Dead Pedal??

[CrazyB]

I was wondering if anyone has tried welding in their own dead pedal on their track prepped car?
I always thought a good dead pedal is important, as you need a good place to plant your foot to stabilize yourself sometimes.
So wondering if anyone has welded their own in?

[etxxz]

yep..

[Vethen]

i havent heard of it. but im sure it's been done... but doesnt your car alrdy have one?

[CrazyB]

It does but when you remove the carpeting there is not much there.

[Massive Lee]

there are cheaper alternatives than welding. $75usd each.

[RangerGress]

Instead of welding the dead pedal to the cage, consider instead welding it to some some cage clamp device that allows you to adjust it's position on the cage.

[lt1_man]

This is how my cage builder did my dead pedal.





Excuse the dirty car I needed to vacuum it out but was to lazy before I took pictures.

[!kid]

kinda small but i am sure it works. how thick is it ?

[2002maniac]

there are cheaper alternatives than welding. $75usd each.

welding is expensive?

[JGood]

I made my own. Took maybe 1 hour. I just bolted it to the floorboard and firewall. I don't know what gauge steel I used, maybe 1/8"? It's sturdy and does the job.

[!kid]

I made my own. Took maybe 1 hour. I just bolted it to the floorboard and firewall. I don't know what gauge steel I used, maybe 1/8"? It's sturdy and does the job.

think you could snap a pic for us ?

[CincinnatiKid]

I love my Massive dead pedal, just bolted it down tight, it's not going anywhere and it's sturdy as can be. Why do you need to weld it?

[CrazyB]

Well welding could make it simpler to design, I can also just bolt in in always. Since I do not have a full cage yet,just a roll bar, it will have to mount on firewall and floor.

[JGood]

think you could snap a pic for us ?

Yep, I'll do that tonight.

[Optimator]

I think everyone's favorite hick racer JGood got a piece of pressure treated 2x4, cut it to 6.5" in length, drilled two 1/2" counterbores with a Forstner bit on 4" centers, then put some 3/8"x1.75" hex bolts sourced from True Value hardware to secure it to the E30s floor. A little bit of grip tape and you're in business.

Total cost: $5.24.