Anyone tried the Banks Pedalmonster??

[K223]

Haha, it’s $295. I ordered it directly from Banks yesterday morning otherwise I would have preferred to support Freedom if I had known.

Let us know what you think about it, after using it for a little while. Seems K&N makes a pedal controller as well now. So many new entries.

 

[Rick@FreedomMotorsports]

I would get an MPT tune, but I like keeping my powertrain warranty intact, so no tune for me.

We are a MPT vendor too, we sell their tunes.

 

[Roc Nichols]

Put your foot on the brake and give it a little gas it will move

 

[quikag]

https://official.bankspower.com/ped...d Track, each,the iDash and phone application.

 

[quikag]

Okay, I got the Banks Pedal Monster and installed yesterday late afternoon. It was installed and calibrated in about 10 minutes, everything was perfect. It was $295 shipped for my stand alone model using the phone app to adjust the settings via bluetooth. It synced and worked perfectly the first time. Banks also did free 2nd day FedEx Air for $0 shipping which was a very nice touch. I load up my 2.5 year old son and head out to play with the different modes/settings.

There are 3 main modes: City, Sport, and Track. Each of those 3 main modes has 10 sensitivity settings from 1 to 10.

Track: It's a good party trick, but it's basically worthless with the Raptor. Giving it more than 20-30% throttle and you're at full boost flying down the road. It's fun to play with, but you'd have to be a maniac to drive around town in Track mode.

Sport: This gives you a much faster ramp up when going above 20% throttle or so. I tried numerous sensitivity ranges in Sport and it made the truck very responsive, but almost a bit too responsive as it's not linear by design. The more you push the gas pedal, the Pedal Monster ramps up the throttle opening in a bit of an exponential way. Not nearly as aggressive as Track, so it is usable around town, but you just need to know that every additional push of the throttle will give an outsized response from the engine.

City: As Goldilocks would say, this was just the right temperature for me. The City setting is linear, but you get a faster ramp-up. So, you get a linear response, which I like a lot, but it's a faster linear response. You just don't have to push down the gas pedal as much to get the truck going, but it doesn't surprise you like Track does (a lot) and Sport does (a little). The truck just feels like it has an extra 50hp driving around town.

Also, one of the great things for me is the Pedal Monster initiates quicker throttle openings, so you get the turbos spooled faster which is good for a "smaller" turbo engine like we have. A side story is I have a good co-worker friend drive my Raptor a month or so after I got it. He has a nice 2016 3.5 Ecoboost work truck, so he's familiar with the Ecoboost engine. He was excited to drive the 450hp HO engine in my 2019 Raptor. In normal mode, he was pretty underwhelmed with the throttle response especially on downshift and the engine seemed to take a little bit to build boost. I switch it to sport mode and he was a lot more impressed. This Pedal Monster gives you the quicker response in normal mode without holding onto lower gears and revving out like the factory sport mode does, so it just feels noticeably more responsive driving around town. Then, hitting it to pass someone on the highway or around town, you will trigger faster downshifts as the computer notices a very fast (faster than stock calibration does) throttle opening and tells the turbos and transmission to get going.


Summary: I am currently very happy with City Mode 7 and am planning to keep the Pedal Monster. Is it worth $295? Only for those of us who appreciate quicker throttle response and not having to go half to full throttle to get the Raptor 3.5L TT HO going down the road or moving faster once it's already rolling. I will say it's not a life changing mod, but considering how often many of us spend large amounts of money on stupid crap, I'd say it's well worth $295. The engineering and build quality and safety built into it make the Banks Pedal Monster worth the money compared to competitor products IMHO.

Finally, a big selling point for me is it has zero effect on warranty as it doesn't reprogram or mess with the truck's computers in any way. It's just an inline electronic throttle controller with 30 different settings over 3 modes, so it's pretty sweet to get the throttle response dialed in just the way you want it. It removes the sluggishness of the stock throttle calibration.

 

[K223]

It’s sounds comparable in performance to the other brands. If this one won’t throw codes like many have from the other brands, then this is a good option.

I thought about the Berger too, as I haven’t heard of any issues. Not to mention the new K&N.

 

[quikag]

It’s sounds comparable in performance to the other brands. If this one won’t throw codes like many have from the other brands, then this is a good option.

I thought about the Berger too, as I haven’t heard of any issues. Not to mention the new K&N.

Yeah, might want to watch this video starting around the 10:00 mark to compare the features, safety, etc. of all the competitors before making a decision though. One thing I like about Gale Banks is it's a real engineering company. They have large military contracts too for modified engine systems, etc. What other aftermarket company like that has military contracts? Banks is good stuff. I will say this is my first Banks product ever purchased from them, so I'm not a die hard fan boy. I have followed Gale Banks for a while though. He's a good, smart guy and a real gearhead.


Start at the 10:00 mark:

 

[Nibbl3s]

I had issues with my pedal commander.

 

[quikag]

I had issues with my pedal commander.

Apparently, this Pedal Monster addresses all those shortcomings. Time will tell.

 

[quikag]

Another thing I've noticed now with another day of driving is since it accelerates the command to the computer to open and close the throttle at a much faster rate than stock, I hear more of the stock blow-off sound from the turbo than I did before with my K&N cold air intake. So, that's pretty fun. Also, it spools the turbo more often as well which makes that nice whoosh sound through the K&N.