I did a search, couldn't find anything, though I vaguely remember seeing something like this before.

For you people driving cars with stock seats, and perhaps stock seatbelts as well, and who are not so tall that your helmet bumps against the ceiling unless you lower your seating position, how do you try to sit?

When your left foot has the clutch pedal down to the floor, how bent is your knee in yoru comfortable seating position?

What angle do you like the steering wheel at? Pointed at your chest? Pointed at your face?

How bent is your shifting arm when you put it into first?

I try to sit as close to the wheel as possible, but allowing my legs to be comfortable. Gives me a better view and more torque on the steering wheel.

Clutch leg is slightly bent at full extension for daily driving, knowing that I'll be pulled back a little further into the seat on race days when I'm using the harness. Seat is upright such that there is a minimal gap between my head and the headliner. In this position, my arm is just under full extension to hit 5th gear. Wheel is positioned as low as possible, but high enough that my right leg doesn't hit it when moving from gas to brake.

I have 3 different seating positions (Sti street, Sti track and 944 track). All three are a mix of comfort, reach, and the cars ability. I'm 6'2" so i need to slouch a little with a helmet on, and I move the seat 1-2 clicks closer to the wheel. For DDing, this would destroy my legs and is VERY uncomfortable for non track duty.

As for the race car, I have the seat bolted to the floor pan (with no botton cushion) and I still hit my helmet on the cage padding. I can barely see the hood at all, but the shifter is close to the wheel and the pedals are in the right spot for my legs.

Its really all about balance. You need to be comfortable, you need everythign within reach and you need to work around the constraints of the car (if there are any). If you can find a good balance thats your seating position :)

in my experience, people who sit really close to the steering wheel are really quite hamfisted with the car and drive with their elbows. driven properly on tarmac, you should never need a lot of strength to turn the wheel. if you DO need a lot of strength i'm positive you're also squeezing the wheel too hard and reducing the feedback available to your hands. (for the above reasons, i'm a big supporter of power steering systems)

seating position is a bit of a balancing act. comfort is paramount, so even if you maul the steering wheel sitting really close to it, you're still likely quicker then if you sat back more but were less comfortable. you've limited how fast you ultimately can be, but changing your seating position is going to slow you down for a little bit.

wow, great responses. Thanks, guys.

Over the years....since I started AutoXing...I find that I sit more upright than I did when I started....I am 6'3" and my wife is 5'5" and when she drives my car...she actually has to move the seat back...:lol:...I sit so close to the wheel now...even in my daily driving.....its just more comfortable for me to do that..now....Wheel is all the way up....seat is almost all the way forward...and the seatback is almost at a 90...(Sits very straight up)...it gives me better vision...and since I usually steer at 9 and 3 so I get FULL range steering input(something a driving instructor taught me once)...same with the pedals....quicker reaction time when you don't have to struggle to hit the brake or gas...another thing my instructor taught me..:)...

Bill

I have been realizing lately that i like to sit a bit far from the wheel, and feel more comfortable if my elbows are not so bent when my hands are at the 9 and 3 o'clock.

But - this means I tend to do 90% of my wheel-turning by pulling DOWN on one side of the wheel or the other. With my elbows more extended, i can't do as much by [ushing UP on the wheel, or across.

I shuffle-steer, but I have started to wonder if I should train myself to be more comfortable sitting with my chest closer to the wheel so I can cross over if I have to.

Okay now that was the confusing part. :)