[DeTomaso] To drop or not

[Doug Braun]

Mike,

You have the perfect opportunity to compare drop vs no drop pans at the shop
where our cars are at.
We'll just put my C4 seat in mine any your C4 seat in yours and see which
placement you like better.
I'm still using the stock Pantera seat tracks so you can still adjust the
seat fore-aft.

Three things you may not have thought of:
1) You have the standard C4 seats now but if C4 sport seats (with power
adjustment) require more vertical space then you could consider converting
to them if you drop the pans.
2) More headroom would allow for a thicker (quieter) headliner.
3) The way my seat pans are modified will still allow your quick-jack to
work fine.
4) The lowest part of my new dropped pans are no lower than the lowest part
of the inner longitudinal frame rails so there's no reduction in ground
clearance.

Doug Braun

-----Original Message-----
From: DeTomaso On Behalf Of Mike & Elizabeth
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2021 11:44 AM
To: 'The Goyaniuks' <andriykoisg at yahoo.ca>
Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] To drop or not

That's where I'm going with it so far.  I'd forgotten about pulling the
spacers, easy to do right now and that will add 1/2-3/4" clearance.
Thanks
Mike  

-----Original Message-----
From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> On Behalf Of The
Goyaniuks via DeTomaso
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2021 10:11 AM
To: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] To drop or not

 I will add my opinion FWIW ...
I am just over 6 feet.  With stock seats, I fit no problem.To get more
headroom, I:1) Removed the aluminum spacer blocks that hold up the seat
tracksand,2) Trimmed the floor insulation following the seat track outline.
So that there is only carpet between the seat track and the seat pan
(metal)Finally, I installed unmodified RECAROs and still have enough
headroom.
In my view, if you are not going to race the car ... no need to drop the
floor pans.If you are considering racing the car (i.e. roll bar and helmet)
then dropping the floor pans maybe a good idea.
Bohdan G.

   
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