..I was thinking of modifying the same area. I'm fairly experienced with fiberglas and I was thinking that cutting aeway on the sides--undercutting the "saddle" top of the tunnel a bit. This would give you knee room---if your legs didn't need to be bent too much. The reason I'm thinking of doing this is I don't want to curl the saddle down. I know this might work for you, but I'm going to try it both ways. My legs are quite straight and clear under the wheel easily. They would also clear under any cantilevered edge of the tunnel. The pedal-box is a problem--even though it's offset is only about and inch and a half. Mine seats down between the frame-rails. I'm toying with the idea of cutting the pedal shafts and siamesing them to the right. Right now the pedal offset is 1.5 inches. I'm shooting for 0.0"!
I asked several guys why this car was set up for an automatic. They didn't know. I'm going to ber in contact with Ron Butler later this month and I'll get the whole scoop. Blessed are me with the short (but sexy) "gorilla legs"...
Good luck.
