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I have always loved dreaming of a dual mc Tilton pedal box... The prices on these boxes are well beyond what I consider "locost". They are not really even moderate cost. Tilton and other brand boxes are a little to pricey for my liking, so I am looking to gather pictures and info on homemade setups.

We all love fabrication. A handful of us are capable of building their own setup. I am hoping to gain a little info on the subject. I would appreciate it if you were to share your knowledge and/or pictures. For me, and I'm sure plenty of others, they are worth a 1000 or more words. Thanks in advance.

46and2

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Buy Nutek Forged wheels!

Here's a pic of my pedal box.
Waterjet cut and tig welded.

That is a very nice looking pedal box. Great job.

Nice work! Are you using any kind of bushings for the pivots? How did you determine the pedal ratio? I really liked the shared bolt for the pivot point.

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Buy Nutek Forged wheels!

I suppose I could have put in some bronze or plastic bushings. I didn't think I'd need them because I don't plan on driving the car in wet weather where rusting could be a problem. I could also have made the pivot rod out of bronze.
I used 3.5:1 for the pedal ratio. Same as a formula ford pedal box that I measured up. The brake pedal has a nice solid feel to it which will only get better once I seat the brake pads a little more.

Here's a pic of the pedals installed in the car.

Fortysixand2,
You don't happen to have drawings or a materials list you would like to share, do you?
Very nice idea and craftsmanship. That's taking locost to the limit for a $300 store bought unit.
Don

I made my own top-mount. ~After~ the car was complete (retrofit is a royal PITA). I bought three Wilwood masters, and ~just~ the balance bar from Summit. I fab'd the rest, using UHMWPE for bushing material (left overs from when I did my own suspension bushings).

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The Lethal Locost
The Lethal Locost 2 - Even More Lethalerer

Thumper - awesome fabrication! Any drawings or dimensions you could share?

thx, Greg

I don't see how I can post drawing files on this forum so I posted to my website.
Drawings are in Acad 12 format.
I don't normally add dimensions to my drawings as I draw them full scale. You can get the dimensions from Acad.

http://www.szott.com/zot2/Pedals.dwg

http://www.szott.com/zot2/PedalsWaterjetTemplate.dwg

Jan

Thanks guys,
Good job by both.
Don

I can tell from experience, the Tilton floor mounts are fabulous and worth every penny. But tricky to put in especially if you want your pedals as far into the foot well as possible. The custom one above looks to fit much better than my final result. Thank god I am short, so to me it's not a big deal, but I would estimated I lost about an inch or two by putting in the Tilton. Still Love them though, the adjustability is ridiculous.

It was either mount them way off the floor, or inset.




You can look at my blog or the Picasa photo album for more detail


https://picasaweb.google.com/1163813628 ... rakeSystem

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-- Push the pedal on the right, the one in the middle is for wussies ---
- Link to build blog- http://BluLi7ard.blogspot.com/

I haven't completely finished mine yet so I'm not sure if I'll run into any unforeseen problems but so far so good. The pedals are very similar to Tilton ones, the base is my own design and will use wilwood masters. 6:1 pedal ratio for the brake and 4:1 ish for the clutch. The bushings, tubes, and crush sleeves came from the prelude and miata pedals that i had lying around and were shortened accordingly.

Zac88GT,
Really nice!!! Looks like all CNC waterjet or laser cut out, chamfers, deburred and welded neatly.
Not sure what you do for a living, but you would be good in the nuclear industry with work like that. And, thanks for the clear pix so the rest of us can be inspired.
Don

ebay.uk has some really nice ones for about 180 Pounds. Doesn't seem to bad to me as some include bias bar, indash bias bar adjuster, and three master cylinders and reservoirs. Doesn't sound to bad to me, bolt it in and your good to go.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/universal-floor-mounted-forward-facing-bias-pedal-box-components-/150839379501?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item231eba462d

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Those pivoting fittings used on the brake pedal linkage are exactly what I'm looking for. Did you make them or buy them?