Demo Of Dismal Drive-By-Wire

A common question about the Banks PedalMonster is, “What does it do that my right foot can’t?” This video demonstration shows how the vehicle’s ECM (electronic control module) interprets your input in a predetermined way. PedalMonster intercepts the signal and allows you to tune the pedal and personalize its response, unlike any other throttle response controller on the market. Click the image above to watch the demo. 

Full Video Transcript

00:00 all right I know it’s in here somewhere aha I got it get this thing dusted off powered up and I’ll show you what we’re talking about so pull up the banks app get Bluetooth going we’ll leave it in stock so the comment that you were talking about that we get all the time is the

00:15 pedal monster can’t do anything that my foot can’t I’ll show you why that’s incorrect so in stock I’m going to do my best to press the pedal at the same speed every time but just keep an eye on how that valve is reacting no matter how fast how hard you press it this speed is

00:28 ultimately going to be controlled by your ECM so let’s jump over to sport we’ll leave it at level 10 the valve is opening so much quicker because pedal monster is in line between the pedal and ECM we’re applying our own transfer function through environments and power

00:39 modes and gives you complete control over the speed tuned to how you want to drive it and unlike other throttle controllers like pedal Commander or sprint booster we connect to OBD2 so it’s got year make model speed gear and the big safety aspect of this is the bypass relay so if anything goes wrong

00:54 with pedal monster it’s going to bypass revert to stock and the other guys all of a sudden you’re going to be stuck

PedalMonster is the world’s only OBD-connected throttle sensitivity controller. This real-time vehicle data is used to provide a smooth pedal response, Low-Speed Trim (traction control) and has patented speed and gear-related features like Reverse Safety.

For a sports car perspective, see what happened after installation in a Corvette in “Vette Gets Boost from PedalMonster”.