Fixed Bucket Mounting

[mech205eng 11]

Got to the stage now to mount my seats in my project car. Just managed to get a pair of sparco pro2000's, made in 08 but still buth sealed in original platic and boxes. I'll be mounting these in fixed with some aluminium side mounts. I will be securing my side mounts to 1"x1" mild steel box section that i'll be welding in. I need my seats in low, not that im super tall (just over 6 foot) but i want my head as far away from the cage as possible. I already know that the exhaust tunnels in the way and i'll be cutting some of this out and re-fabricating the sides. All i want really is other peoples photos of their floors with seats removed, to see how much of the tunnel they've cut out just to get an idea. Or any advice that'll save me time at this point.

Cheers

[Tom Fenton 1,541]

Plenty of example pictures if you search around. But basically you want to remove the "hump" in the tunnel and make it so it ends up "straight sided".

[Cameron 16]

Search Query: +Seat +Lower

 

Edit: Note that MSA regs stipulate 3mm thick spreader plates to be used where seat mounting bolts pass through the original bodywork - this does not mean all your sheet metal & box section needs to be.

Edited May 9, 2012 by Cameron

[Atari Boy 11]

When I did mine as Tom suggests, it created clearance issues with the middle exhaust box as there is less space to fit flush with the car so I had to go for a cherry bomb middle box.

[matt.f 16]

Put padding on the cage

[mech205eng 11]

Search Query: +Seat +Lower

 

Edit: Note that MSA regs stipulate 3mm thick spreader plates to be used where seat mounting bolts pass through the original bodywork - this does not mean all your sheet metal & box section needs to be.

 

Cheers, those pictures on that thread are great, i could see in my head what wanted doing, just helps to see an example. I did try a quick search but couldn't find that thread.

 

When I did mine as Tom suggests, it created clearance issues with the middle exhaust box as there is less space to fit flush with the car so I had to go for a cherry bomb middle box.

 

I've got no silencer/middle box, just one continuous pipe from manifold to back box so i should be ok there.

 

Put padding on the cage

 

I will be padding the cage but would like to stay as far away from it as possible

[Cameron 16]

I will be padding the cage but would like to stay as far away from it as possible

 

Sensible choice. Lower CoG is a bonus too.

[c_robinson 8 1 Cars]

seat positioning is said to be worth 1 to 2 seconds a mile (in rallying)...

 

The common consensous is that the steering column wants to be inline with your nose. Ie: if you extended the collumn at the same angle it'd hit your nose.

 

See far too many cars with a comfortable seat position (low, laid back etc) but it provides less control and costs you on the stages/track.

 

Just my opinion of course

 

Charlie

[Baz 421]

Totally agree, makes a lot of difference.

 

There's no real reason why it can't be comfortable as well as functional though.

Edited May 16, 2012 by Baz