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Originally Posted by Silver69Camaro
Race-Rodz,
Prodigy,
I understand your point. Keep in mind the floorpan in which the seat bolts to is already raised high above the rest of the floor, and there are a multitude of seat brackets (and you can make/modify your own) to make things work. Not all seats have the same padding height, either. We have a builder who built a car using our chassis for a guy that was about 6'2" (and about 230lbs, big guy), and he fits in there very comfortably. I believe that car was sectioned 3-1/4". This is a common concern for people, but is often not a problem.
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The car built for the 6'2" guy, was that a Camaro? A Camaro seat pan is about 2" below the rocker top at the front edge, and about 3 1/2" below the rocker top at the rear of the pan, making the seat go lower as it goes back. The stock floor actually dips lower then the bottom rocker on a Camaro at the seat pan on the bottom of the car.
If the seat is at the top of the 4" rocker, which it would be in a full channeled application, with the thinnest of seat bottoms, a full grown man cannot ride in it. Also, floor pans that are the same height, or almost the same height as the seat tend to cause circulation problems in the legs on long trips, making it uncomfortable to drive, so building the seat into a recess bucket of sorts is not an option either. I only speak from first hand experiance trying to chassis these cars. We have done it, but there are always sacrifices unless you can get the exhaust out the side with fenderwell outlets, or through the tunnel. Then the floor can be at the bottom of the frame, belly style, curing all the issues. As I said, we just finished one of these. If your frame was modified slightly, changing the exhaust routing, this could be done and would be a popular swap. It would only require changes to the center rails, or removal of the center rails if you think it would be strong enough without those rails.