Seat Options for 5 point harness
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What are the options for a street strip car and seats and 5 point racing harness I had purchased the cheap Summit seats and adapted them but I would like a different option
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Pics?
Its for a 68 B Body
1970 Barracuda Convertible 1968 Satellite Street Strip car 1654.5 Mustang 1955 Land Rover
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Re: Seat Options for 5 point harness
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Is there a cage/roll bar in use? How important is comfort? Are you regular sized?
Do not forget seat mounting, belts hold a driver to/in the seat, if the seat moves any direction in a shunt, the belts become much less effective/restraining, no matter how good or tight the driver WAS wearing them.
Most important driver in my life, is my son, I bought him a containment Racetech seat.
Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.
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Re: Seat Options for 5 point harness
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I like the aluminum seats. Most guys like Kirkeys. I prefer the Jaz 120-300-03 seat. Smaller, not so huge looking in the car. Comfortable. Easy to mount.
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Re: Seat Options for 5 point harness
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Most important driver in my life, is my son, I bought him a containment Racetech seat. Good move jcc! We have a Racetech 4119 seat in the `Cuda as well and installing a custom one in the Challenger build. We like the 119 Series seats due to the ability to back mount them. They are not cheap seats by any means but you get what you pay for. How much is your health and safety worth to you? Racetech also has a 100 series seats that are more affordable that also has a back mount provision. We are a dealer for them, please email us know if we can help you out thanks!
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Re: Seat Options for 5 point harness
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Good to know Is that an air feed black fitting on the lower back on the white seat? If so, how does it work, is it channeled?
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Re: Seat Options for 5 point harness
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Did you sell the Road Runner?
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Re: Seat Options for 5 point harness
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Yes on the back of 4119 or 9119 seats there is an air duct to hook up a portable fan (or an expensive portable AC unit) to cool down the driver. It is simply a hole that goes through the seat. Here is the rear of a 9119 carbon/kevlar seat You can also see the integrated back mount. When tied to the roll cage, the seat is so stiff that you can shake the entire car with it. I assume this is in a road race car. A drag seat would be useless (and dangerous) for you. Different applications will require different seating solutions. A drag car with a roll bar will not use the same set up as a 25.5 or 25.1 chassis. Street car that will be driven miles? Something completely different.
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Re: Seat Options for 5 point harness
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01/26/19 06:35 PM
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Thanks for the feed Is there a cage/roll bar in use? How important is comfort? Are you regular sized?
Do not forget seat mounting, belts hold a driver to/in the seat, if the seat moves any direction in a shunt, the belts become much less effective/restraining, no matter how good or tight the driver WAS wearing them.
Most important driver in my life, is my son, I bought him a containment Racetech seat.
Thanks for the feed back Comfort is important as it is a street strip car It has a roll cage cert for 8.50 I am 6 foot and 195 lbs It is drag race and street oriented, not road race for this car.
1970 Barracuda Convertible 1968 Satellite Street Strip car 1654.5 Mustang 1955 Land Rover
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Re: Seat Options for 5 point harness
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01/26/19 06:39 PM
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This is the car And an old pic of the roll cage
Last edited by Kam*Kuda; 01/26/19 06:42 PM.
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Re: Seat Options for 5 point harness
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The Racetech seat pictured in FG is comfortable. Its also snug, and offered in a wide version, which you may not need, is also offered in a tall version version, but again, you are right on the edge size wise IMO. I personally have an Alum Custom sized RR containment Kirkey. The Racetech is more comfortable. If car does not have AC, that duct attachment could be useful with just a fan, and could always later add the pricey all in one electrical cooler style. Rollbars with helmets on the street make me nervous, the better the seat restraint, the less chance you have of moving around and contacting a bar with your head, padded or not.
Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.
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Re: Seat Options for 5 point harness
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How will you run the anti-sub belt with those seats? The sub belt holes are an option when you buy them so the seats have the holes for the sub belts. I have yet to mount the belts but I have some ideas - looks like there will be adequate room, but it will be tight. I made custom mounting brackets because the ones I bought were too high. I can take pics of the seats installed but I wont be home for 2 weeks.
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Re: Seat Options for 5 point harness
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"anti submarine" belts primary purpose in upright seating cars is to keep lap belt from rising ( from the forces acting on the shoulder harness) into your soft venerable stomach area, and over the strongest bone structure in your body, the pelvis. The name is a misnomer, and if your jewels are hurting, you likely have serious other injuries, if you survived.
For clarity, a 3 point OEM belt does not pull up a lap belt in the way a 5/6 belt harness does, and is a different animal in this discussion.
Last edited by jcc; 01/27/19 11:58 PM.
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Re: Seat Options for 5 point harness
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Thanks I knew about Kirkey and was concerned that it would be uncomfortable
1970 Barracuda Convertible 1968 Satellite Street Strip car 1654.5 Mustang 1955 Land Rover
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