# EVO X FTW? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [May 6, 2008, 7:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/evo-x-ftw/47971 "2008-05-06T07:16:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![rdandy5875](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rdandy5875/32/7511_2.png) [@rdandy5875](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rdandy5875)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 8:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/evo-x-ftw/47971/21 "2008-05-06T08:17:21Z")
> [@Viper966](#): > > the issue here is that the pedal is on a fulcrap and is a full swing type and has the stop built into the attachment to the car. where the stop on the pedal in my tib and your focus is the floor, and it is before stresses are allowed to build on the attachment poitn > > what is the issue here is that the pedal’s travel stops before the “floor” so it stresses the plastic where it connects to the car… and repeated stress = snap Makes sense, the dude wanted MOOOOO POWA… ---
**Author:** ![Skurge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skurge/32/7285_2.png) [@Skurge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skurge)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/evo-x-ftw/47971/22 "2008-05-06T08:40:17Z")
i’m pretty sure the STi has medal ones :shrug: ---
**Author:** ![Tevenor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@Tevenor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tevenor)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 8:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/evo-x-ftw/47971/23 "2008-05-06T08:45:28Z")
> [@Skurge](#): > > i’m pretty sure the STi has medal ones :shrug: They have award winning pedals? :poke::lolham: ---
**Author:** ![StairSRT4](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/stairsrt4/32/7585_2.png) [@StairSRT4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/StairSRT4)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/evo-x-ftw/47971/24 "2008-05-06T08:54:26Z")
that’s insane ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 9:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/evo-x-ftw/47971/25 "2008-05-06T09:16:34Z")
[quote=“Tevenor,post:23,topic:47971"”] They have award winning pedals? :poke::lolham: [/quote] you have never seen an STI pedal setup? # 1 Brake/ GAS ---
**Author:** ![psphinx81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@psphinx81](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psphinx81)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 9:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/evo-x-ftw/47971/26 "2008-05-06T09:17:25Z")
LOL ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 9:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/evo-x-ftw/47971/27 "2008-05-06T09:21:12Z")
in fact this is happening so often that I’ve never heard of it despite reading evoM every day. I can picture a well designed plastic pedal being stronger than stamped metal. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/evo-x-ftw/47971/28 "2008-05-06T09:23:40Z")
wow… thats, impresive. …I’m gonna go ahead and say that this is not well designed. Otherwise, yes I agree it _could_ be as strong ---
**Author:** ![AFhockey31](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/afhockey31/32/5086_2.png) [@AFhockey31](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AFhockey31)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 9:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/evo-x-ftw/47971/29 "2008-05-06T09:32:00Z")
they prob did it so they can find out whos romping on their cars like idiots… “i swear, i was just sitting there, the light turned green and i just easily pressed the gas pedal and SNAP, i promise you i wasnt racing around in it” ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 9:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/evo-x-ftw/47971/30 "2008-05-06T09:37:54Z")
> [@AFhockey31](#): > > they prob did it so they can find out whos romping on their cars like idiots… > > “i swear, i was just sitting there, the light turned green and i just easily pressed the gas pedal and SNAP, i promise you i wasnt racing around in it” the way plastic fatigue occurs this could happen… but, you would have had to race it a couple of times. or have heavy feet etc… but you could be at a light one day and go to press it down and tweak it the wrong way and snap ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 9:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/evo-x-ftw/47971/31 "2008-05-06T09:41:06Z")
Heres my question… what if the owner is a 250# guy who put in a heavy clutch (higher pedal effort)? ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/evo-x-ftw/47971/32 "2008-05-06T09:50:12Z")
> [@Nikuk](#): > > Heres my question… what if the owner is a 250# guy who put in a heavy clutch (higher pedal effort)? it looks as if both failures are gas pedal related, but ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 10:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/evo-x-ftw/47971/33 "2008-05-06T10:11:27Z")
> [@Viper966](#): > > it looks as if both failures are gas pedal related, but reading \> me. and, srsly, W O W. How much load could there possibly be on the gas pedal? I understand putting it to the wood… but did the engineers think that people would srsly never do that, and not consider it at all? yes, i understand how a fulcrum works… but this sort of design blunder just amazes me. ---
**Author:** ![Tevenor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@Tevenor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tevenor)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/evo-x-ftw/47971/34 "2008-05-06T10:30:27Z")
> [@theblue](#): > > in fact this is happening so often that I’ve never heard of it despite reading evoM every day. > > I can picture a well designed plastic pedal being stronger than stamped metal. So you missed the 16 pager [here](http://forums.evolutionm.net/showthread.php?t=337807)?:eyebrow: ---
**Author:** ![Zong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zong/32/7580_2.png) [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 10:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/evo-x-ftw/47971/35 "2008-05-06T10:48:53Z")
given the price of 93 these days, this isn’t necessarily a bad thing ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/evo-x-ftw/47971/36 "2008-05-06T10:55:14Z")
> [@Zong](#): > > given the price of 93 these days, this isn’t necessarily a bad thing lol 👏 ---
**Author:** ![66impalass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/66impalass/32/7429_2.png) [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 11:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/evo-x-ftw/47971/37 "2008-05-06T11:11:06Z")
> [@Tevenor](#): > > So you missed the 16 pager [here](http://forums.evolutionm.net/showthread.php?t=337807)?:eyebrow: Its Aaron, he is such a fan of the X that he probably claimed it to be a Sti fanboi trying to start shit. ---
**Author:** ![Tevenor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@Tevenor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tevenor)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/evo-x-ftw/47971/38 "2008-05-06T11:20:59Z")
> [@66impalass](#): > > Its Aaron, he is such a fan of the X that he probably claimed it to be a Sti fanboi trying to start shit. Don’t get me wrong. I am a fellow Evo owner and I marvel at the rampant stupidity on EvoM sometimes. But this was a pretty big thread in the EvoX forums. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 11:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/evo-x-ftw/47971/39 "2008-05-06T11:35:32Z")
> [@66impalass](#): > > Its Aaron, he is such a fan of the X that he probably claimed it to be a Sti fanboi trying to start shit. 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/evo-x-ftw/47971/40 "2008-05-06T11:39:17Z")
yup, I missed one thread, I also don’t pay much attention to the X forum. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/evo-x-ftw/47971.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/evo-x-ftw/47971.md?page=3)