Floorpan cross tube thingies, Best way to cut them out? Options

[campbellcj]

I finally made some more progress on the car this weekend -- finished the engine compartment side of the fuel line and Weber fuel bar replacement, redid the rear f/g bumper mountings (dzus) and pulled the seat to begin a bunch of interior stuff.

To mount my new seats, I will need to channel or completely remove the box section that goes across the floor pans (i.e. approx. under your knees). The seats will be on alloy sidemounts that are bolted directly to the floor, which I'll reinforce a bit.

Question is, should I hunt down a plasma cutter or cutting torch (i.e. pay a shop) or can this be done decently with what I've got, i.e. just about anything else (cutoffs, grinders, drills, etc)??? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) I don't want to butcher the floors as they're fairly clean and I don't have a welder, either. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

Thanks again 914 gurus! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif)

[campbellcj]

I was actually looking at the angles (hanging upside down from the cage half the time) for quite a while this afternoon.

Is it fair to say that I want to stick with the lines of the stock seat mounts? They are clearly not "centered" with the steering wheel but they obviously work quite well in the real world.

Oh yeah, if nobody guessed yet, my "old school" Koenig race seats were on the stock rails. Time to get rid of that less-than-solid mounting setup, and the 45lb seats...