So three inter-related problems to be solved :-
1) Seat position in relation to pedals.
2) Seat height.
3) Pulley position
So this is the start position where we have both roughly placed using CF [ cellulose fibre ]
Now how does this meets the above conditions ?
1) measuring from the Python I know for this seat shape I need the front of the seat 29" from the BB centre , this is 28.5"
2) sadly the seat is much to high at 7" at the front lip.
3) probably not forward enough ?
From this shot you can see the 3" spacer and the temporary floor/clearance gauge , so the seat is the height it is currently due to there being to much unused space in the pulley mount both above and below pulleys. Also it looks like the pulleys could be brought forward and higher up under the slope of the seat front. Although I suspect they will need to be as close to the seat as possible for only 2 pulleys to control both front and rear chain runs.
So that is Saturdays job to try that.
The seat is now much closer to the rear meaning less steel to be used for a rigid seat mount.
At this point I am really really glad I built this tall work trolley , can you imagine trying to figure all this out with the car on the floor.
One other thing i had not though of ?
I now have 14" to much chain ! a weight saving me thinks


Paul
ps nearly had a heart attack when going on the Pedal Car Racing results page and saw they had the first race as March 2nd ??? I had it down as April 6th ?
Seems March 2nd is the official cutoff for entry phew
So by then I should know whether it can race or not , even if at that point I still need to finesse the body work.