F150 Throttle Response Controllers Tested | Do F150 Throttle Controllers Work? -What's Up With That? 

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Not a Ford guy....Cummins...however..came across this video while searching throttle booster reviews....I rarely comment on any videos,but this video is the best I've ever seen in terms of not only show causing a product,but also demonstrating it in real time with actual science...thank you!...WELL DONE!

Great explanation mate... This actually shows how they give improved response time.. Have left reference to this video in other places so others can see why they make a difference... Well done.

Great episode... Thank you!

Very enlightening experiment. Logical as well seeing as this is not a performance enhancing device. Good job!👌

I bought the Speedform from you guys a couple of months ago for my FX4! There is ZERO lag when stepping on the gas now! I love it!

Why don't you guys have more subscribers? Most informative videos I can find on getting my F-150 the parts I want. (From y'alls site of course) Keep up the awesome work, it's appreciated.

I like watching your videos. Always seem to learn something different and neat

I recently purchased the Axial SpeedForm Series Throttle Controller for my 2022 F-150 Lariat and boy oh boy the throttle difference is amazing. I thought the regular sport mode in my truck was impressive, but P2-9 blows my sport mode out of the water. P3-9 (Racing mode) is neck snapping all out fun.

Awesome test

Never heard of one of these, I learned something new today. Very cool stuff!

I seen a lot of this videos and I can tell you are most accurate what eve seen before by the way 5 or 10° is better than nothing

Interesting, your point about throttle "lag" is a valid one. I've experienced this on my 1st year tbw Harley motorcycle & can attest to the difference a similar throttle management device makes.They are basically plug 'n play and worth the expense though as you say, no substitute for a tuner.

I added an Amp'd Throttle Booster w/ Switch to my 2018 F150 with 5.0L. Totally amazed by the difference in performance. No issues with over 3000 miles on the installed throttle booster. Well worth the money!

Great video!

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Great video! What suspension and wheel and tire setup is on the f150 in the background?

Can you do a video using the Pedal Commander?

Good stuff👍🏻

Hi, very informative, advanced, and complete information regarding the throttle controller, thank you, but I have a question I hope the admin or American Trucks Ford can answer regarding safety issue, My question is what if the throttle controller's device suddenly fails? or the little wire cut? Do we still have the control of gas pedal? or it will be back to normal mode? Thank you for hoping American Trucks can enlighten us. thank you again !

People who like the pedal commander or any of the other clones have no idea how a throttle by wire system works. When you press down on the gas pedal your ecu sees the signal then sends your throttle body instructions on how far to open. The pedal commander attaches to the gas pedal and alters the signal that goes from the gas pedal to the ecu. The problem people are trying to fix with the device is the so called lag they feel when they press their gas pedal down and when the car actually starts moving. For some reason people think that the signal going from the gas pedal takes a long time to travel to the ecu and that is why they have a delay. The signal actually reaches the ecu instantly and the signal going from the ecu to the throttle body is instant as well. So why is there a delay? Because the automotive makers built it into the software. Its called torque management. If you slam your foot down to the floor what happens is the ecu says, nope, and gradually opens the throttle body not giving it full power right away because it doesnt want you to spin the tires and lose control of the car. Pretty much every modern car does this. So what does the pedal commander do? It lies to the ecu as to how far youre pressing the gas pedal. So if you press it 30 percent the ecu may see 50. So by the time youre at 70 to 80 to 90 percent the ecu is seeing 100 percent full throttle making it feel like the car is accelerating faster. The problem with this is that now the pedal resolution has been greatly lowered making it more light switch like and the 1 to 1 throttle pedal to output ratio has been thrown out which makes it feel less like the old throttle by cable systems which were 1 to 1 ratios. No matter what setting you have on the pedal commander the ecu will still slow down the rate at which your throttle opens since this product installs before the ecu signal and not after and torque management is still there. My opinion is that this product and all its clones are snake oil. These companies prey on people who dont understand how a modern throttle by wire system works. It doesnt get rid of any lag because there is none to get rid of. It will do nothing to how fast your car accelerates to sixty. Dont waste your money on this huge rip off. To get rid of that delay you have to get a tune which will remove torque management. Also, a tune can alter your throttle to output ratio to whatever your want making the pedal commander totally useless. Yes if you have both a tune and a pedal commander at the same time you have literally just flushed 300 bucks down the drain. This pedal commander is worth 30 bucks at most. My RC radio controller can do this exact same thing except I get to totally customize what my throttle does with a visual graph and lcd display plus I have atleast 20 more functions and its wireless all for 40 bucks. So please dont waste your money on this garbage product.

