adjusting pedals in 68 charger

[creationdpletion]

Hello,

I purchased a 68 a few months ago and have been replacing parts to get it back on the road again. Currently im trying to adjust the brake and clutch pedals and cant seem to figure it out. I have my seat as far back as it will go and the clutch and brake pedals are so close it makes it very dificult to drive safely. Is there a way to set the pedals closer to the fire wall? My brake and clutch seems to be a good 4-6 inches closer than the gas pedal. Any advice would be appreciated. I also want to say great forum, you guys have some killer rides!

thanks,

Scott-

[BLK 68 R/T]

Do you have stock seats? The pedals are not adjustable with out major fabrication. You can buy or make your own seat relocation brackets that will move your seats back a few inches. Other than that there's not a lot you can do that I'm aware of.

[creationdpletion]

I was afraid of this. A guy that shows up to my local cars and coffee has a 440 and his pedals are much closer to the firewall. I'm beginning to think my bracket might've been altered to move the pdeals closer to the driver for the last owner.

[Mike DC]

  
The brake pedal sits closer to the firewall if the brakes are power-boosted than if they are manual.

The clutch, it depends.  There are many flavors of clutches out there and it's a cable & linkage setup to the pedal.  

[John_Kunkel]

On a power brake car the brake pedal will sit noticeably lower than the clutch pedal, the clutch pedal has a non-adjustable up stop so that's where it's gonna be when the clutch is applied.

[creationdpletion]

Thanks for the reply's. The car has been upgraded to disk all the way around.

[Mike DC]

            
That might be responsible for putting the pedal pretty high up.  

Discs need a lot of pedal pressure and using a fairly long pedal stroke is a common practice to compensate for that.  The stroke length is set by the size ratio between the master cylinder and the wheel cylinders.  You can shorten the pedal stroke by switching to a larger MC bore size but it would increase the leg muscle effort required.


If you want 4 discs + short pedal stroke + light/moderate leg effort, then you probably need a power assist on it.  Either a vacuum booster or a hydroboost.

[creationdpletion]

I have a vacuum pump installed to help with the brakes. I'm going to get some pics of the brake assembly and compare it to a stock one to make sure it wasn't altered or I will need to modify the seat brackets. My local speed shop said to swing it by so they can take a look as well.