Racecar Rebuild: its been awhile!

[DEADEYES]

Wow that seat looks crazy uncomfortable but I can't argue with a cats choice, haha.
But for real only 6lbs! Thats nuts, hope it holds up well to that abuse you'll be putting it through.

[6G72gearhead]

I thought they would be as well until I sat in one. Just enough padding to really do its job. They are very well designed in that its the bare minimum to maintain comfort and strength.

They are really strong, good welds, good structure, they are really popular in my area for racecars, I can't imagine they would be so popular if anyone was having durability issues.

Next week I'll have the mounting brackets fab'd up and get this thing in the car.

[2002BlackDragon]

Are they just a local company or do you have a link to them?

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[DEADEYES]

Good deal if you don't mind me askin how much did it run ya?

Can't wait to see it in the car.

[xd_01]

nice seat, try to position yourself as low as you can.

[6G72gearhead]

They are out of Texas, they make drag and circle track seats all the way to full containment road racing seats. The price is the best part, it was just under $315 to my door.


When I mount it I have to use a slider and I can't modify the floor to do it, so I gotta get as creative as possible to mount it low.

[DEADEYES]

Wow thats not bad at all, good deal man

[demond0d5]

whats the advantage of being low? better protection during a roll or something (like so you don't hit the roof?)

[6G72gearhead]

Well, at 6'5" that is a concern, but primarily its the difference in CG. The lower I can put the ballast of my body the lower I get the CG of the car.

In WRC the navigators seat is generally attached directly to the floor pan, while the drivers seat can be 2"-3" off the floor of the car. This is to keep a low CG, however as a driver issue's can arise if the seat is too low, and your legs are not at a good angle and you can't see out of the car.

[demond0d5]

ahhh ok that makes sense! i didn't think a few inches would really make a huge difference but i guess when you wanna win everything counts!

[6G72gearhead]

Anymore SCCA racing is all about splitting hairs, since the rules are very defined on what can and can't be done. Its really hard to win with an under prepared car just by being a better driver, its just too competitive.

Since I have my rear suspension out to get things cleaned up I'm currently painting my control arms orange. Why? Because its obnoxious and I can.

[2002BlackDragon]

Lol... that's awesome. Shoot us a pic when complete. I'd like to see how that turns out.

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[6G72gearhead]

Still haven't got the seat bracket templates made. it is looking like the lowest I can go is the plane of the sliders which kind of sucks, but I can deal with it, I'm still sitting about 5" lower then I was previously.

I should have the aluminum waterjetted out early next week, and I'll have some weld porn for you guys shortly after. Just gotta get these damned mopars finished up at my buddies shop to clear room.

[6G72gearhead]

Still waiting for the aluminum to come back from the water jet place.

In the meantime I did polyurethane rear knuckle bushings and cleaned up the control arms, and painted them bright orange!!!!

Why, because I fucking can.











Getting things settled in to get the seat mounted, I'm really excited to get this mount fabbed up, it should look really good!



I feel a big 'For sale' thread coming on, just a small sample of all the spares I've accumulated.

[6G72gearhead]

So my rear toe adjusters are seized and will likely need to be cut out, so should I go with the Megan Racing toe arms or another set of factory parts?

[demond0d5]

Yeah I had mine sitting in the tech parking lot for like a week waiting to get a sawsall to cut em out last year!!! Downing wouldn't let me back into the shop even though we broke it on the alignment rack -_-

I really wanna know which y'all are going with, oe or Megan!


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[6G72gearhead]

That is what I'm deciding. Guess I need to price out OEM before I get too far into it. I have yet to do that.

[demond0d5]

Used I picked a driver side up for $35


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[6G72gearhead]

Ok, this update isn't so much from work I've done on my car, but work done on another members car, demond0d5.

As far as my car is concerned I lost my damned key and am waiting for the locksmith to come program a couple new ones. I will take pictures tomorrow of the welded up and installed seat bracket!

Anyways, here are the only 2 5 spd swapped 8g's I know of in the central midwest area!

[6G72gearhead]

Boom!

Here is one side of the bracket at least. Gotta slot the mount holes to shift the seat slightly further inboard, but the welds came out killer, I've certainly come a long way in that department.





I didn't polish the welds, or clean them at all afterwards.