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shortbus
post Sep 8 2004, 01:33 PM
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What do you guys suggest for moving the pedals closer?

I want to sit a little more upright but then I am little too close the the wheel.... I'd like to move the pedals towards the seat a little and in the process get the brake and gas pedals in a better position for heel toe.

Anyone here tackle this already?
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post Sep 8 2004, 02:51 PM
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I only changed my gas pedal, but FWIW ...

The gas pedal is fairly easy to bend side-to-side. I bent it slightly toward the brake pedal. Don't try to raise it by bending though - you will probably break something before it bends. On my car (LS1 with traction control, which has a more complicated throttle linkage), there was about 3/8" of slack in the cable between the pedal and the TCS servo. At the pedal end, there's a bullet-shaped tip on the cable that fits into a fairly deep hole in the top end of the pedal arm. I made a spacer to fit under the bullet to tighten the cable and raise the pedal.

On cars without TCS, the cable may be adjustable. On TCS cars, the adjusters are "downstream" of the servo, which doesn't help.

BTW, don't go overboard on the heel-toe setup for a daily driver. It can make driving in boots interesting, especially in winter.
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shortbus   Moving pedals   Sep 8 2004, 01:33 PM
trackbird   You will have a tough time getting the brake pedal...   Sep 8 2004, 02:12 PM
sgarnett   I only changed my gas pedal, but FWIW ... The gas...   Sep 8 2004, 02:51 PM
Jabberwocky   If you care about looks super cheapo Pepboys pedal...   Sep 9 2004, 12:06 AM
Dewey316   I have pedals from Autovation. the extension ther...   Sep 9 2004, 03:30 PM
Steve in Seattle   QUOTE (Jabberwocky @ Sep 8 2004, 06:06 PM)If ...   Sep 11 2004, 02:29 AM
Bud M   You could make spacers and mount them to the pedal...   Sep 11 2004, 07:37 PM
bigshoe   I modified my gas pedal a little bit a while back,...   Sep 12 2004, 03:27 AM
shortbus   All great in put! thanks.   Sep 12 2004, 04:07 AM
Cal   I used this guy's pattern as a starting point....   Sep 15 2004, 10:38 PM
NecoOmnis   this may sound kinda dumb but what about modifying...   Sep 18 2004, 09:23 AM
shortbus   QUOTE (NecoOmnis @ Sep 18 2004, 03:23 AM)this...   Sep 18 2004, 11:38 AM
JasonWW   There can be serious problems by making the clutch...   Sep 18 2004, 01:46 PM

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