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I am 6 feet tall, which is not the tallest person I have seen driving a 928. I suffer from the opposite desire: how to make the pedal angle fit the angle of my contorted foot. Having an extended steering wheel hub is a slight improvement, but not enough. If I get the wheel close enough for proper arm length from it, my legs are cramped and too bent for comfort because the seat cushion doesn't support my mid thigh and I sometimes stuff a folded or rolled up towel under my right leg for support. And this is with the seat rear tilted all the way back. And the angle of the pedal is too upright for my foot. Come to think about it, the PO was shorter than I am and he probably had his shop adjust it for his height. Guess I'll put this on my "to do" list of priorities which is growing longer every day, and get to it sometime next Spring. Or I'll just mount my Koenig sport racing seat in the car. It is lower and I can adjust the angle to provide more thight support. Then I'll have 5 seats for the beast.
Having an extended steering wheel hub is a slight improvement, but not enough.
Can you elaborate on this? My 944 came with a factory installed raised steering wheel hub - I would love to pull the steering wheel closer on my two 928's.
Yes, the steering wheel in my shark has an extended hub, which puts it approximately 50 millimeters closer to me relative to the dash. I also have another wheel without that hub, but the two are NOT interchangeable. I know of one other extended hub wheel in the possession of a guy in Napa; one of these days we will trade. He wants my normal wheel and I want his extended hub wheel. I suspect that there are some wheels sitting on the shelves of some wrecking yards that have an extended hub. Just a little dye to match the interior and your in business. Shorter guys have shorter fingers so an extended hub is not so desireable, since they must reach farther for the stalks.
I have inquired at Porsche dealers about this option, and ran into a stone wall of ignorance. I know that many years ago Porsche offered a 50 mm extended hub option on 911s. When I put that question to P car dealers, specifically for my 914/6, they gave me a bewildered look. I know there are some out there; I just haven't beat the bushes enough yet.
If you want me to pull the wheel in my car for the part number, maybe that would help. (?)
I used the infamous wooden pedal extension. To take it a step further, a VW gas pedal cover over the wood (I chose not to use the walnut burle) and it looks like a factory job.
My first 928 had the extended hub steering wheel. It moves the wheel about 25 mm or 1 inch closer to the driver - not 50mm (2") as Ron says (sorry, Ron). I was not able to reach the levers without taking my hands off the wheel, so I purchased a perfect wheel without the hub extension and put that in.
When I sold the car, I put the original wheel back in and kept the one without the extension. The latter now lives happily in Beth's car.
I find the airbag wheel to be a little further from the switches than the old one without the extension. It's ideal for me, but might not be enough for drivers with very large hands.
Well I have never measured this one, but the old 911 wheel option was 50 mm. If this is 25mm then I want more. However this one is just right for my fingers relative to the stalks, and anymore would be too much. I guess I will have to put up with it. The one Beth has has a mate I presume, because that's the other wheel in the grey-green interior car that we were planning to trade for my regular hub grey-green wheel. I am still waiting for that one. Mine is a very good condition original distance wheel sitting in the closet safely tucked away. When Rich decides he has had enough of reaching too far, I hope he will remember to bring it down here.
Adding some pictures of the various mounting holes for the accelerator pedal for posterity. I will note that the floor mats are cut for use with the holes closet to the firewall. Using the the other holes causes interference of the mat against the seat mounts as well as the mat anchors. Using the holes closest to the seat definitively brings the gas and brake pedals into a closer plane.
There are also some factory pedal extensions which bolt onto the pedals, although in some model years the pedals aren't tapped for the thread (but the hole is sitll there).
Porken posted pics of them and part number at some point years ago.
There are also some factory pedal extensions which bolt onto the pedals, although in some model years the pedals aren't tapped for the thread (but the hole is sitll there).
Porken posted pics of them and part number at some point years ago.
Funny. I was going to post about this. My new-to-me '86.5 does not have holes. Must have started in '86, as the blue carpet pics are from a '85.
All may not be lost, however. At least on mine, the clutch pedal retains the casting on the back of the pedal for the hole, and has a handy drill guide. The brake pedal has a small center mark, but there is no longer enough material on the back side for a hole.
If your pedal has a large center mark, and a squarish casting on the back where the arm meets the pedal (vs. a small mark, and a thin transition) then it can be drilled and tapped for a spacer.
Im 5-5, and Iike to be a full arms length from the steering wheel. I can reach the pedals just fine....but leg is at full extension for clutch. I might use a block of wood...lol.
Have seen an extreme example of adjustment of a clutch pedal - in a GMC though. While waiting for an inspection of the car in Riyadh I was browsing the station's wall of shame - pics of cars that failed big time. One was a crutch with its base duck taped to the clutch pedal pad....These stations would fail a GMC if it had a mix of tyre sizes like 10" and 255mm sections.
jp 83 Euro S AT 57k
01-02-2006, 02:23 AM
