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Mounting race seats as low as possible? |
Fubawu |
Aug 22 2016, 02:11 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 45 Joined: 8-October 15 From: Toronto /Williamsport PA Member No.: 19,247 Region Association: None |
I was wondering if anyone has fabbed up some sort of bracket for race seats.
I currently have Recaro side brackets on slides mounted to the stock locations. I would like to mount the side brackets to the stock location minus the sliders for the extra headroom. I need it to stay safely below the cage. My thought was two flat pieces of steel 1/4 inch in place of the rails then mount the side mounts to that? Should lower me a a couple inches. Any other ideas out there already in use?? |
GregAmy |
Aug 23 2016, 07:34 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,311 Joined: 22-February 13 From: Middletown CT Member No.: 15,565 Region Association: North East States |
I just went through this.
I'm 6'1" and have a Tangerine cage that's built right up to the installed targa top. However, I want to run it open-top (it's now historic/vintage, so less concerned about aero as I am about being able to wave to my adoring fans) and SCCA requires the helmet to be 2" below the top of the main hoop. I've got a nice RaceTech containment seat, but short of serious floor modifications (removing lateral mount and installing a lowered floor insert) there's just no way that'll work. Hell, I'm even touching the targa top with it on. So...my only viable solution was to take one of those aluminum-shelled seats (Butler, in my case) and mount it directly to the floor, and I rotated the bottom slightly forward to get my torso lower. Just two through-bolts with washers straight to the pan with another two securing the back to the cage. With its thin bottom padding I'm *right* at the 2"-below-hoop height, and that's if I scrunch down ever-so-slightly. Unfortunately, with the seat rotated down the slots for the belts and the headrest were too low, so I cut off the headrest, trimmed down the back of the seat, and mounted the headrest directly to the main roll hoop. I may get motivated to do a drop-pan over the winter so I can use the RaceTech seat. But this works for now. - GA |
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