 Steering wheel and seat positions, why aren't they lined up? |
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| Dave_Darling |
 Jul 27 2014, 11:26 PM
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914 Idiot  Group: Members Posts: 14,981 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California 
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QUOTE(jmill @ Jul 27 2014, 05:11 PM)  The Pantera is much worse. .... not to mention the small foot wells. I believe the foot-well is the reason. If you have to have the driver's feet offset toward the center of the car (to make room for the front wheels), you probably want to move the wheel axis slightly as well. --DD |
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| johannes |
Jul 28 2014, 05:33 AM
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Club Porsche 914 France President Group: Members Posts: 3,084 Joined: 13-January 06 From: France Member No.: 5,409 Region Association: France |
QUOTE(Dave_Darling @ Jul 27 2014, 09:26 PM) QUOTE(jmill @ Jul 27 2014, 05:11 PM) The Pantera is much worse. .... not to mention the small foot wells. I believe the foot-well is the reason. If you have to have the driver's feet offset toward the center of the car (to make room for the front wheels), you probably want to move the wheel axis slightly as well. --DD You are 100% right. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif) |
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| 76-914 |
Jul 28 2014, 09:06 AM
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Repeat Offender & Resident Subaru Antagonist Group: Members Posts: 13,490 Joined: 23-January 09 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 9,964 Region Association: Southern California
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To quote the infamous Cap'n Ron, "Well, nobody knows!" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)
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| CrashDown |
Jul 28 2014, 01:53 PM
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Fake Carbon Fiber MASTA! Group: Members Posts: 159 Joined: 8-June 09 From: Union City, CA Member No.: 10,453 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(Rocketv @ Jul 27 2014, 08:45 PM) For a small mid-engined car, the 914 is really good. You should see a Ferrari 308! Sheesh. If you look, you'll see that most cars seats, steering wheels and pedals are off by a little bit. For some reason I always check this. Probably a personality flaw of some sort... we did a full body and respray on a 308 a few months ago and it was soooo off center it was almost undriveable. 914's are fine once you're in the saddle. |
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| PanelBilly |
Jul 28 2014, 04:52 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,797 Joined: 23-July 06 From: Kent, Wa Member No.: 6,488 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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I though it was designed that way because most of us hang to the right.
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| Rob-O |
Aug 20 2014, 04:00 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,251 Joined: 5-December 03 From: Mansfield, TX Member No.: 1,419 Region Association: Southwest Region
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I think it is a safety issue. If the seat belts failed (or if they weren't being used, and almost nobody did in the 70's) and you had an accident, your forward momentum would be deflected somewhat to minimize the force of the impact.
I'm not sure if the stories are accurate, but I heard that James Dean's accident had him impact the steering wheel and partially impale himself on the steering column when the steering wheel rim broke. Nowadays (and even back in the 70's) steering wheels rims were made of strands of wire. Anybody who's been in an accident in the last few decades will probably tell you that, if they didn't let go of the steering wheel at impact, that they bent the steering wheel. Which is completely normal and is a designed safety system. Later P cars have a steering wheel which has a steel mesh section just behind the wheel that is designed to crush during impact. |
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| PotterPorsche |
Aug 20 2014, 04:57 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 295 Joined: 10-November 13 From: Hayward CA Member No.: 16,628 Region Association: None |
if you think the 914 is bad , you should see how it is in a karmann ghia
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| veekry9 |
Aug 20 2014, 05:54 PM
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OldMember Group: Retired Members Posts: 3,068 Joined: 17-June 13 From: TO Member No.: 16,025 Region Association: Canada |
"Why is the steering wheel not centered left-to-right..?"
Compromise..as in how far off is acceptable and is less costly to produce? Why is the 6 more valuable than the 4?Compromise. How well does the car handle,wheel position notwithstanding? http://jalopnik.com/5926020/the-porsche-914-a-history https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6K78YKA9UE What is your quest? |
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