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Originally posted by Guy Humpage
Excuse my curiosity, but what does this involve? I'm guessing, moving the pedals over a bit?
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They leave the brake pedal where it is and move the accelerator to the left of it.
There are three options - remove the original pedal completely, make it changeable with a spsnner or used hinged pedals.
We went for the last one. They fit a second accelerator to the left of the brake pedal and replace the original pedal with a hinged one. The two accelerators are mechanically linked by a cable so that when you pull one down the other folds up out of the way. They gave us a bag of bits - the original accelerator pedal, the footrest for your left foot that they'd removed, etc. Apparently it's an hour's job for a mechanic to put it all back.
I've tried driving it with the left foot pedal. It's almost impossible as it feels so wrong. Using the right foot is a bit better but not much. I can't understand how old time racing drivers could drive cars with a central accelerator and readily switch to the normal set up.