man i wantto point out a mistake that i made with my pillar bars. we ran mine as far forward as possable too. and i got a big fat no go from the NHRA tech inspector. we had the floor plat sitting on the pinch weld where the floor transitions to the firewall. so just make sure that you are on the floor only. its better to fix it now than after you ahve built it and have several other bars that tie into it all done and have to move it. by changing mine i ended up redoing 6 bars in the car to get it correct. so just a word to the wise as to what i learned. also your floor plates will be much stronger if you fold up the one side and run it up the rocker box a little. (i ran mine up to the seam in the panel about an inch or so)