Awesome video, but would REALLY loved to have seen if sport mode in the truck changes this. I know it changes the shift pattern to be more aggressive, but does it make the throttle more sensitive? I feel that it does, but Id love to see the numbers

Throttle monster - best one

I Have a JMS ON MY 2004 F-150. IT REALLY BRINGS THE TRUCK TO LIFE! ITS CALLED THROTTLE BY WIRE

Can you combine pedal/power commander and a tune? Have them both?

Hey, Justin, awesome video as usual. I just got my 2017 F150, would you recommend one of these?

what rims are those? looks nice

I’d like to see the difference in modes on the sct10 with the drive modes on the trans. Like sport mode on the shifter with track on the throttle.

Does the voltage directly correlate to just throttle angle or the speed at which the throttle opens?

I remember these being big in the early mid 2000's as one of the few mods you could put on an Acura CL. They were more of a joke, at the time as they didnt make too much of a difference.. Have they really become legit products nowadays to use along with a piggyback or stand-alone ecu?

Great except you need to test all four and tell us which is the best value.

What are these voltages compared to the built in modes on the shifter? That will show q more truer test.

SprintBooster SBFO1023S I've been using it since 2012 for my 2012 raptor

I have one of these installed on my 18 f150 2.7 and it makes a HUGE difference. No turbo lag 😂

With the 2021 eco, sports, valet settings, do these make much difference now?

My question is will the pedal Commander disable my fuel management system and if it can at what setting would it do that to where it would not go down to four cylinders

Interesting video question though if you get a tuner will your tuner adjust this response as well?

So 180 degrees is closed throttle body and 90 degrees is full open except the Ford stops at 82 degrees? My 2.7 is terrible so which aftermarket throttle body opens all the way or flows best?

Two things my F150 does that really pisses me off in this regard is resets the "mode" of driving back to normal each time I turn it off, and Sport mode keeps the transmission in an unnecessarily low gear after accelerating for a while. Do all these devices keep their setting after you power down the vehicle? And if you're holding constant throttle do they let the transmission upshift to lower RPM?

So basically all these do, is the same/similar thing as driving modes on a Mustang. They make the truck "Feel" faster by opening up the throttle more, with less pressure on the gas pedal, but at WOT, its still the same regardless. Having a "touchy" throttle will make it "feel" more fun, but without actually making your truck faster. The stock throttle isn't very touchy at all, (pretty much have to floor it to actually make the truck move) and I suppose that is what makes these alluring. Plus if you have a powertrain warranty, this won't void anything like a tune will. A tune is a much better option, but not if you want that warranty in case if something blows up... The dealer will blame a tune for pretty much any major engine failure because the tune can push the engine passed its "normal" operating parameters.

I see a lot of you want to see how much the throttle changes at a certain angle. The thing is this device only affects the voltage. The voltage only changes how much the throttle opens not how fast it opens from 0. The acceleration of the throttle opening would be based on how fast it can read the voltage being provided. Nothing to do with the actual voltage amount itself.

They work..I’ve got PC but I’ve heard other people had other issues with check engine light coming out.. but I don’t think it actually does .. I think coincidence

What about the transient response? i.e. the "instantaneousness"

Can Forscan software do the same buy finding the codes language?

Wish my 2018 f150 had the cable setup. They made them to complicated

Do you guys have one of these for GMC ‘6.2

I want to know what the voltage and degrees when the truck is in the factory SPORT, Eco and Tow Modes.

Besides knowing the actual numbers, like voltage, what is the difference between a device like this and a drive mode?

These don't affect cruise control right?

So does this stack with the different drive modes the truck already comes with? Or is this for trucks that don’t have a built in Normal, Sport, Eco mode etc?

So running vallet would be more of a gas saver than running eco...?

What lift kit and tires of blue Truck in video?

Also does the device stay at the same setting while the truck is turned on and off or does it reset to a default every start up?

I would like to see the actual blade of the throttle body opening and found a way to time the speed of how quickly it reacts to the different voltages or “modes”

excellent explanation..... but..... Who really need this device??? Maybe the valet mode is interesting, but Mykey is there!

Will the extra voltage harm the pcm?

Should of set them on timers for the first run to see how fast it took to reach a goal angle.

Could I run this with my 93 octane tune?

These DO have the risk of throwing CEL and other error codes. Proceed with caution.

