Racing Seat Recommendations, For DE and TT Options

[ClayPerrine]

Recently I discovered that PCA has what I consider to be an idiotic rule... You cannot run a racing harness in a track event if you are running stock seats. Seems they would rather have you use a 35 year old lap belt that won't even properly retract at times, leaving you bouncing around the inside of the car unable to properly control the car than use a modern racing harness. But what do I know.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)


So, I need some recommendations for some inexpensive racing seats, with holes in the backrest for the harness, that will fit on the stock 914 seat tracks. I am only going to use them for DE and TT/AX, so I want to be able to put the stock seats back in the car the rest of the time.


What works good in a 914????

[John]

In my opinion, there isn't a "race seat" that will "bolt in" and use your stock sliders and allow any head room at all.

The stock seats are contoured to make more headroom available because the seat bottom is sunken between the slider rails. "Race Seats" are not contoured this way.

I have seen some people go to great lengths to lower race seats so they fit into a 914 (can you say extensive metal fabrication?)

At some point, I will be modifying the track car to give it some much needed head room. I think lowering the seat rail mount points by about 1"-1.5" would work nicely.

I hate the new rule, but it's one that probably won't just go away.

I really prefer our custom "race seats" that we made over any of the purchased ones. For one thing, our seats were stronger than the real "race seats" and they actually fit the car because they were based on stock 914 seat shells. Our seat shells were cut up and modified and provided all the required belt routing holes.

The only problem that I saw with our home brewed seats was that if an anal tech inspector wanted to, they could have sent us home instead of letting us run. As it has turned out, nobody has even looked twice at our seats or new 5-point harnesses.

I'm just about ready to take the passenger seat out. I hate giving my students rides anyway. I'm not sure that they are really ready for the "E" ticket ride....