Floor brace on 1st gen

Originally posted by Benracin:"And to jakes comment, does the floor look strange? It really bows up in the middle running the length of the seating area. I've always thought it was just how things were but it's seemed odd to me. I've smacked it with a hammer a couple times and it doesn't move easily. Is your more flat?"

Ben,
After looking at your pictures, I would agree that your floor profile has been altered. My first guess would be that someone prior to you had jacked the car up at that point or something was not removed from under the car when it was lowered from a jack or lift. Before becoming a racecar, I am sure some of our cars have had interesting historys. I don't think I would want to see the "Carfax" report that has my RX7 floating in the Mississippi or something worse. You may want to flatten it with a hammer or just leave it alone if it does not see to be causing any problem.
The box steel set-up looks great. Why flat steel for the parts perpendicular to the box steel? Does the seat flex when you sit it the car with it mounted? Since height is a concern, box steel may not fit, but maybe angled steel may give you some additional strength.
Is your seat a Kirkey, and can you post where you bought your seat mounts? Also, have you decided how you are going to connect the seat to the cage?


Originally posted by lateapex911:"Bill- I use a Momo Rookie, and I will have to check out the mounting....it's been awhile! My memory is also sketchy on the whole substrap mountig thing...I do not have a proportioning valve installed as yet. I will check things out soon and report back asap!"

Thanks Jake. I have not put in the proportioning valve yet either. I am not sure where to put it so that it is out of the way.

Bill Emery
Glen Region
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The flat seal in that picture was temporary. I was using it as something to put the seat on since the floor is kind of uneven. Before I went to this latest set up of mounting the seat I used to short pieces of flat iron underneath the rails just as a stronger bit of reinforcement. I'm not sure at this time if I'll connect those flat iron pieces to that box I've created or if I'll just bolt the seat to the floor and call it a day.

The piece on the trans tunnel side actually works sitting on the floor and touches the box iron pieces. So I could weld that in. The other side is about 1/2 shorter so it doesn't touch. If I weld that to the box iron there would be a gap and it would flex. That's where I'm currently stuck.

The seat is an Ultrashield seat and the brackets on the side are sparco. Try this link. I have a seat back brace I got from ioport here

Thanks again. Any ideas on how to get that seat in there nice would help.
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[This message has been edited by benracin (edited March 27, 2003).]
 
Looks Good Ben. Your on your way. To much work though when my seat is in already.
By the way Where are you racing this year are you in the NE if so are you attending the NHIS April 12 .
Scott 99 ITA Rx7 NER
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Love to! Except it's a bit far. I live near Minneapolis in the midwest. Looks like the first race is Blackhawk farms over here. Hopefully this will make the first finish on my novice permit. I hope!
 
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