http://www.jmschip.com/pedalmax-throttle/

 

2013-2014 Shelby's are notorious for 'stalling out'? Hmm...

What does the PedalMAX actually do to enhance the throttle response? Just wondering, as I have no idea how it works.

 

What does the PedalMAX actually do to enhance the throttle response? Just wondering, as I have no idea how it works.

I'm not 100% sure but I think this persons explanation is pretty good:
http://themustangsource.com/forums/f726/installed-jms-pedalmax-wow-532860/index3/#post6860298

I never experienced any stalling issues with mine. However, I had it tuned and installed 3:73 gears fairly early on in ownership.

 

I would like to eliminate the stalling, but not sure if I want to go aftermarket. Ford should step up and fix the problem.

 

What is this "stalling" you guys are talking about?

 

I just read it on the link Snoopy posted. I hadn't heard about it before either, which is why I thought it was a little strange, how it said they were notorious for stalling out...

That does sound quite bad Snoopy...quite weird, too. I'd look to get that fixed, rather than mask it with a mod. Have you had it looked at?

 

In my case, it always happens at a stop light. I go to take off with light gas pedal pressure and I get no response and the car stalls, restart the car and the problem goes away. It has happened about 7 or 8 times since I bought the car. It's pretty embarrassing most of the time and could be deadly under the right circumstances.

 

^^ Interesting... I've never seen this.

 

Stall problem?? My '14 doesn't stall. Then again it was a very late production car so maybe the problem was fixed in the Factory Tune?? Interesting

 

Is this item found in the snake oil/seafoam isle of my local Autozone?

 

Welcome Matt.

This thread is over a year old. Not sure if you are advertising or interested in GT500's.

If you plan to stick around, here is the new member area:

New Member Introductions - Ford Shelby GT500 Forum

 

#resurrected

 

Enjoyed talking to Monty from JMS at PRI, my brother just bought a nice 2011 FX2 Ecoboost F150 and will likely do their Boostmax OBDII plug in.
I like their fuel pump and ignition boosters for my E85 conversion that's in progress.
Just seems like JMS is not well known on the forums I visit.
The electronic drive by wire TBs can take getting used too, this seems like a good product for those hesitant to actually tune their cars for warranty issues.
-J

 

Well, since this was dug up I might as well update my thoughts on the PedalMAX.

Right after installing the pedal max "thing" there's an immediate & noticeable difference in the way the throttle feels. However, within a couple of restarts, it seems to go back to normal. It's as though the computer defeats it. At least that's how it feels to me.

I ended up removing it because it didn't maintain that crisp throttle. It now sits in a box on a shelf and I just reset the ECU once a month to get the crisp throttle response back (which also goes away after a couple of restarts). Anyone else have to do that because your car becomes sluggish feeling over time or is it just me?

 

I have had mine stall out a few times on me. Seems when I go to work at 0445 I try to be nice to the neighbors and not just take off. When I do that mine always stalls and then the restart wakes them up. If I take off with a little more (I guess) push on the pedal it has never stalled on me. I just figured it did not like a slow take off and wanted to be rev'd a bit higher to wake up the neighbors. That is about the only time I have ever had it stall on me.

 

Mine does this stock and has done it since new. Very annoying.

 

Is this a 13/14 issue? I haven't heard any issues on stock previous years.

 

Sounds like y'all need to stop being pansies and use some more throttle.

 

I do use more throttle now. It took awhile to figure out it didn't like soft take offs and my neighbors said just go and don't worry about it.

 

Unfortunately, the stalling/rough idle is a real issue for 13/14's. It happened to me once. I thought that I had broke something. I called BJ at VMP because I thought it was the tune and he explained that it was a known (however rare) issue. After a few moments, I fired it back up with no issues. Since then, I have had zero issues however, I know its always possible. My Ford dealer acknowledged it too and said there is no fix for it.

 

The occasional stalls that have occurred on my car were driver error.With the music on,the hydraulic no feel clutch and the tbw I get a few. Not a biggy and no music helps, so you at least hear the motor on gentle take-offs.

 

The occasional stalls that have occurred on my car were driver error.With the music on,the hydraulic no feel clutch and the tbw I get few. Not a biggy and no music helps, so you at least hear the motor on gentle take-offs.

The tall first gear in the 13/14's does not help with this.

 

I've had a " dead pedal " more than 6-7 times with my '13. I was told to turn off the ignition and restart which fixes it. It usually happens when standing still at a light ....motor sits at idle with no pedal response. I thought it was the TB .....or the connections .
In any event it has not happened in a while....it never stalled but remains a mystery.

 

Did you ever had this happen again? Exactly my problem now. Did you resolve?

 

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