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Locost floor mounted pedals
sammy - 4/3/08 at 08:54 PM

Here are my "locost" floor mounted pedals (hydraulic clutch and brake).

Not very pretty but I thought I'd have a go.

Actually it wasn't very locost as I bought new master cylinders, and the dual-circuit brake one wasn't cheap!!

I'll keep the Sierra accelerator pedal as standard (not floor mounted).



Volvorsport - 4/3/08 at 08:59 PM

how thick is the floor ?

wait till you can hold some pedal pressure - then see it flex , for it will do a little bit .

sammy - 4/3/08 at 09:28 PM

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Originally posted by Volvorsport
how thick is the floor ?

wait till you can hold some pedal pressure - then see it flex , for it will do a little bit .


1.2mm thick steel fully welded all around; feels very solid where the pedals are. However I assume you speak from experience so I might mount them on a couple of thin strips of 3mm thick steel coming out from the front backwards. I need to tidy it up a bit anyway. Thanks for the advice!

MikeRJ - 5/3/08 at 07:07 PM

The pivot is quite close to the floor, so I don't think there will be a big issue with the floor bending to be honest.

At least your design gives some scope for moving the pedals forward or back (with appropriate changes to pushrods)!