Here's a different idea-
how about a removable wheel?
It's a $50 adapter that moves the wheel about an inch closer to you.
We use 'em on the race cars, and it really makes snaking
around the wheel and the cage a lot easier...
fwiw,
Toby
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From: "Matthew A. Smith" <matthews517@earthlink.net>
> Tom (and Mr. Hyde) wrote:
> "I have Miata seats in Mr. Hyde and love them. If you have a stock steering
> wheel you will loose a little space between the top of your legs and the
> bottom of the wheel. This makes a significant difference in how you get
> into the car and it took me a while to learn how to get in without tangling
> my feet up in the pedals."
>
> I've thought about this change before too. My issue is I don't have great
> knees. I'm probably due for a knee replacement in a couple years (thanks to
> being a roofer, then a carpet layer, in former vocations... and being 41...
> dangit). I can only drive about 2-3 hours at a time and then need a long
> walk or rest before I start again (and lots of advil). Losing space between
> the top of my legs and the bottom of the stock wheel is not an option. There
> isn't any! (did I mention I'm 6'1" 265?)
>
> If I do this, I will have to change my wheel. I have no problem doing that,
> but how small can/should I go. I think a 9" chain wheel wouldn't match my
> car (unless I add hydraulics and low ride it... NOT!). Grant has wheels that
> would work. They require an adapter that would put the wheel closer to the
> belly. I'm thinking about a 12-13" wheel with MINIMAL dish, to offset the
> adapter.
>
> Any ideas about wheel sizes? Minimum usable size, given that these lil
> beauties don't have power steering? How about moving the Miyata seats back a
> few inches, like nearly to the shelf? Is this fairly easily done? Just a
> re-positioning of the holes? Finally... Are the tops (backs) of these seats
> wider than the Datsun ones so the roll bar has to go away completely if I do
> this?
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