I noticed in the FSM's steering section, there seems to be a few bolts and a plate that holds the steering column shaft, and looks like it would slide up and down if you loosened them...

so I wonder if anyone has tried or been able to adjust their non-tilt steering this way, or any other way?

I was hoping to gain maybe half an inch of space if it was possible...

 

4 bolts inside and one on the shaft takes the whole steering assembly out(after you disconnect the wiring ..)flip your body down below the dash..you will see two by the firewall under the dash and two under the ignition cover area..you MIGHT..be able to lengthen the bolts and bring the steering down a bit..(spacers)..but it may not be the safe thing to do..If you swap the column out for a Tilt Column ,then you will have a seperate key (unless you take the ignitions and swap it)..if you find that the wheel is in the way<right now>what about a smaller(aftermarket) steering wheel..

 

I wanted to raise it up... Cheaper than just getting a Momo wheel

Even with a Momo wheel, you won't gain more than an half-inch, on either side anyway (with a 350 mm wheel that is). Unless it's a D-shape wheel...

A bucket seat would probably give me more space, anyway...

 

Try quick disconnect hub. It helped me.

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...highlight=tall

 

Hmm, does just an adapter not space further back than the stock position? Or does that depend on the wheel's offset? A low-offset like the Race would probably be closer to stock than one of those high-offset rally-style wheels.

I wouldn't want to use just a QD adapter...since the boss hob is designed as a safety feature (it crushes on impact to make up for the fact that aftermarket wheels are much stiffer than stock ones).

I guess I'll just deal with the fact that I can't heel-and-toe until I get a decent aftermarket wheel/spacer...

The QD spacer is nice for security though...since you can take it with you, or hide it, like you would a stereo faceplate.

I don't know whether an hub adapter AND a QD hub together would be too close to me or not... I need to have the proper distance between me and the steering wheel, of course (which is usually about stock)... although I guess you can switch out spacers until it's just right. It seems to me that the wheel is already plenty close when I'm close enough to use the clutch and shifter properly, although I guess an aftermarket shifter might give me a bit more play...

Or use a short crush-hub plus the QD hub... since they make them for that purpose.

 

What I proposed may not be the solution you are looking for, but for evryone's information, you MUST use a steering hub boss to be able to install a quick disconnect hub. The Quick disconnect attaches to the back of an aftermarket wheel and then to the hub "boss".

It does in fact bring the wheel further back by a significant 2 inches or so, but it raises it up a lot as well.