bay area has its own monsoon season, I wanted better traction on my pedals with wet shoes. It took a bit of grunting, but I warmed a third copy of the brake/clutch covers and put one on the "petrol pedal."

I'm happy with it.
Dan Robinson

'69s lack the pad as well. The idea is that as you depress the pedal, (presumably by rocking your foot with your heel on the floor as the pivot point), the pedal will slide smoothly from the ball of your foot towards your toe. If it didn't, the pedal action could be jerky as it slid or you would have to move your foot to maintain the pedal in the same place under your foot (to avoid it sliding). It's similar in concept to the roller pedal on TDs or the aftermarket roller pedals you used to see offered for VWs.

Another possible reason is that it's cheaper to not install a part than it is to install it, and the previous rationalisation was derived after the fact! ;-)
Rob Edwards

My '71 B/GT came new sans a rubber pad on the "go" pedal, too.
Daniel Wong

I'm with Rob, you want your foot to slide smoothly on the pad of the accelerator, but you don't want it to slip off the clutch or brake. Having said that Mk1 cars did had a rubber pad on a small square pedal, after that the Parts Catalogue indicates larger metal pads but no rubbers. The first of these seems to have a metal pad the same size as the clutch and brake so potentially could be fitted with a rubber pad intended for those, and I do have a photo showing one fitted. The final pedal has a much longer metal pad on a convoluted bar which does away with the pedal stop that RHD cars at least had.
Paul Hunt

This thread was discussed between 08/04/2009 and 09/04/2009

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