Adding a dead pedal without drilling or welding

[Buckeye]

I have wanted to add a dead pedal to my 87 but did not want to drill holes into my wheel wells. I know many on this web site have done this with great success, but I am a chicken.

I purchased a Rennline dead pedal from our host and fabricated two "legs" out of a 1/8 X 3/4 aluminum bar I purchased at Lowes. I will attached the legs to the wood located under the pedals tomorrow My initial thoughts are that it turned out better than I though it would and it seems that it will be very stable when mounted. I will mount it tomorrow and report back

[Elombard]

Hmm maybe - at times I put a lot of force on that thing.

[Dueller]

I would be a bit worried that even tho wood floor board is a little thin it might hold up but my major concern would be the two brckets end up pivoting with only one bolt per bracket attaching to the dead peddle. But then again I'm no engineer.

[donporfi]

My main concern would be that it gets loose in a critical moment and it would land between the brake or clutch pedal.

[fitchn]

Originally Posted by donporfi

My main concern would be that it gets loose in a critical moment and it would land between the brake or clutch pedal.

^^^This. I wouldn't want any possibility of loose components bouncing around/wedging near (or under!) any of the pedals.

[tazzieman]

If you use the DP for a place to rest your foot , as opposed to a brace to push hard against whilst cornering , you might be OK.

Nothing wrong with drilling a couple of holes in the wheel well - as long as you seal it well.

[Buckeye]

All the above are good points, I thought about the same issues. What I found out after my initial fitting is that most if not all of the down force that your foot would apply is carried by the bottom left of the dead pedal.

If after the final fitting I feel there is any danger, it will come off and I will get the drill bits out

[redstrosekNic]

Those wood floor boards need all the structural help they can get just supporting themselves. I would just drill some holes and become friendly with some rtv or silicone.

Goodluck

[wildcat077]

I installed an RSR type dead pedal and the holes are nowhere near any dangerous part of the car when you drill them ... very nice addition by the way !

Cheers !
Phil

[Steve W]

Caution, on a 3.2 there is part of the DME harness that runs from the DME to the gauges that runs along the edge where a dead pedal mounts. On some dead pedals, the hole for the screw is just right over the harness; drill into it and you'll blow the DME! Check behind your carpeting before drilling any screws!

[McLaren-TAG]

Look around down there... it's FULL of holes, some of them if you look carefully have the 25 year old grommets missing or are brittle.

The correct way to install it is to drill the holes, it's really not hard and I'd encourage you to do it as anything loose or floppy or worse breaking on you at the wrong time is a recipe for disaster. Much worse than drilling four holes in the wheel well. BTW you can actually get away with only drilling 3 holes.