Armycop

Been looking for alternatives to the stock sport seats after Autobahn. Found Kirky's 47 series intermediate seat in 18" size. Questions: how have C5'ers been mounting these? Kirky offers floor and back mounts but say you need a roll cage to make it work. I don't have a roll cage, just a BK bar for the shoulder harnesses.

WhatsaysCF?:

Armycop

C'mon, someone's got these in their car! How'd you mount it?

AU N EGL

Hardbar seat rails

TJM

Geez? Instant gratification or what?

C4 standard passenger side seat rails.

Virtually free, robust , and easy to install.

Work well in mine. Recommend a plate between seat and rails to help
stiffen it all up.

TJM

John Shiels

They probably want you to mount the back of the seat to a cage.. I made some before Hardbar had his and they are very similar. I have a 4 point bar and the seat mounted to that in the back. Road Race deluxe is another option from then if some are still available as the stopped production of them.

gkmccready

So, I'm always curious about this...

Folks are running around with stock reclining seats in the car, but as soon as they put a race seat in they magically need a seat back brace? What makes the race seat require a back brace when the stock reclining seat doesn't?

trackboss

The stock seats have self tightening belts so as the seat moves around they kinda keep the driver snug. With a race seat the harnesses are fixed and if the seat flexes it is a very real possibility that a shoulder could slip under the harness. People argue all the time about how fia seat are safer because of no seat back brace. That is absolutely false because of the above. My personal best scenario would be a really good fia seat, something like racetech, with seat shoulder harnesses mounted directly to the seat so not only can the seat move around to disperse some energy, but the driver will always be attached to the seat. Really well done mounting is a must at the bottom.

MJM

Hardbar seat rails with a Kirkey 45 series in my 2000 C5 FRC.

Armycop

Oh, how I love this board and the members within!

Thanks for the great responses evertbody! big hug all round.

yakisoba

Hardbar mounts. Get closer to the floor that way. i/o port makes a backbrace, or you can fab one up. The seat really needs that, for the reasons listed above.

Armycop

How tall are you? I'm 6'4' and 240; it's why I'm looking at the 18" seats.

John Shiels

The seat mounted is about probably 2" or less over the floor surface I used the IO Port mount to the seat and had to bend it slightly to conform to the seat.

Armycop

Looked at the Pfadt site for their seat mounts and couldn't find them. E-mailed the shop and Rob wrote back saying their mounts were under re-design and wouldn't be available until around Feb 2011. Oh well. Looks like Hardbar will be getting a call!

John Shiels

Hardbar was is made better / stronger

yakisoba

I'm 6'3, 246. I fit into the 17" Kirkey. It's snug, but it's supposed to be. You don't keep your wallet in your back pocket in a race seat. The idea is to connect your butt to the car so you can feel what's going on when you turn.

rustyguns

our 6' 5" member bolted them to the floor

Armycop

yea, but he's all torso, and I'm all legs.

MJM

5'10" and 150 lbs, I use a 15" seat.

Be sure to measure your hip width before ordering. Sit on a bench and slide a box or something against each hip. Then stand up and measure the distance between them.

Armycop

Is there a measurement for 'fatass'? Just a burrito over 19"....

dfinke23

Call Bob with Performance AFX, they sell the Kirkey seats and make rails for them as well.