Hi, I'm Wade from Thoroughbred Diesel, and
today we're going to be installing a Banks
Pedal Monster.
So today we're installing the Banks Pedal
Monster on a 2012 GMC.
This is a 5.3, gas, 1500 truck.
Banks makes the Pedal Monster for several,
several different platforms, several different
applications, in several different year ranges,
gas and diesel.
So make sure you check your fitment on our
website, or Banks' website, either one.
The Pedal Monster is Banks' answer to the
throttle sensitivity controllers that are
out there on the market right now.
And we will link you in this video to our
unboxing of this module, where we talk about
some of the technical specs on it and things,
so I'll give you an idea of what it does and
all the features of it, we're not going to
harp on that in this video, this is our installation
video.
But this is an OBD2 connected throttle sensitivity
controller, which gives it a lot of safety
features, and it's just a little bit more
in depth than your normal throttle sensitivity
booster or controller, however you want to
say that, but this one is OBD2 connected.
Now, Banks does this Pedal Monster in a lot
of different versions, and it's modular, for
lack of a better word, in some of those.
So what we're going to be installing today,
this is the standalone Pedal Monster.
This is going to be used with the Banks free
app that you can get for iOS or Android, either
one, so you don't need anything other than
the module and then you download the app.
They sell this coupled with the Idash and
both the Data Monster and the Super Gauge,
or they sell it as an expansion if you already
have a Derringer or an Idash, that you can
hook this up and it'll work in conjunction
with those, and then you have the ability
to control it right from the Idash and not
have to use the app, so a lot of different
ways.
And if you've got a Derringer with a switch
on it, this will be compatible with it.
So make sure that you check all the fitment
guides, but I wanted to go over that and just
let you know on this.
So we're going to go ahead and get started
with our installation today.
Really nothing that we need to do as far as
updating firmware on this product, getting
started, just make sure that you've got a
smartphone and you're able to download the
apps with that.
So let's go ahead and get started with our
installation.
Before we install the Pedal Monster, what
I like to do, is I like to go ahead and get
the wiring set up on these.
So you have your Pedal Monster module, and
this connects directly to your APPS or your
throttle position sensor.
Then you have your OBD2 drop, and there is
a little, I'm just going to call it a reverser
wire, reverser goes from male to female, and
you have to install this So let's just show
you how that's done.
All right.
So what we do, is we just go ahead and unwind
the OBD2 cord.
And then on the OBD2 cord, you will have your
little four-prong plug here.
So this has got a clip on it, so we would
know that we want it to go to that clip with
the standard, so it's going to go to the four-prong
here, just like that.
It's four-prong on one side, six on the other.
And then you take the six-prong and you actually
hook it into the Pedal Monster.
According to the directions, it doesn't matter
what side it goes to, so we're going to go
ahead and hook it up on the right, because
right is right.
That's not true.
But yeah, either side will work on it.
So there you go.
That's got it all wired up and ready to go
inside the truck.
Going to show you where you're going inside
this truck.
So on the throttle position or the throttle
sensitivity controllers here, you're always
looking for the accelerator, of course, so
pedal on the right.
And then there is a sensor above that.
So that's what we're going to look for here,
and in our action dynamic shot, I'm going
to show you how to do the clip on these Chevrolets.
I like to use a pick that's got a smooth edge
on it.
And then I just go right below, one side of
it, and then you just start working it back.
Adam had to remind me of the camera.
Once it starts moving, you can go ahead and
pull it back, like so.
And then, simply unhook your stock wiring
harness.
Now, I'm going to go ahead and hook our Banks
Pedal Monster module in here.
And we will go with the male side of the Banks
back to the sensor itself, make sure that
the security connector is out, I'll move that
wire so you can see it.
Then just push it in until it clicks, then
push your little safety latch up, and then
you just need to take your stock harness.
Do you need me to help you?
Yeah, I'm going to need Adam to reach over
my shoulder and hold the camera there, and
then we will hook the stock harness back in.
Nice grab.
Push that until it clicks, and then close
the little safety latch, and voilà, as we
would say.
So you don't want to do anything else after
the Pedal Monster is hooked to the APPS as
far as wiring it, because you're going to
have to connect it to Bluetooth off of your
phone.
There is a button on the back of it for pairing,
so we're going to need to be able to get to
that.
But you do want to go ahead and hook your
OBD2 port in.
So we're going to hook the OBD2 port up, just
like so, and then I'm going to turn the truck
on real quick, make sure I've got lights detected.
Perfect.
All right, so now it's time to download our
app.
So what you have to do is with the standalone
device, you'll have to download the app.
