ok, so one thing that I didn't say during the seat fitment was that I had to measure where the seat should go. I read about the recommendations and ergonomic placement of race car seats and steering wheel, and that;s when I realized that my steering wheel was not ideally placed. This is largely my fault by using a quick change and my own wheel which I believe ended up placing my wheel further away from the driver.

Now it was time to fix it!! I knew that my arms were pretty straight at "10 and 2", where they should be almost 90º, and my hand was touching the top of wheel at the base of my fingers instead of my wrist. It was a good 4.5" too far away.

Today I fixed that, I had planned it out and only took 4 hours to fabricate, fix, and test.

In short, I bolted up some angle iron to the original chassis holes and drilled new holes 4.5" closer for the steering column to bolt to. Then cut a new DD shaft that was 4.5" longer.

This also had the added benefit that I could move the steering wheel sideways, so it was central in my new seat.

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I'll tidy it up and make an aluminum panel to cover the visible part. But it makes a big difference in driving - it's now central, and the perfect height and distance. The angle iron is super stiff so just as strong as before.