decathect
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- Mar 5, 2009
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Denver,
Colorado
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Has anyone else tried to fit a racing seat, with proper positioning, in your racecar? I find that 1g seat provisions are terrible.
Building anything up off the stock mounts made the seat way too high and my 6'3'' teammate's helmet was above the level of the halo, which is as tight to the pillars and ceiling as they get.
Trying to mount a seat avoiding the stock tunnel meant the seat was so far out to the left/outside of the car that I wasn't comfortable how close it was to the door bar, and the seat wasn't anywhere close to centered in front of the steering wheel.
Here is what I did, the pictures should speak for themselves. I'd be happy to answer any questions; hopefully this helps someone tackling the same problem. Seat is an Ultra Shield pro road race, seat brackets are kirkey (with layback and height adjustment) and the sliders are sparco double locking. Sliders mount directly to my new floor pan.
Seat position is now awesome, seat is perfectly centered on the steering wheel, as low to the ground as it can possibly get (just about) and has miles of adjustability, I'm even thinking my 7' friend might fit! We'll see.
The only risk is that I've now cut into space where the exhaust normally runs. Being a dedicated race car, I'm sure I can make it work, or figure out another exhaust path. I have some options there but i'll update once I start tackling that.
What has everyone else done to get it right?
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