Mounting race seats as low as possible? Options

[Fubawu]

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??

[brant]

For a race car..

I use the Ultra shield seat
no fight with mounting
it has the perfect angle to mount in the stock floor
no need to cut the seat
no need to cut the floor cross brace

I too use a home fabricated seat back brace
not required in vintage, but required in PCA club racing

I highly recommend this seat and have run it for 11 years now
it fits and it fits tall people too

[Cracker]

There is no way I could safely drive a 914 with the roof on and have adequate clearance with my helmet. It is physically impossible. Heck with the cross brace - I had to lower the seat through the floor. It wasn't happening otherwise.

I am 6'5-6", as mentioned elsewhere but even that doesn't tell the whole story. My legs are looonng. It doesn't matter if my head fits but my legs & feet don't - right? At your height, I believe your floorboard is safe from the sawzall... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sawzall-smiley.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

T

Below is a pic of the dropped floor along with the welded in seat mount...this is a race car pretty much, so I didn't grind the rocker reinforcement plates down flat. I have a line of sight that is about 1.5" above the top of the steering wheel - it feels like you are positioned properly in a race car.