DIY Sim Pedals

[Crispy]

Hello everyone. Recently I've been getting the urge to obtain more sim equipment. I was browsing online and looking at pedals, to where I found and almost purchased a set of CSR Elite pedals. Why might you ask? See, when I first bought my sim gear I was more into production cars rather than race cars. However, years later I have found myself addicted to the incredible cornering and braking and speed of brutal race cars. However, I have my pedals inverted, meaning it really only simulated a road car. (Yes I am nitpicking...) Now you say, why not revert them back to floor mount? Well I still like production cars....

So I was looking at pedals for two reasons. First of all I really like the ability to adjust whether the pedals are mounted on the floor or hanging. Second of all I bought my pedals while I was a lazy middle schooler, so they aren't as maintained as I would like. So why not buy a new set of pedals? Well, I'm planning on purchasing the Clubsport Wheel and Shifter, that's why. I could just suck it up and go with what I got, or I could go DIY.

I really have no idea on electronics, so going full on 100% DIY would be a no-go. Instead I plan on using the PCB and sensors of my current pedals, the Clubsport V1. While I'm going at it, DIY'ing a set of pedals, I plan on basically upgrading the Clubsport V1's to V2 status. Meaning a Digressive clutch and RC Shocks. I also plan on doing upgrades that were included in the Clubsport Tuning Kit, things like the longer 30mm brake bar and stiffer springs.

My plan is to go out to a junkyard and find some pedal pads and levers they can depress on. Then build the frame out of Aluminum tubing. Next step is a set of clamps that clamp on the lower part of the frame (Floor mount) or upper part of the frame (Hanging). The Pedals will be joined to the frame through the use of a swivel hinge to provide rotation and height for the desired mounting. The pedals will be held solid by clamps that clamp on to the top or bottom aluminum part of the frame. (I'll mock up a diagram later.)

So here is my plan. Hopefully I'll have a diagram up but for now this is it!

 

[left888]

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with Crispy. Several people have been building pedals with excellent results. I'm not sure the CSP ver 1's are a great candidate to build real pedals but that doesn't mean you can't do it. I have my CSP inverted as well, the first thing I did was install the stiffer springs.

There is a member here that built from scratch an excellent pedal set, sort of built on the Cannon pedals. Are you an iRacing member? The reason I ask is because on there forums there are several folks that are selling well crafted pedal sets and you could see the parts used. If not perhaps I could find you links to their pedals. I wish you luck, the DIY route is the best way to go IMO.

 

[Crispy]

Here is a sketch of what I'm planning. This is obviously not the final plan, as no details have been added. I'm working on a sketchup file however that should detail the project completely!

@left888 Sadly I do not have an iRacing account... (Yet) I would absolutely love to see some other DIY pedals as they are hard to come by on Google!

I'm pretty much using the CSP V1's for the electronics, the reason being that I have absolutely no knowledge on electronics, and would like to use my pedals on both Console and PC just like the CSP's. Everything else however will be complete DIY.

Hopefully this will end well, should probably save up for in case something goes wrong and I need new pedals...

 

[left888]

Here are some links to their sites, some are only on the iRacing forums.

http://www.mainperformancepc.com/product/sim-products/mppc-simpedals/

http://fivestarsimulations.com.au/index.php/buy-stuff/pedals

http://www.hppsimulation.com/

http://www.f1driving.it/ecommerce/en/pedals/carbon-pedals-3-p

http://forum.virtualracing.org/allgemeines-technik-forum/84410-pedals-by-emery-emond.html

http://frex.xsrv.jp/gpshop/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=189

http://ecci6000.com/6000_momo_01.htm

http://hargettprecision.com/index.php/racing-simulation/racing-pedals.html


An iRacing member named Niels Heusinkveld makes incredible pedals but he only sells them from the iRacing forum, here's the link for members to visit, if they already haven't.
http://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3193496.page

 

[lemansfanatic]

Would like to see if there is a DIY way to add on hydraulic actuators to other pedals.

 

[Crispy]

So here is the Design of the hinges used to rotate the pedals for inversion. (1 Foot=1 Inch) Anyone know of a hinge very similar to this (Doesn't have to be exact measurements)?

 

[Crispy]

Hate to double post but I have an update.

So I'm scrapping the above design of the hinge, too complicated! Instead I'm going to work a rotation hinge where you adjust the tension in the springs. (Right behind the adjustment nuts) This allows me to spend a lot less, as well as cut and fabricate a lot less. (I don't have very many tools) Most everything besides the frame will be identical to the CSP's. Now to find springs, fabricate a camshaft for the clutch, and find some aluminum profiling...