Racing seat and harness are in!
 

New racing seat and 5/6 point harness are finally in! Total weight is probably about 5lbs less than the weight of the stock L seat that was in there as the harness isn't exactly fleet of foot. Took me quite a while to figure out how to secure the bracket for the rear. Up front I simply cut open enough of the mounting tunnel that is there to get a wrench in to tighten the nut. Will have pics once I figure out what's wrong with my wife's digital camera. Just sitting in it now makes me feel a little clastrophobic. It definately keeps you in place!

The tranny is totally bolted in and waiting for the rear dif to arrive before she returns to AWD tomorrow evening. I CAN'T WAIT to see what the H&R WRX springs do to the ride height and all. Have only been able to speculate for the past week. I think the front will lower a bit more and the rear should stay about stock but we shall see!

5 lbs lighter? What seats did you get :confused: Mine weigh half the weight of two seats.

Read grasshopper, read. I said the seat and harness weigh about 5lbs lighter together than an L seat! It is your runn of the mill Summit Poly buggy style race seat. It and the brackets weigh a good bit less than 10lbs. The harness itself is like having a cinderblock on your chest. Good thing I no longer smoke! :D

What gears are you running this time?


I have more 3.545 rear diffs, without the LSD, than I need. :rolleyes:

A nice $30 4.11 with 88k on the odo :D

Yeah... the seat is lighter than the rails, and the seat and rails are lighter than the harness :confused:

The 4.11 rear is back together with the LSD and sitting on the desk of this Holiday Inn Express the company has forced me into all week :(

It should be attached back to the car this weekend if Ben can find the bolts that hold it there :rolleyes: otherwise maybe some plumbers strapping and wire ties will be holding it in place :eek: :D

2 nuts, 2 long bolts, 4 short bracket bolts,,,,,,, But ya know, 1 nut 1 long bolt, and 2 short bracket bolts would be lighter... :)


:rolleyes:

Half the hardware is half the weight :D and they're even lighter if you shorten the bolts ;)

HHMMmmm,,,"The first rule of racing is,"Whats behind you does not matter..."



Do you still have those three heavy mirrors? ;)

Dave/Ben,
You guys are having waaaaaay too much fun! :D :D :cool:
-Bill

We didn't, but then Ben almost backed over a family of four while lining it up to get on the trailer :eek:

And the downside is,,,,,,,,,

JUST KIDDING!!!! :D :D

well.... without the bumper beam, it probably would have knocked the bumper cover loose :rolleyes:

So what is behind u doesn't matter?? What if it is the rear stumbling across the course??? :D



I guess then it become your rear that will be in for a hit :D

Tom

did you have to make alot of mods to the seat bracket? I was looking at putting in WRX seats with stock brackets, but didnt want to buy anything until I knew if they would fit.

I'm quite certain it won't fit. Totally different. Not sure why you'd want to anyways as they are definately cheap seats that aren't the most supportive new I can't imagine after 100k. My old Impreza seats were about useless by 90k. Sure they look decent but really you'd be much happier going with something aftermarket if you did anything. Personally I wouldn't touch 'em as I find the SVX seat to be decently sporting for a GT car. Besides, they are intergal to the design of the interior. If you really want a subie seat find yourself a new XT6 drivers seat. YOU WILL BE IN HEAVEN. Very durable seat. Last a good 150k or so before showing signs of wear and definately the most supportive and comforable seat made by Subaru to date. Don't laugh, remeber, the XT6 was about 20k new in 1988 so it was definately a more expensive care than the WRX ever will be. In order to keep prices down Subaru had to cut corners on the Impreza. The seats are one of those corners.

Here are some pics as night set in.

Ben,
Nice! I'm guessing the seat doesn't adjust? :rolleyes: :cool:
-Bill

Actually it goes further forward than the stock seat and about as far back as stock. No adjustment on the seat back or height though. It is a little lower than stock and slightly of center (the wrong way as since I used the stock front tunnel to mount until we get a cage in there were big holes where I needed to thread the bolts through). You'll fit just fine. :D

What I was trying to say was using the bracket from the WRX seats do you think that it would fit? BTW have you sat in the STi seats....very comfy. The newer WRXs have the same type of seat just not in the blue black combo. I have looked up Sparco, Momo, Corbeou? and other to find a bracket for our car but no luck. Any hints would be helpfull

The WRX seat and bracket is totally different. It is a fair amount narrower. Yes I've sat in one, which is exactly why I said what I said. Trust me, they are very poor seats to start with not quite ford pu bench seat quality but for a sporty car they are bad.

You won't find a bracket that'll fit. Personally I'd get some universal sliders from Summit and you should be able to make them fit. Summit sells a very decent supportive racing seat for the ricer crowd that is top notch and cheap. Look it up! I still think it'll detract from the overall appearance of the car. I'd never do it on a street car.

Ben,
So where might one get one of these high-end XT-6 seats? :cool:
-Bill

Did I say it was high end? I simply said it was the best Subie has ever made. Japanese auto seats overall are some of the crappiest out there as far as support and all. Granted they wear great but they lack support in turns. Most of them now have well over 180k on 'em so if you want one go to the dealer and get a new one. Shouldn't be more than $500.

Ben,
Jeez, next time I'll include the "sarcastic" smilie :D :D By "high end", I was referring to the level of restraint you said it provided :cool: Guess I'll stick with my velcro harness until I enter the "prep" wars next season.
(guess what? The 510 that has been the only car running is E Prepared at FedEx must be finally dialing in his car - he did one of his four runs this month - I was on vacation - within a second of the top GS time...the other three weren't within 10 seconds...)
-Bill