Nice work, but it does look kinda heavy. And the fact that it ramps down at the rear shows that there is useless space. Maybe move the ramp down piece forward, after the arm rest function, and run the rear section flat?

1 hour ago, Tommy said:

Nice work, but it does look kinda heavy. And the fact that it ramps down at the rear shows that there is useless space. Maybe move the ramp down piece forward, after the arm rest function, and run the rear section flat?

Yea, that'd make some space for a hand brake too.

I would drop it down. One of the pleasures of the 2002 is the airiness. I wouldn't willingly give up space.

I wonder if the seats are being moved outboard and driver's seat will not line up with wheel. Have you sat in there to see where your elbows end up? Stock seats kind of overlap tunnel. Hand brake will look a bit odd and may foul your elbow. Can you actually operate it when seated?

What the hell is in there? It's quite low at the fire-wall, and at the back. Just high in the middle. I'd have at least made it curved. Where does shifter end up?

I may have missed it, but have you mounted engine /trans in place? I'd be making tunnel to fit over an actual unit.

On 12/27/2024 at 7:51 PM, Hans said:

I wonder if the seats are being moved outboard and driver's seat will not line up with wheel. Have you sat in there to see where your elbows end up? Stock seats kind of overlap tunnel. Hand brake will look a bit odd and may foul your elbow. Can you actually operate it when seated?

What the hell is in there? It's quite low at the fire-wall, and at the back. Just high in the middle. I'd have at least made it curved. Where does shifter end up?

I may have missed it, but have you mounted engine /trans in place? I'd be making tunnel to fit over an actual unit.

The workshop is back from summer hols so I visited and we reviewed the tunnel design. It needs to be that high because of the S2000 box 

and that height is being continued aft because its a perfect height for an armrest. The handbrake will be recessed into it and will even have room for a removeable vertical handbrake bar for gymkhanas. I think it looks bigger/worse than it actually is but with the new Recaro seat placed more or less in the right place its very comfortable and surprisingly roomy. When we get to trimming we'll use high density foam to round the tunnel shape a bit. There's heaps or room for three pedals directly ahead of the seat and we can place the new steering column wherever we want. It'll end up with a somewhat modern cockpit feel, not for the purists. 

@chargin has done a bunch of these. Curious what he thinks of this tunnel. 

It can be A LOT smaller 

im still using the same shifter location as well 

F20c with the Honda 6 speed transmission 

on the plus side it’s the best feeling transmission I’ve ever driven