Make them yourself! On my ITA car I made an inverted "L" pedal out of aluminum sheet for the throttle pedal. It had an extension on the top part that extended to the left to allow for better access to the throttle while braking. It's really easy to do and you can customize it for your foot size. Also, I positioned the camcorder so that it could see the big tach that I mounted to the right of the wheel (in front of the vents) and I mounted a big red light on the dash by the glovebox so that I could see where I (really) braked when I would review the tapes. Always run a camcorder in the car during all sessions. It is essential evidence that you can decide to offer if you get protested. It also provides big time entertainment for your team and family as well as for when you get old and cowardly! (I have a terrific tape of a Honda Civic flying over my hood during an IMSA Firehawk race at Lime Rock - no shit!!)
James Blumenfeld 87 GTI Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 04:07:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Yip <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Pedals? As much as I dislike them b/c of their "racer boy" image, I have pedal covers on my racecar pedals as well as on my old '86 GTi. While making the clutch and brake less slippery, it helps to widen the accelerator pedal which aids in heel-toe driving. I used Autolook covers b/c they were inexpensive but a myriad of covers now exist that range from functional to showy (read: not worth the money). As for adjusting tension, I didn't realize that's an option. If that were the case, I'd love to increase the tension on the '86 GTi (street car) and decrease the tension on the '87 GTi (ITA car). - --- Steven Arguello <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not to worried about the brake and clutch, although they're a > little to > far apart and slippery but the gas pedal seems very thin and set > too far > back. What about adjusting the tension? It's low priority but now > that I've > thought of it, I know it's going to bother me more and more. Any > comments or > suggestions? > Steve > ===== Matthew ________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
