[tyoneal]

James:

Thanks a lot for offering your advice and experience with these other pedal choices. I'll answer/ask within your last post.

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There are a a lot of considerations that you have to take into account with pedal boxes or assemblies and like anything else your decision will have potential consequences that may steer you away from one layout or another. Based upon my experience (I have a Tilton 900-Series firewall mount pedal assembly in the OLC '67) I can offer the following thoughts and observations:

Manufacturers - top 3:
Tilton
AP Racing
Brembo
In all reality the three are probably tied as they all offer a top shelf system but I ranked them that way because (a) I have seen and used the Tilton system, (b) the AP pedal box is a proven product (primarily overseas) but I had very little success sourcing in in NA, and (c) the Brembo unit is quite new and I have not had an opportunity to see it myself. These are also probably the three most expensive offerings on the market but you did say performance over price and these three are used in top tier motorsports around the world.


Location and Mount

There are definately pro's and con's to both layouts, what I found was:

Floor Mount
Pros:
More commonly available as a 3-pedal assembly
More flexibility with reservoir mounting locations
Easier overall plumbing
Cons:
Camaro toe panel forces choice between fabrication and seat mount location
Your pedals are where they are and you have to be comfortable with them
You are going to have plumbing in the car and will need to consider routing outside of the car as well
Need to think about steering column
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Firewall Mount
Pros:
Pedals will be located in essentially stock location
Can use stock gas pedal or drive by wire (with 2-pedal boxes)
You have a little more flexibility on location and layout
Stock seating location is maintained
Cons:
More commonly 2-pedal vs 3-pedal
Can't use stock steering column (can be overcome - thank you Ididit)
Reservoir mounting and plumbing requires more thought
Drivers side valve cover (can be overcome)
Will require reinforcement of firewall and (recommended) tie to cage
2-Pedal vs 3-Pedal
Entirely up to you but you may be limited depending on your choice of firewall or floor mount. One advantage of the 2-pedal box is it allows you more choices with your gas pedal and location of the pedals themselves. On the Tilton assembly you can move the pedal pads relative to the arms to fine tune for fat feet. In my case I am using a locar gas pedal and am having a custom pad machined to optimum heel toe comfort. You could also buy a mono heel toe pedal cover.

One other consideration that you could have (and this would depend on you dash/gauge layout) would be the use of a through firewall or reverse overhung design with a firewall mound)

Thats knid of a quick summary. If you have any specific quesions or want more details just let me know.
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James:

Thanks for your offer. Before spending the money on your set up, where did you get your experience with the after-market pedals? (Driving Schools?

Have the Floors of your Camaro been modified? If so, were they change for the pedals or were the pedals chosen for the existing space that came originally with the car.

How did you do your research? Did you have anyone drive your car and make suggestions based on your car?

It's late, I'll post some more soon if I can think of something relevant,

Thanks again,

Ty