So if it's iOS, you just go over to the App
Store right here, and then search for Pedal
Monster and then download the Pedal Monster
app.
For you Android guys, same thing.
All right, so we're going to go ahead and
open the app up.
So what we want to do first is on the phone,
is we want to go out to settings on this and
we want to go to Bluetooth, and we're going
to walk over here to the Pedal Monster, and
we're going to turn the truck on.
So then we go back over to the Banks Pedal
Monster app, and you will have the search
for device button.
Once you do that, there is a button on the
back of it.
I just take a toothpick on the Pedal Monster
and touch this button on the back, and that
should pair them.
And the device is now paired.
So we are good to go.
Now, it's time to calibrate the vehicle.
So it will tell us what to do there as well.
So we will begin calibration.
Can you see it, Adam?
Yes.
All right.
We're going to go to wide open throttle here,
and then release the pedal.
And then it tells you to step on the pedal
again, hold the pedal until the meter goes
into the green zone.
So we're good.
All the way good.
So we're going to go ahead and go to get started.
I'm going to get this toothpick out of my
hand.
Tells you not to be distracted while you're
driving, we won't be distracted while we're
driving.
All right.
So we were telling you in our unboxing video,
there's really three different sets of levels
on the Pedal Monster, so you have city, you
have sport, and you have track.
And in each different one of these settings,
you have 10 different sub-levels that we're
going to be able to use.
Banks tells you to go ahead and start in the
city level, so that's what we're going to
do.
We're going to increase and decrease through
the 10 levels, by the up and down, which is
what your Banks Super Gauge or Data Monster
looks like.
So we're just going to go ahead and go to
city and get it almost all the way cranked
up there, and then we're going to take it
out and try it here.
At this point, everything is paired, so what
you can do here is you can zip tie everything
up inside of the truck and get it all squared
away and get it cleaned up.
So that's what we're going to do now, before
we go for a ride along, we're going to get
everything zip tied up in the truck, then
we will go for a ride along and talk to you
about what we like.
All right.
So the cool thing about the app, and I'm going
to let Adam pan down to this, is you have
what your foot is actually doing and what
Banks is telling the truck to do.
And, man, that's so much than what Chevrolet
already is, because these have got just a
bad lag, excuse our squalling breaks on David's
truck here, but you can see how that responds
and it shoes what Banks is doing for you.
And it's really just not a product test unless
we just turn this thing wide dang on open,
isn't it?
Actually, you know what?
Let's be good.
Let's go to the track level.
Now this only, it doesn't work shift on the
fly unless you release your foot completely
off the accelerator and go back, so let's
do, this is sport, and this is our 10 levels
in side of sport.
We're already pretty well cranked up here.
So let's try that.
I like that.
That's pretty cool.
So that's probably about a little it twice
as much as what sport was or city was.
And now-
Give the people what they want.
Give the people exactly what they want.
The pièce de résistance.
Let's take it to track mode.
Crank it wide dang on open, and let's see
where we're at here.
So off the throttle.
And then...
I mean, you just think about pushing the throttle
[inaudible 00:10:13].
That's the track mode, and I'm about at 50%
throttle, that's dang near full throttle.
That's cool.
So some pretty cool features inside of the
app too.
You can hit the little hamburger here on the
side, tells you about your throttle curve,
about the Pedal Monster, your install manual
is in there as well.
This tells you whether your reverse safety
is up, down here, and then if the Pedal Monster
is connected, you can just turn back to start
by just simply hitting stock, and there you
are.
So city, sport, and track.
I'm just going to put it on sport for him,
where it's about half cranked up, pretty easy
to use.
Standalone.
Yeah.
Nice product from Banks.
Really, really like this.
Definitely just made a 100%.
You know, we talk about this all time on the
throttle sensitivity booster, it just makes
a completely different truck out of it, but
that is a really, really nice thing that Banks
has got worked into this, with the safety
features that they have, the mobile app, just
really, really nice.
I think it's a home run for these guys.
So we're going to do a couple more videos
on this Pedal Monster.
We're actually going to put one in and integrate
it with a Derringer that we've got on an eco
diesel, so be looking for that video.
And I think we are going to pair one with
a Idash Data Monster in a truck.
In fact, it may be this truck here where we
just installed the Data Monster and then show
the functionality of it used through there.
So link inside this video to purchase your
Pedal Monster from us here at Thoroughbred
Diesel.
We also have a link for you to check out the
unboxing video as well, that's going to talk
to you about some of the technical aspects
of the Pedal Monster.
And big thank you to Banks for sending us
this module to try out for them.
This is a great product.
You guys are in the market for this, we definitely
suggest it.
So I'm Wade, Adam's my ride along.
Thanks for watching guys.
