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If they hadn't allowed all the other improvements we wouldn't have 1967 cars running 9's at over 135 MPH and the "safer" seats would be less of an issue. The top of this slippery slope started a long time ago.

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How can this be a weight issue? Hell i have 400 pds in the trunk to make weight??

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What he said

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Overheard somewhere deep in the Stock pits.....

" I sure wish they would let us replace our old seats with lightweight ones.

Why?

I need to get rid of some more weight. The lightweight brakes helped but my car is still 75 lbs heavy."

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There ARE those of us who don't have hundreds of pounds in the trunk !
My car, with no ballast at all, and 10 gallons of fuel, is 8 pounds over minimum weight. a 30 pound lighter seat would allow me to put that 30 pounds where it would help with weight transfer. However, as a restorer at heart, I like my newly re-upholstered factory bench seat.

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So take it out of the trunk! I'm NOT talking about "lightweight" seats! I'm talking about allowing safer seats that look stock! What is not smart about that? If some of you had seen some of the older stock seats fold up after a crash as I have you would not hesitate to approve of this! Jim

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Seats; Stock appearing and weighing equal or greater than original seat.
Sounds like pistons, pushrods, etc doesn't it?

Kirkey seats? No.
Stock appearing safer seats? Yes.

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And will these seats need to be replaced every 2 years or re-cert. Sorry, I couldn't help myself. In no way am I against the interest of safety but is this not another gate being opened! Careful what you ask for. Re-engineering what we have may be best. If tech has the manpower and time to remove upholstery and create a blueprint of every seat so be it. Doug

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Why do you need a 10 gal fuel tank? Hell go ahead and make it a 20 gal tank and you can probably race all year. Aubrey how many NHRA races do you run a year i would like to check that car out looks nice.

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If most of us ( including me) were close to the 170 pounds for NHRA driver weight,I really don"t think the lighter seats would be an issue.

http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/health...tallbutfat.htm


I could go either way on this.I would love a lighter seat,but feel perfectly safe in my HEAVY factory bucket seat.

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Define aftermarket. If the rule changes I'm bolting this thing and finally making the bottom of C weight.

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Neither SFI or FIA seats have a 2-year rule.

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I think if driver weight was changed to 270 from 170-this might not be much of an issure with everyone

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thank YOU, Mickey...
With the number of races I can attend... my 10 gallons covers the season !
If I'm lucky, I'll make Mission a couple times next year. Can't go anywhere else though.
Stock fuel tank, with 1/2" line.
and a BIG FAT stock seat !