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I want to know about the lack of a tilt steering wheel.
Having the steering wheel in the wrong place keeps me from being able to do heel-toe in my dad's truck (ok, bad example, but it's true.. it doesn't have a tilt wheel and it's too low against my legs to let me twist them), and one time when I sat in an FD (At the 2005 Tokyo Auto Salon), it didn't have enough leg room for me to get my legs straight enough to do heel-toe the easy way (I could still do it, but not very smoothly, at least without practice), which combined with the lack of a tilt wheel, made it not quite as comfortable as I would have liked. Sitting in an RHD's driver seat for the first time was fun
Only a little confusing when it came to the accelerator, which is on the side of the car instead of the middle.
Of course, the reason I didn't have much leg room might have been because it was a Recaro bucket seat that might have been installed a bit closer to the front of the car since it was obviously intended for a Japanese person.
So has anyone who's sat in an FC with no tilt steering wheel, do you think that with the seat as far back as I can (not nessicarily all the way), that I could have my legs basically straight in the seat and have the steering wheel high enough over my legs to do heel and toe? I like having a lot of space when it comes to pedal control (funny, I can do it just fine in Initial D Arcade Stage, and the wheel is fixed) and such.
I'm only 5'10"
Or could I install the entire steering column of an FC with a tilt wheel into a GTU? hehe
I'm wondering since I'm considering getting a GTU that's near my home town instead of trying to get a TII (which are damn hard to find IMO), and maybe doing the conversion later (which involves an assload of parts).
Having the steering wheel in the wrong place keeps me from being able to do heel-toe in my dad's truck (ok, bad example, but it's true.. it doesn't have a tilt wheel and it's too low against my legs to let me twist them), and one time when I sat in an FD (At the 2005 Tokyo Auto Salon), it didn't have enough leg room for me to get my legs straight enough to do heel-toe the easy way (I could still do it, but not very smoothly, at least without practice), which combined with the lack of a tilt wheel, made it not quite as comfortable as I would have liked. Sitting in an RHD's driver seat for the first time was fun
Only a little confusing when it came to the accelerator, which is on the side of the car instead of the middle. Of course, the reason I didn't have much leg room might have been because it was a Recaro bucket seat that might have been installed a bit closer to the front of the car since it was obviously intended for a Japanese person.
So has anyone who's sat in an FC with no tilt steering wheel, do you think that with the seat as far back as I can (not nessicarily all the way), that I could have my legs basically straight in the seat and have the steering wheel high enough over my legs to do heel and toe? I like having a lot of space when it comes to pedal control (funny, I can do it just fine in Initial D Arcade Stage, and the wheel is fixed) and such.
I'm only 5'10"
Or could I install the entire steering column of an FC with a tilt wheel into a GTU? hehe
I'm wondering since I'm considering getting a GTU that's near my home town instead of trying to get a TII (which are damn hard to find IMO), and maybe doing the conversion later (which involves an assload of parts).
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