Maybe I missed a point in the video, but I did not get any information about the actual reason to see it: What about the lag? Changing the throttle curve has nothing to do with lag (as you can move your accelerator faster with your own foot).

So, this thing is really only good for the Valet mode.

If I took 2 or more of them and pluged them into each other and the truck would it be even better then one? Asking for a friend. :)

What's the difference between my eco mode and sport mode already have on the truck with my 3.5 EcoBoost

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What’s up with the side mirror

Can't go wrong with a Pedal Commander

Just wanna get everyone's opinion, is this good product?

I have one. On a Ford Raptor. Don't call it a gimmick or fake. Huge difference from with to without. You can't duplicate what it does by just pressing the gas pedal harder. It does something. No doubt. I loved it at first. That being said, I've had it on for 2 years. I started noticing odd shifting, especially down shifting, or not shifting, at odd times. Like to the point I thought something was f*cked up. I took the Pedal Commander off, and my problems are gone. I don't go by what people "say" ---- I go by what I actually experience, and that is what I've experienced. Did it start to malfunction? Cause havoc with ECU even though it's "not supposed to"? No idea. But as of now, I'm glad it's off.

I know this is an older video, but here's a great video that explains a lot about these modulators and which ones work and which ones are Not Safe... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rag8Mjeao5s.html

Not pushing pedal fast enough. These are purchased to eliminate lag. Pushing it that slow you would never feel the lag to begin be with

I was really hoping you'd test the improvement (or lack thereof) in actual lag. I'm very skeptical that these devices reduce actual lag and looking for a proper test of this. My guess is that they just make the vehicle FEEL less laggy with a hockey stick/boomerang response curve....which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but doesn't really match the claims they make or the price they're asking for these things. I'm not sure how it'd be possible to decrease ACTUAL lag time, since the pedal still has to communicate with the ECM/ECU/PCM/whatever. There's no getting around that AFAIK, so any lag introduced in this communication will still be present. If there were a way to bypass the ECU/ECM and use a snappier data bus to control the throttle, then I'd totally get it....but I just don't see how it's possible without getting rid of that bottleneck, which none of these devices do.

Don't really understand why anyone would waste the money on just making the throttle response more sensitive. To each their own. Why not just put the money into a tune and gain HP, Torque and "Throttle Response". Yeah, it costs more, however, you gain so much more then just making it feel faster without gaining squat. If you want added throttle response, just put it in sport mode. My ecoboost with sport mode activated is about all the throttle response gain that I like. anymore then that just seems like overkill. Just my 2 cents. Have a Great Day People!!

can you tune the 5.0 v8?

It's essentially the same thing as pushing the gas pedal further. Remember, your feet respond faster than your vehicle's powertrain, so a device like this will not do anything you couldn't do yourself with your feet. Waste of money.

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They are designed to take anywhere from $750, to $1,250, out of your pocket. Your Bible says... Anything that is going to last, is rooted in the truth. And the truth is, the best throttle response ever, comes from the most direct path from the pedal to the throttle. And that would be a cable. But if your throttle cable breaks... That's an easy fix. No need to bring it to the dealer at $120 an hour effective labor rate... Just so they can tell you... They don't know what the problem is. Or... That's the way we do things now ... deal with it. And that is precisely the thinking that has led them to a criminal fraud investigation. And did I happen to mention that, your warranty on a $70,000 pickup truck, is VOID, if you install one of those controllers? Do they mention that in their advertising? Do they tell you that just installing this controller, instantly turns your vehicle into junk? No. Because they have Investments that they have made into these companies. And these companies guaranteed return on these Investments. And in order to get a return on these Investments... They don't care who they screw. Lest not we forget... Actual throttle cables... Aren't made in Silicon Valley. They were made in the same sweatshops... In China... that these throttle controllers are made in. By virtually, the same people. All of the settings on your computer, are already designed for Optimal Performance. Going in there, and making adjustments yourself, is getting you that much closer to, computerized, failure.

Maybe Banks Peddle Monster was not available at the time of this video, if that's the case you are forgiven.

It’s a knockoff of the sprint booster

lol pretty rusty for a new truck at 3:54

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Waste of money just put it in sport mode

It’s a waste of money.. you can’t wait 1.3 seconds to get moving?

Good review. This device seems gimmicky to me. I'm out.

That sounds like a stupid worthless product. All it does is reduce the resolution of your gas pedal. It just ramps up the voltage to your throttle faster or slower. If you want more power without this device just push the pedal further down. It still gives you full power.