Steering wheel installed, and Sniper display moved, much better, and a hell of a lot easier to get in and out of the car.
Wheel and clock spring removed and horn wiring re routed. I still have to install a momentary contact switch for the horn but have to find one that looks nice:
I took and cut some cardboard out to figure out what my cover needed to look like. I told my daughter when she asked that this was what I was going to use and just paint it, she asked if the heat was getting to me
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So I forgot to take pictures of the plexi-glass but it was just 3/8" sheet I picked up from the hardware store, cut it out, sanded it down, drilled holes, and painted it:
The hub kit from Racecraft is pretty darn nice, all hardware packaged nice, and everything was packed in some pretty heavy foam paper. The wheel is a 13" Grant with spots for momentary switches on either side. Be nice for down the road with either a trans brake or maybe use them for the manutronic shift feature in the trans controller:
And the final install, parts all fit nice, and it brought the wheel back about 3" like advertised. After I was done took it for a drive, having the display down near the wheel is perfect, much better than having in on the dash:
Something interesting to note:
I have been trying to track down a shake / shimmy that occurred at roughly 50 MPH in the front of this car for years. I have virtually replaced and balanced everything that might have or could have caused it and the shake was still there. Even had the car aligned multiple times, and as I know now, incorrectly.
I'm willing to bet this info is out there somewhere and I just did not use the correct search verbiage to find it, but if anyone else has a strange shake they cannot get rid of it is likely in the alignment, specifically toe.
I found this out on my car totally by accident. I was tinkering with the toe and trying to get the wheel straight I ended up with both wheels toed in on the front and went for a drive, vibration was gone. Thinking it was a fluke I got home, took the toe out, went for a drive and the shake was back again! After spending most of the morning setting the toe in and out I figured out that the front of this car needs just a slight bit of toe in the front to eliminate the shake.
I fought with this for years and never figured it out until now, wish I would have figured this out sooner, but again for those that might have a shake they cannot shake, it might be something worth looking into. Now I still have to have the car professionally aligned but I will make sure to have them set the toe as close to it is now, and get some numbers to share when it is done.
I know that is not super numbers technical, but it was some solid process of elimination.