Leg room

[S13Ka24e]

I own a 1990 240sx and have had it for about 7 months and loved it. I have an auto which I plan on making a manual soon (I found this car with 42k and since it was an auto the engine is in PERFECT condition). Anyways I plan to do some drifting once I get the manual swap done and I realized that at my height which is 6' 7" I can't get my leg under the wheel to heel-toe. Is there anyways I can move the steering wheel about 4-6" towards me? I will replace the steering wheel if nessary. Does anyone know how???

[SilviaLuvr]

sorry pal people like myself under the 5'10" frame don't have that kind of problem

[red240ne]

i don't know, i'm on the borderline of 5'10", and my knees still rub the steering wheel sometimes. not like i'm gonna complain though. 6'7" though, damn, you're just out of luck. our cars are made for short asian/white people, not like i'm stereotyping..

[astron]

one option would be a hot rod style extending/tilt column, but i dont know how well that would fit....you could also try simply extending the steering rod...if i was that tall i'd just yank the front seat and sit in the back though ast - discovered tonight that he doesnt fit in the back seat of his car...Good thing i'm single.

[nissanrcer240]

hey s13 ka24e, you said you were getting a transmission swap to a manual, thats what i was thinking about doing, have you got any information on the swap yet, prices, time it takes , etc.

[SilviaLuvr]

i don't know, i'm on the borderline of 5'10", and my knees still rub the steering wheel sometimes. not like i'm gonna complain though. 6'7" though, damn, you're just out of luck. our cars are made for short asian/white people, not like i'm stereotyping..

HEY don't forget us black people

[thatguyin240]

i know people were able to upgrade their steering colum on mr2 second gen. they were able to make it extend longer... exactly how i got no idea.

[red240ne]

HEY don't forget us black people

well, the only reason i even said white, was because i'm white, but what i meant was that asian people are normally short, so that's why all the asian sports cars are stubby. american sports cars like camaros and such have a lot of leg room.

[jemil118]

sure..sure...backpedal now...you racist pig!!!! By the way, when is the next KKK meeting..you cross burner!!! lol, j/k

[red240ne]

hey, everyone stereotypes in this world. i'm just admitting that i do. i don't hate against anyone. my dad's church is an all black church, so i'm friends with lots of black people. my good friend is asian. i dated a vietnamese girl for 3 months once. um.. this girl i hope to go out with soon is hispanic. i have fat friends, short friends, tall friends...hmm..but everyone out there is loved.

[CurlyStooge]

I own a 1990 240sx and have had it for about 7 months and loved it. I have an auto which I plan on making a manual soon (I found this car with 42k and since it was an auto the engine is in PERFECT condition). Anyways I plan to do some drifting once I get the manual swap done and I realized that at my height which is 6' 7" I can't get my leg under the wheel to heel-toe. Is there anyways I can move the steering wheel about 4-6" towards me? I will replace the steering wheel if nessary. Does anyone know how???

holy **** dude, im 6'1" and taller than 99% of the people I know, your just freaken huge! I would suggest getting a limo and pulling out that divider wall, sit in the back and have the steering wheel and pedals extended, and drifting that.

[red240ne]

holy **** dude, im 6'1" and taller than 99% of the people I know, your just freaken huge! I would suggest getting a limo and pulling out that divider wall, sit in the back and have the steering wheel and pedals extended, and drifting that.

actually, i'd like to see a wheelstand out of a limo.

[I H8 UR DSM]

just take out the front seat, and sit on the back seat, you should be able to reach the pedals from back there : )

[CurlyStooge]

actually, i'd like to see a wheelstand out of a limo.

some of the guys on supraforums want to see a bus drift, now that would be something I'd pay to see.

[I H8 UR DSM]

they have those Rig races on speedvision, they get pretty sideways around the turns : )

[240_Keyy]

Wll in one of the option mags my friend has, there are a bunch of pics of a lifted tacoma with an SR in it drifting on some big fat 35" mud tires. That was kinda cool...

And on topic: I am about 5'11" but I am a big fat bastard with huge feet so I can't heel toe either. All I do is put my foot on the side of the prake pedal and then kinda rotate it so I can hit the gas at the same time.

[S13Ka24e]

Well what i think I will end up doing is replacing the streeing wheel and when I do that I will add an extention about 5 in. This is if I'm thinking right, when you remove the streeing wheel there are 6 bolts? And i could just make an extention from the 6 bolts and then bolt the steering when into the extention?

[Tino]

Well damnit who the hell keeps erasing my posts

[1dollar240]

on ebay a while ago i saw a steering wheel hub extender for the 240. it was like 30 bucks and brought it out like 4-5 inches. might want to search for "hub extender" or something like that

[darkeagle]

I'm glad I dont have to worry about that problem....I wish I was at least 5'5....but I'm not. I'm 5'3. Maybe you'll figure something out.