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Hi, @B is for Build I thought you were building outer build cage/skeleton! Is it even possible? Would it be against the rules? What about cutting a hole in the floor to accommodate seat suspension? Is there space for it? I am also worried about visibility if you're so low in car. If anything, it will be a great show car, I just hope it will race good too.
I just am not sure if cutting a hole in floor pan would not impact safety. And clearance will be impacted too - the seat is right in the middle and set mounts can impact the ground directly. I would like to hear what Chris has to say about these options. I think I am not the only one here.
is there anything in the rules that prevents you from cutting the floor and make it lower than the stock location? Making a seat tub and floor would allow you more room and maybe even a suspension seat.
The car is trashed as a Lamborghini so it doesn’t matter what they do to it as long as it is within the rules of the race organisation. So cutting the floor out and lowering it by a few inches would solve a few problems without loosing much ground clearance.
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You really should look into a suspension seat being as how you wanna "jump/offroad" the build. The other drivers are right,, your back will definitely thank you.
Me personally, going to this much to build a racecar, I would remove the entire floor and drop it 3 inches..... it shouldn't effect ground clearance, and it would make a huge difference in head room..... you know, like three inches!
If you are running bars under the car, run two under cut the floor out to drop seat hight and mount seat from that will give you chance to get some more padding
I agree with Grand Hit, use drop floor pans that have been used for years in kitcars for extra headroom in car like a Countach kitcar. Plus if made from steel it could add strength to the chassis.
If the rules allow I would lower the seat pans and reinforce it incase you bottom out. Or punch the roll cage through the roof and have the halo bar above the roof.
You could always channel the roof to make room for the roof bars, it could look cool and be extremely different while giving you all the room you need for your helmet and seat
As far as the seat go, don't you have enough real-estate to be able to notch the floor. That way to make kind of a tray or pocket for the seat to set into, inorder to give yourself more room?
I really don’t see this thin ass sheet steel able to take a lot of punishment. I can see it being cost effective and easier to custom build, but not as durable in the long run
Any rule on relocation the stock seat mount location? If you are running under bars can't you put in an alternative seat mount structure? Could give you the depth you need to mount a suspended seat setup.
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Curious to see how the boat does with ls power plants. It will drop a ton of weight so may ride higher in the water. Jumpacon coming along nicely. Would be funny to see that out at a Baja race.
Remember that one time before you turned into a complete tool when you use to do cool backyard builds that people could relate to and not high end over priced shit just to brag about how famous you got?? Yea I remember that and wish the channel could go back to those kind builds đź‘Ś
Give yourselves a pat on the back boys. It’s guys like us that think outside the box who will save the earth..... Or at least our ass with a suspension seat!
Have a C6 Corvette race car with same headroom issues...basically removed the floor and replaced it with square tubing as low as possible under the car without causing a snagging point to get the seat as low as possible and replaced the floor under the seat with sheet metal...dash bar should weld to the main cage.
