This is a big issue for me - when I first drove my new to me Pantera, I literally had to roll my right foot over to use the gas pedal without also engaging the brake pedal. Sure, my feet are a little wide, but not freakishly so, and the wider soles on the sneakers these days doesn’t help.
I searched here and found a few other posts that shared the same issue, but not as many as I would have thought - so I decided to investigate the problem fully before getting out my grinder and cutting off a portion of the brake pedal.
First, here is the drivers footwell when I acquired the car:
With my right foot fully against the side panel my foot makes contact with the brake pedal. So I pulled off that panel, removed the ancient jute pad in that area, and also repositioned the carpet at the bottom to ensure it wasn’t keeping that panel from fully snugging against the tunnel. Here’s what I got:
so I bought myself about .5” - every little bit helps, but this is still a problem. I might sink a screw up higher than the other one back in there to pull the panel even further in. But even still, this area remains too tight.
here’s the entire pedal assembly looking up - the steering shaft is so close to the clutch pedal lever it actually makes slight contact - is this the stock location for this pedal assembly, or is it a bit jinky? All thoughts welcomed, of course. The grinder is out and the brake pedal is about to get a trim . . .
