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Old 12-15-2010, 12:55 PM   #67 (permalink)
DocMaggot
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"The 370Z is giving me some trouble, but I'm very slowly getting the hang of it. My biggest complaint seems to be that it engages way too high...."- Arnold K

I am entirely in agreement with you: you can't shift properly with your knee up in the air. For one thing it's darned awkward and uncomfortable. But even more important is the ergonomics of hip flexion.

It is much easier for a driver to make small incremental changes in hip flexion starting with the hip at 90º (a low clutch) than it is to do so at 100 or 110º (a high clutch).

But ergonomics aside- there's no reason, and no EXCUSE, for a clutch to bring your knee up uncomfortably high. If I can't get Nissan to do mine (and I'm trying!) I'm gonna fix it myself. I've done it before (in 2004) ...and it was no joy to do- but it did the trick
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