Has anyone designed their own pedal box?

[motorsportbeng]

I'm currently building my own tin top race car from a bare shell, the development phase is as much the fun of it as racing will be as I'm currently studying for a degree in Motorsport engineering. I've always fancied designing my own pedal box and now I have a student copy of Catia I figured there's no time like the present. I have fairly long legs and a restrictive bulkhead angle in the little Fiesta so I am toying with designing a front mounted master cylinder, floor mounted box design with a detachable footrest on top. My plan is to have the pivot point the same height up as the footrest with the pedals connected to the master cylinders below the pivot thus creating a push type cylinder operation.

I've done a bit of research and OBP seem to offer this type of pedal box however it looks very budget, and I wondered why Tilton and AP have strayed away from this, is there something I'm missing?

Also, my plan was to measure the distance between the heel and the ball of my size 10 foot to work out the distance between the pivot and the center of the pedal, is there a better way of doing this?

Another area I want to research more is the bearing type and application in the pedal if anyone has any tips/guides etc. for this or any type of pedal box design I would be most greatful.