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The FFR footbox is not the greatest. If I had to do it over again, I'd modify the gas pedal side aluminum of the foot box so I can have a wider berth. The pedals at this time are too close and I have only 2 pairs of shoes that will fit fine w/o accidentally hitting the throttle on the way to the brakes.
I'm a smallish size ( 5'7") with size 9 shoes.
And yes, there are far too many air passages in the riveting of these panels. I used a lot of aluminum sided matting (similar to Dynamat) to seal up some of these areas but there are still areas I need to address. They're not too important for a car like this but I will say a one piece cockpit sure sounds a lot easier to work with; I probably could have cut out about 5-10 hours of drilling/fitting/riveting I suppose. Still, I enjoyed the build.
The only donor parts that eventually made it to this car was the T5 tranny, and T-Bird rear-end w/knuckles, fuel tank, and pedal box. Front knuckles came off a 2000 Mustang as did the brakes. Everything else was purchased from various vendors such as Ford Motorsports, Summit Racing, Jegs, etc.
Hurricanes look to be a good way to go. Pricing is reasonable; at the time I ordered my FFR, they had not decided on the IRS at that time so I passed on the Hurricanes and I had invested a lot of knowledge gathering on FFcobra.com so it was hard to change. No regrets though.
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