engine bay floor stressed panel??

[Brian]

If I add a floor to the engine bay portion of the chassis on my car (full chassis all the way back, not a bolt on piece) can it be "stressed" ie glued on and rivited every inch, or must it be unstressed - rivited every 6 "?

The floor rule requires a stressed panel only back to the roll bar bulkhead. I'm unsure about the floor behind the bulkhead.

Thanks, Brian

[JByers]

If I add a floor to the engine bay portion of the chassis on my car (full chassis all the way back, not a bolt on piece) can it be "stressed" ie glued on and rivited every inch, or must it be unstressed - rivited every 6 "?

The floor rule requires a stressed panel only back to the roll bar bulkhead. I'm unsure about the floor behind the bulkhead.

Thanks, Brian

Brian, It's not a problem to glue and rivit a full length pan unless you deviate from the 1" rule. A problem that I developed when I ran a full pan was the through bolts at the bottom of the bell housing started to sheer.

[EACIII]

I thought of doing the same thing to the Bowman but the hassle it would be to drain the oil from the oil pan prevented me from doing it.

Ed

[rickb99]

This might be of interest:

http://www.apexspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27700