[alfa] Spider Legroom

[Charles King <chas_a_king@xxxxxxxxx>]

Many thanks to Gil and everyone else who wrote to me with info re getting more legroom in the Spider.  Hopefully this summer I will be able to test some of your suggestions.  I'll let you know how they turn out.
 
Chuck King
86 Spider Grad
 
(P.S. If anyone else has thoughts, I'm still collecting ideas!)

alfa-digest <owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided> wrote:
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 11:01:51 -0400
From: Gil Gagne 
Subject: [alfa] RE:[Alfa] Spider Gas Pedal More Legroom

My latest version of the Spider gas pedal modification yields even more 
legroom by eliminating the aluminum plate that supports the two 
rollerblade skate bearings. I simply bolted the two skate bearings 
directly to the end of the pedal linkage (after first removing the pedal 
extension) with a short 10-32 machine bolt. Since the hole in the 
bearings is 5/16 inch, I first cut about 0.3 inch of a 5/16 roll pin 
with a hacksaw and pressed that into the central hole of the bearings to 
decrease the hole diameter to that of the 10-32 machine bolt. I also 
used an angle grinder to grind off the top corner of the gas pedal 
linkage which protruded slightly above the skate bearings.

This setup does not make use of the pedal end-of-travel stop, but 
neither did my original mod and I used that for years without any 
problem. I also find that mashing the accelerator now brings my foot 
into contact with the floor mounted stop and serves the same purpose.

Gil
Port Orange, FL
1985 Spider
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