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Nice units!
The reason for asking about the pull/push cylinders is that in the configuration shown the push cylinders will be below the fulcrum point whereas they are above the fulcrum on pull cylinders. The main difference will be the o/a height and I guess that the difference between the two systems would be ~ 100-120mm(?)
As regards my shoe size I still have trouble find glass slippers that fit! lol. But I confirm that they are just below the average. I've always found that with VW bugs I've always had to lift my feet off the floor to operate the pedals with the ball of my foot - that doesn't happen on any other car I have driven that mostly were pendant pedal boxes. The idea for raising the floor came from looking at a few of the car club's rally cars where even with standard pedal boxes the drivers have raised the floor by usually 50mm to give (so they say) a more positive feel on the pedal. I tried it on the bug and found that the pedal pads were just at the right height so that my heel didn't lift off the floor and the leg position from the standard seat height was much more comfortable and 'modern'. With the raised foot the arc of travel for the standard pedal was just right also.
With the raised floor I also took the opportunity to add an additional 50mm tall crossmember from the tunnel to the heater channel that ought to add a bit more torsional stiffness to the chassis/floor pan - I don't know how much but as I had to put something across to support the raised floor I tried to make the design do other duties as well.
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