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From: Durham, NC and Virginia International Raceway
Not absolutely sure what you’re referencing, FBB, but cars with stamped steel floors, when the plastic and carpeting are removed, place the drivers heels too low in relation to the pedals, plus are generally uneven.
Almost every production based car adapted for racing I’ve ever seen has a flat plate, usually with non skid applied, placed optimally for foot height to easily actuate the pedals.
I bought one with the dead pedal ear out of a crashed ClubSport for my sim! Works great!
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That is done so the seat can be stationary and the pedals move for the driver. The stationary seat is safer.
As to what Peter says about floor height, it's completely car dependent. Air cooled 911s don't need the floor raised or have anything in them, 924/944/951 don't need it either.
From: Durham, NC and Virginia International Raceway
Originally Posted by Matt Romanowski
As to what Peter says about floor height, it's completely car dependent.
Air cooled 911s don't need the floor raised or have anything in them,
True, the air-cooled cars don’t need them, but the addition of aftermarket pedal assemblies may require additional floor covering and raising the heel rest point. Scott’s is a good example.
Winders pic is what I was thinking about. If converted streetcars have carpet etc pulled out and now a platform is needed how do we decide what is optimum height for each driver? Do we make a platform for example that puts the ball of foot at the brake pedal midpoint minus 1/4”?
Winders pic is what I was thinking about. If converted streetcars have carpet etc pulled out and now a platform is needed how do we decide what is optimum height for each driver? Do we make a platform for example that puts the ball of foot at the brake pedal midpoint minus 1/4”?
Note that my platform has a curve to it. It is shaped that way to provide me with a heel stop and to keep my right foot down at the heel stop. I set the pedal height using the pedal height adjustments afforded by the pedals themselves. It works marvelously!
The only time my right foot is on the platform is when I am not braking. Otherwise it is off the platform when braking and when heel-toeing. The left foot is on the dead pedal resting on the platform unless I am using the clutch. Then the left foot is off the platform. If had a sequential box with paddle shifters, my right foot would never move away from the gas pedal and would always rest on the platform. I don't know, but I suspect my left foot would rest on the platform unless I were to brake hard then it would probably come off the platform to provide more pressure. I could be all wrong there as I have never setup a pedal cluster for that setup.
My brake pedal is slightly higher in my custom pedal assy. So I made mine out of foam and found it to be really helpful in making sure my foot placement on the brake pedal was perfect every time.
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