MOUNTING DRIVERS SEAT QUESTION

I think NHRA rules say the seat has to attach the cross bar for the main hoop. So if you don't mount it that far back you will have to make a support that attaches the seat back to the bar. If your car does not have a roll bar, the seat must be supported a different way.

The biggest thing guys dont do is tilt the seat back.
Tilt the front of the seat up so the bottom of the
seat supports the back of the thigh, this makes for
comfort. I like to mount the seat far enough back
that the driver can still press the gas pedal to
the floor and still reach the wheel

Lots of good suggestions here...

First as Cab mentioned moving the seat as far rearward, and to the center will help with weight distribution. It also keeps you as far away from the door as possible, which is a good thing in case of a side impact.

Also, as Mr. P-body mentioned, the back angle of the seat has a lot to do with comfort. A lot of guys just slap it on the floor and call it good, but tilting the whole seat back will do a lot for comfort. Shoot between 21 and 23 degree's on the back angle and you should be good. That should put the cushion in the 10~15 degree spot (depending on how the seat was designed.)

Also, a lot of questions always come up about mounting the seat to the floor. This is a place where a lot of guys go over kill. If you think about the loads the seat see's during a crash they are really low. Your body weight really doesn't influence the seat during a frontal crash, because the seat is behind your body weight. Basically the seat attachment see's no more load with you in the seat, as it did without.

The factory to this day still just uses 4 attachment bolts to the floor. And most of the new seats have lap belts that attach to the seat itself not the floor. In a race car like ours, the seat belts go to the floor, we still have 4 attachment bolts, and you also attach the seat to the main hoop cross brace.

Just my

FWIW, My car has your standard poly bucket seats and I've found out that they really need some back support to take the strain off the seat itself and the floor mounts. Mine actually cracked the floorboard after a couple years of racing it and the seat has more lean to it now than the passenger side seat.

I wouldn't recommend using them unless you have or are putting a roll bar in the car. Not enough internal strength in the seat\ to support a person.

Mount the seat wherever you feel most comfortable.