Snug? Comfortable? Contorted?

[BORNXenon]

Originally Posted by Talonmotorsport

recess it into the tunnel by dropping it 75-100mm down. When the hand brake was off/down it was flush with the top of the tunnel.

This is what I plan to do with mine, keeps it out of the way when not needed.

[Talonmotorsport]

Been playing with MS paint again looking at some tunnel designs.

[SeriesLandy]

I found that my gear lever was in the wrong place.
Caterham move the handbrake forwards and put in a curved top
link as the image is quite large

[MikeB]

You can get spacers to move the steering wheel nearer to you.
I think ideally you need to be able to rest your wrist on the top of the wheel.
Some of the quick shift kits move the gearlever back, most people chop the stalk down.
Some good suggestion on handbrake, simplest is to move it right across to the left, but it may still be a bit in the way.

[Davidbolam]

when i sat in mine with the seat in for the first time the other week I found that the stering wheel feels really close, the accelerator pedal feels really long and the gear leaver is a long way away!

Will just have to get used to it though?

Has anyone shortened the accelerator pedal? It seems to be designed for size 15 shoes

[deezee]

If you need to move the gearlever, its very easy. I cut the angle and welded it back straight (brings in to a much nicer position, local to the steering wheel). Then you can knock the shaft through the pivot ball and raise the pivot point to reduce the throw I.E. it costs NOTHING to make a quick shift on a type 9.

edit: Found the website (Dave Andrews quickshift guide)

[skov]

Originally Posted by Davidbolam

when i sat in mine with the seat in for the first time the other week I found that the stering wheel feels really close, the accelerator pedal feels really long and the gear leaver is a long way away!

Will just have to get used to it though?

Has anyone shortened the accelerator pedal? It seems to be designed for size 15 shoes

I had to shorten the throttle pedal as Nathan sent me the wrong one! (I think he accidentally sent me a Sierra clutch pedal instead).
I ended up chopping a section out of the pedal above the pivot and welding it in below the pivot so I didn't end up with a ridiculously long pedal travel.

For the handbrake I remodelled it with an angry grinder and re-welded it so that it sits on the passenger side of the tunnel rather than the drivers side, giving me a bit of space to rest my arm.

The only thing I'm not really happy with now is the gear stick position which is too far forward, but a bit of chopping about and welding like deezee's suggestion should sort that out.

[Davidbolam]

mine is definately an acceletator peddal and has got a foot rest most of the way down so I may chop the end off. This will allow me to move the pedal slightly further away and still get full cable movement at the engine end.