Active Shift Designs Accelerator Pedal
Lift Spacer for 2013-17 Ford Fiesta ST [MK 7.5 JA8]
Benefits
- Down shift like a boss and never miss shift
because of poor throttle-brake placement
- Maintain speed and momentum through corners
and improve rev-matching smoothness
- Drive with comfort! Proper throttle height
eases stress on your ankle and leg making longer drives more
enjoyable.
Kit
Contents
- Accelerator Pedal Spacer with ST Logo
- 2x Coupler Nuts + 2x Matched Bolts
- Available in your choice of Black, Red
& Blue
Applications
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The Ford Fiesta ST are great performance hot hatches that
are incredibly rewarding to drive. Unfortunately, the Ford Fiesta ST suffers from an ergonomic problem that causes us to
drive in awkward positions and makes proper heel-toe techniques
difficult. The accelerator pedal sits approximately 1.5in deeper than
your brake and clutch pedals, causing your leg and ankle to make some
uncomfortable moves as your foot moves from gas pedal to brake. While
you may not have noticed the problem in the past - try driving another
manual transmission car and the problem becomes obvious. This means that
road trips can leave your ankles feeling sore and overextended, and
driving is much less comfortable than it could be.
Active Shift Designs has developed this simple fix for the
problem - an Accelerator Lift Spacer, which brings the Gas, Clutch and
Brake pedals all even with each other, allowing for proper heel toe and
a much more comfortable driving position, even allowing you to sit
further back in the seat, meaning shifting feels more natural, too.
Other accelerator pedal spacers on the market are made of expensive
billet and only extend the pedal out a little bit, far short of where it
should be, because those kits are limited by the length of the studs the
accelerator pedal assembly mounts onto. Precision 3d printed
in high-strength ABS Plastic, this spacer provides an even and level mounting
surface for your accelerator pedal to mount against, and features
coupler nuts precisely the right length that thread onto the OEM accelerator
pedal mounting studs and includes new hardware to safely and securely mount your
accelerator pedal module. Available in Red, Blue, White or Black to match your ST,
and each spacer features an embossed "ST" logo.
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ModBargains resident Ford ST Vehicle Expert Nick uses this spacer on
the Project Fiesta ST.
Here's what Nick had to say:
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"I didn't think the pedal position of the Fiesta and
Focus was a problem, until I tried using a 3-pedal race simulator, and
found that my heel toe movements were way off - and it stank in how big
of a difference there is. After installing the Active Shift Designs
Pedal Lift Spacer, my gas clutch and brake pedals are all even - it
changed where I sit in the car and the feel of driving it, and it was
much less strain on my ankle. I put this spacer to the test through a
full weekend of Drag Racing and more than 90 miles in the serpentine
mountain roads of Southern California, and I gotta tell you, it made a
huge difference in how comfortable it was to really flog the car, and at
the end of a day of driving, my knee and ankle weren't sore like they
usually were. If you don't have one of these on your ST, you're doing
it wrong. HIGHLY recommend." |
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Automobile Magazine tried the ASD Pedal Lift Spacer and found it
resolved most of their complaints about the pedal spacing. Here's what
Automobile writer Joseph Capparella's impressions were:. |
"The gas pedal in the 2014 Ford Fiesta ST is placed significantly
closer to the firewall than the brake and clutch pedals, making
finding a comfy seating position tough and heel-and-toe shifting
near impossible. That’s especially frustrating on such a
performance-minded car, but we found a product
from ModBargains.com that
aims to fix this issue. It’s a 3D-printed plastic spacer that fits
in behind the throttle pedal to push it forward a bit so it’s even
with the clutch and brake pedals.
Installing the $54.99 pedal spacer took us about 30 minutes, and we
needed only a socket wrench to complete the task. Staffers
immediately noticed that the new pedal layout makes it much easier
to find a comfortable seating position, not to mention enabling
heel-and-toe shifting.
“This is how the Fiesta ST's pedal box should have been arranged
from the factory,” said associate Web editor Jake Holmes. “If
I owned one, I would absolutely pay for this accessory just so I
could actually drive this car as intended -- enthusiastically.”
Read more: http://www.automobilemag.com/reviews/12_month_car_reviews/1503-2014-ford-fiesta-st-devil-in-the-details/
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Worried about mounting your accelerator module to a plastic part? Don't
be - the spacer is made of high-strength ABS plastic, but more
importantly the load bearing parts of this design are the steel coupler
nuts and studs, as OEM - and the plastic spacer is simply providing a
stable platform mount up against, so you can be confident that your gas
pedal is securely mounted.
Interested in ordering a set? Talk to our friendly and knowledgeable Mod
Experts at 714-582-3330 or email us at [email protected].
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