Got the steel for my chassis today and i cut the material for the bottom of the chassis however now seeing it in real life it looks a little narrow, especally to fit 2 bucket seats and room for the transmission tunnel, do i keep building or go for the mcsorley +4 if i want to fit bucket seats?

This was allways the problem I thought I was going to have being a bit of a fatlad. I aint started my chassis yet but am going down the +442 route.

If you look at the mcsorely site you could possibly get away with a +4 . That way any longitudinal tubes you've alrady cut will still fit as they are mostly the same length.

There are a number of manufacturers that make 'narrow' bucket seats that will fit a should chassis.

These include both trimed seats as well as fibreglass bucket seats.

Lots of things will become harder or more complicated if you go +4" (I should know- I've done it) so think very carefully before going this route.

Basing the car around the seats you want to fit would seem a little the wrong way round to me!

HTH,
James

yes but not being able to fit my arse in it when done would also be a bit of a faux pas

Are you fat then?



James

just "man sized"

Ok, just don't want you to get stuck like me with the car ages behind schedule due to making a few rash decisions at the beginning!

You can get a +4" nose and scuttle from GTSTuning and maybe even a bonnet and back panel.

If you have IRS you can make the tunnel pretty narrow too which will help with the cockpit space.

Guess you may need a roll-bar specially made too but that's not the end of the world!

HTH,
James

ta for the info, as ill be building an fabricating all the panels my self it isnt to hard but must admit i was looking for the nose cone.

Looks like GTS also do the seats for a book chassis too, although by the looks of the dimensions, its a snug fit!

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Originally posted by Gav
Looks like GTS also do the seats for a book chassis too, although by the looks of the dimensions, its a snug fit!

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