Re: quick poll - MoMo knobs

[John Erk <johnny.erk@sympatico.ca>]

I'm 6'2" and find the stock position just right. Matter of opinion I guess. I had made
my own brass bushings in the shift linkage to replace the plastic ones that got melted
by my headers. I had made them very precise and there was virtually no play in the
shifter back & forth, side to side when I had put it in 2 years ago. It has since
loosened up alot from wear. I also attached a lead cylindrical diving weight to the rod,
for smooth shifting.
John

Randy B wrote:

> I'm not quite that tall, 6'1", but have developed a trick getting into 5th.
> The other problem I have had with all my Scirocco's is the distance I sit
> from the steering wheel.
> In order to sit at a comfortable distance from the pedals I sacrifice the
> correct arm angle to the wheel.
> Sitting comfortably and wrapping my fingers around the steering wheel at 10
> and 2 (#'s on a clock) my arms are fully extended.
> The way I have adjusted while spirited driving is I use mostly the bottom
> half of the steering wheel with both hands.
> I also hold the wheel in my left hand at about 7 while driving normally.
> I would eventually like to get the wheel further away from the dash.
>
> Does anyone else have this problem?
> I have considered using a removable steering collar becuase it will push the
> wheel toward me about 2".
> Anyone using one of these?
>
> Randy
> 81 Scirocco S
> 81 Scirocco S
> 87 Jetta GLI 16V - for sale
>
> >
> > Ah... I am 6'4" and I know exactly what you mean about the length of
> > the throw, especially in 5th! Oddly enough it never occurred to me
> > that cutting down the shift knob would solve this problem. In fact, I
> > always kind of assumed it would make it worse because the knob would
> > be closer to the floorboard, thus further from my shoulder.
> >
> > So, how much was cut off? Did it make a huge difference, because I
> > would give just about anything to be able to shift into 5th with more
> > than two fingers, and that is with a short shift kit!
> >
> >
> > The goal is to overcome the deliberate nature of the process.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > > [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Josh Hignight
> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 2:56 PM
> > > To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > > Subject: RE: quick poll - MoMo knobs
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm in this debate at the moment. I'm a taller guy (about 6'1" -
> > > 6'2") and the shifter is almost at the top of my reach going into
> > > 3rd and 5th at the moment. I'd never thought about cutting my
> > > shifter stalk until I went to waterfest, where EVERYONE's shifter
> > > stalk was cut (except Jan's)
> > > IIRC. Lucky
> > > me, Josh S. let me drive his car while there and I REALLY liked
> > > the feel of
> > > the cut shifter (Thanks again Josh! If it weren't for that, I may
> > > have gone
> > > crazy waiting for mine!). It's the grits!
> > > So, as soon as I get the money, I'm going to get a nice Momo (or
> > > other aftermarket shift knob) and cut that sucka.
> > >
> > > Joshua Hignight
> > > Student Services/Technical Services
> > > New Mexico Campus
> > > (505) 821-4800
> >
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