buying an itb car , need track time/training.

Just an idea. If a club gives you flack about the instructor having an OEM seat while you have a racing seat, swap them. Give the instructor the race seat and you use the OEM seat. Ideally you would practice driving the car with the race seat to become more familiar with it (the feel) but it sure beats spending more money!
 
seats expire every five years, dont they? wen it expires should i get a seat brace for an older seat. or just pick up a new seat?

im not sure just how old the seat is in the car yet.

also, the instructor will need a 5-point if the driver does, right?

i should be picking the car up next weekend, hopefully.
 
Originally posted by anrkii@Dec 9 2005, 01:59 AM
seats expire every five years, dont they? wen it expires should i  get a seat brace for an older seat. or just pick up a new seat?

im not sure just how old the seat is in the car yet.

also, the instructor will need a 5-point if the driver does, right?

i should be picking the car up next weekend, hopefully.
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Seats don't expire, but the belts do. Yes, if you have a 5 point, the instructor must have one. Usually the seats must be "equal" as well. (equal, as in both seats need to be race seats)

Neck restraints usually aren't required...........but recomended......
 
For the right side seat, I install one of those plastic drag racing seats from Jegs (or maybe it was Summit?) on a mount I had welded up. Nothing fancy, but way better than an OEM seat. IIRC, the seat and cover was around $75.

No one is going to care what your car weighs at a PDE, so don't sweat it. I've never even seen a scale at a PDE.

As for H & N restraint, it's Isaac all the way for me. Anything is better than nothing, though. Check the archives, read up on the Wright Device. I heard it was out of production since Jay Wright's passing, but if not it's worth a look. Ugly but effective and inexpensive.

Welcome to the madness.
 
While Jeff is correct that seats don't expire, the certification date does impact if it needs a seat back brace or not. When I build my car, I got a great deal on a used seat. Yahoo! Or not. :( Because of the FIA certification / date, I needed to have a seat back brace fabricated. But don't listen to us, read the GCR. Yeah I know it is really, really hard to believe, but I guess there is a very minute chance of us being wrong once. :D
 
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