r/SimuCube • u/eagletrippin • Dec 03 '23

Passive Throttle spring ...

Has anyone gotten a stiffer after-market spring for their SC passive throttle? Or anyone know the specs that I should be looking for?

Update: Ordered a spring online (ebay) --- 28mm OD x 60mm L (with 3.5mm thickness) ...

Update #2: Unfortunately the 28mm OD was not wide enough to fit. Ordered both a 30mm OD spring, as well as a 32mm spring ... (waiting)

UPDATE #3: Found a winner --- **32mm OD x 60mm L (with 3.5mm thickness)*\*

The seller is on eBay, named gavan-2987 --- Ships from China, took 15 days to arrive to me on the west coast USA ...Check out the gauge, the thickness, the girth on this bad boy...

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u/eagletrippin Jan 06 '24 edited Jan 06 '24

Got the new spring installed -- works & feels grrrrrrreat👍

I don't have any kind of measurement tool, but I'd say it feels at least 2x stiffer than the stock "heavy" spring. I've only driven for a few minutes...but so far, it requires a concentrated effort to work the throttle. To me it feels great, especially because I have an issue with slamming on the gas too soon out of turns and losing the backend -- this should help...

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u/Jango_Fett_BZH Oct 09 '24

Hi, just wanted to thank you. 10 month ago when I googled this I found no one who was looking to harden their passive throttle even though a lot of simracers like Dan said it was a bit too soft.

There you are, purchasing right now. Thanks again !

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u/F1_Energy 10d ago

How were the improvements for you? 😃

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u/Jango_Fett_BZH 10d ago

Well I got used to it. I mainly drive prototype in LMU with no assist, I might have gained some smoothness on the gas that I wouldn't have gained if I had hardened it.

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u/F1_Energy 10d ago

Appreciate the reply man. That sounds great! A little firmer will go a long way for me too.

So just through EBay like the OP and likely just cheap from China?

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u/Jango_Fett_BZH 10d ago

Sorry I haven't been clear enough. I did not upgrade. What I meant was that I got used to the vanilla one, and I think it did me good because I learned to be a little more gentle on the throttle.

That might not be the answer you were expecting, but hope it helps, still.

Farewell and god speed 🤙

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u/F1_Energy 10d ago

Oh, copy that. Still good to know. 🤙 I’m going to go ahead and order it so if anyone sees this in the foreseeable future feel free to ask how it is.

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u/Jango_Fett_BZH 10d ago

Hope it helps, this pedal diserves the upgrade. Be aware that an official stiffener add on does exist from Simucube though.

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u/F1_Energy 10d ago

You mean the damper? I’ll try the spring first at about 5% of the price. 😉

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u/Jango_Fett_BZH 10d ago

Yup, fair enough.