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Just a clarification - they don't want to make right hand drive versions, they want to move the gear stick to the left side of the steering column on a left hand drive car. Thus, the stick would be between the door and the steering wheel. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by ToughMac
M-Sport did something similar for Colin McRae back in 2002 after his Corsica accident. It looked a little awkward then with the joystick gear change. Gear levers are a lot bigger and longer now being mechanical sequential and cockpits are also smaller just thought it might be an issue that would be over engineered where it would be easier to sit the driver at the other side of the car. Also could this gear lever change compromise safety?
No need for that. If You have a look on steering levers of Fabia or 207 S2000 they both used steering column fixed levers instead of the floor and still they can easily operate them by simple mechanical cables. I know from drivers that changing gears in Fabia needs almost no force. Advantage compared to Fiesta S2000 is much less vibrations of the steering stick.Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
I think that it's no big deal. Systems like on Punto S2000 of Albert Llovera must be more complicated.
I agree that the easier option would be an RHD version, but if both manufacturers have gone as far as the FIA, then I would presume that they have both ruled it out completely?Quote:
Originally Posted by ToughMac
On the safety issue - are the seats not positioned more inboard in the car than they were 'back then'? That would obviously help with fitting in the lever, although door protection is also thicker now. It should possible, but as you said, could very easily be over engineered.
Putting gear stick level on left side is much easier than to produce complete RHD car. It's really no rocket engineering. You just need two sets of homologated simple parts.
Why not just a mutually agreed exemption to use a hydraulic system?
Would be easier. If performance becomes an issue, then take more drastic steps.
Easier? How did You come to an assumption that adding complete hydraulic system is easier than to fix the lever to the left side of steering rack, use longer wire and few pulleys? Come on...
As usual, you are absolutely spot on with that observation Mirek!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Just out of curiosity, would you run a pulley system above the steering rack, below the legs or in front of the firewall?
I'm not trying to invent anything new. I would just copy what commonly exists on S2000 cars. Now I see they use long rod collinear to the steering column like here with Fabia or bellow with 207 (Punto used that system too)
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