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igo · 05-20-2008, 10:00 PM

Here is one idea. Take off your throttle body and dremel the throttle plate to a knife edge. I did this on my pervious car and it seemed to make the pedal more responsive but, you can screw up your car if you take off too much material.

05-20-2008, 10:00 PM	#8 (permalink)
igo Master EcoModder Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Wheeling, WV Posts: 410 Mini Box Truck - '05 Scion Xb 90 day: 32.87 mpg (US) It FITs - '09 Honda Fit Sport 90 day: 36.2 mpg (US) Impreza - '13 Subaru Impreza Sport 90 day: 30.92 mpg (US) Thanks: 12 Thanked 14 Times in 10 Posts	Here is one idea. Take off your throttle body and dremel the throttle plate to a knife edge. I did this on my pervious car and it seemed to make the pedal more responsive but, you can screw up your car if you take off too much material.