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Posted by: neo914-6 Aug 8 2006, 12:44 AM

Since I have them out and need to locate an e-throttle and hydraulic clutch, I was thinking of moving them a little to the left. I realize there's not much room with the wheel well. I was also thinking of moving the steering wheel.

...not that I have alot of time to do so

Probably live with it, many of my sports cars were canted.

Posted by: Jeroen Aug 8 2006, 03:21 AM

move the seat as far to the middle as possible

or mount it at a slight angle to the centerline of the car

or both

Posted by: Joe Ricard Aug 8 2006, 04:49 AM

You moved my seat. Well it is a Sparco seat anyway so there is more room to play with.

Posted by: tdgray Aug 8 2006, 06:03 AM

When I put my seat back in I angled it a little. Does not look to off and is much more comfortable.

Posted by: URY914 Aug 8 2006, 06:27 AM

I've had people tell me that they hate the way the pedals are offset and how they never get use to it. Strange part is all this time driving my car on the street/track it has never really bothered me. Haven't really noticed it as being a big deal.

Posted by: JOHNMAN Aug 8 2006, 07:40 AM

Me too. Until someone mentioned it and I did some measuring, I didn't realize that it was crooked.

When I drove a fiero, it was much more noticable.

Posted by: jonwatts Aug 8 2006, 09:12 AM

What, you guys haven't gotten the surgery yet? Here's Eric Shea after his...

Posted by: Joe Ricard Aug 8 2006, 10:27 AM

When I drove a fiero, it was much more noticable.
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You drove a Fiero

Posted by: Brad Roberts Aug 8 2006, 10:27 AM

Wait until you drive a Viper. They are WAY off. Think: hyper extension of the knee. At least they have telescoping pedals.

I cant count how many times I have seen people mount racing seats in their 914's "straight on"

The column is angled.

When I mount a race seat, the front holes are 1/2 inch over from the rears. This turns the front of the seat into the pedals. You dont notice this with the stockers because they have NO side bolsters trying to hold your legs in tight.

B

Posted by: Joe Ricard Aug 8 2006, 10:30 AM

Damn it I have to agree with Brad again.

Race seats make it tough to left foot brake and heal toe because the seat Does keep your legs lined up in the seat.

Posted by: Brad Roberts Aug 8 2006, 10:33 AM

Joe,

you gotta think.. sooner or later.. He *might* say something of value..LOL


B

Posted by: JOHNMAN Aug 8 2006, 10:34 AM

Yup, it was mom's car that I sort of inherited. When I traded it in on my commuter car, I got a grand for it. I thought I did pretty good.

Posted by: URY914 Aug 8 2006, 11:02 AM

Joe, you need bigger feet. My size 12's heel and toe just fine.

Posted by: neo914-6 Aug 8 2006, 11:42 AM

Ok, give me the technical skinny. There are fixed hinged mounts in the rear and the front is held by vertical "teeth". Do you dump these and weld in new seat mounts? Or do you angle it above the sliders at the seat?

Posted by: byndbad914 Aug 8 2006, 01:46 PM

Felix - I have a "bum" right hip and when I first installed my Corbeaus I couldn't help but notice how much the side of the seat dug into it just trying to drive it around. So, I measured away and realized the whole mess of the 914 - the pedals and stock seat mount straight and the steering column is angled. So, you don't really have to move the steering column....

I moved the seats inboard about 1.5" (both sides for symmetry, just make sure you really like your passengers ), then I removed the steering column and oblonged three of the four mount holes (sorry I don't have pics, but would be obvious to figure out). I left the front, left hole alone and used that as my new pivot. I oblonged the other three enough to allow the steering wheel to pivot around to parallel with the dash. It lined up really well with the seats, and the pedals felt MUCH better.

As for the steering rod, just need a die-grinder. I marked where the retaining bolt would slide thru on the rose-joints and die-ground a relief just like the stock piece has already. I still had plenty of splines to be safe and drove the car that way everyday for 4 or 5 years before starting the V8 car you have seen in progress.

edit - btw I made some simple aluminum plate brackets that mounted to the stock rail in the stock location and mounted the seats offset on the brackets.

Posted by: neo914-6 Aug 8 2006, 02:38 PM

Thanks Tim!

I like the steering angle solution. My motives are also to line up with the Audi dash that positioned more to the right.

Mark fabricated mount rails for my GT3 seat but I'll see what I can do to offset them.

Darn, I need to sort this out soon before having my backpad modified...

Hope the hip wasn't auto accident related.