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matt b:
Hi all - been off the board a bit with some work changes.

Putting the MW FED back together and am replacing the interior floorpan. Current unit runs from rear motor plate under the seat to the rear rails. It is a rip-roaring PITA to get in and out.

This may be a dumb question: Can I remake this in two -three pieces? Any rule or safety conflict to doing so? Current pan overlaps the outside rails and is relieved for the vertical chassis tubes and has a mild bend where the main tubes turn up towards the rear of cage.

Assuming I can do so safely I have a couple options in mind.

1. Main center pan with small 'wings' dzused on each side that are relieved for the vertical members / pedal mounts, etc.
2. Front section pan from seat brace to motor plate with rear section under seat (at bend) dzused in place.

Thanks in advance - appreciate any thoughts.

Matt B

rooman:
Matt, a couple of questions;

   Does your car have a belly pan (below the frame rails, from mid plate to the rear end) ?

   Do your feet rest on the interior pan or do they rest on the gas pedal (heel rest) or cross members?

   The rules only require a floor pan if your feet rest on the belly pan so if there is something else under them the floor is redundant.

Roo

dreracecar:
Considering that your legs go over the rear end and that you cannot be pulled out the bottom, No spec or ruling exist except that there be something/anything there

rooman:
The ruling reads "if driver's body is in contact with belly pan, crossmember and subfloor mandatory.  Also "Driver's legs must be retained inside frame by subflooring or other retaining device that is independent of car's body" (which really is saying the same as the first line).
 The above is from the Nostalgia Dragster section of the 2016 rule book, the latest that I have to hand.

Roo 

dreracecar:
Again that's a description taken from rear motor rules and inserted into the sportsman classes

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