Stock seat clarification please

[Aubrey N Bruneau]

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.

[Mickey Whaley]

Originally Posted by Aubrey N Bruneau

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.

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.

[442OLDS]

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.

[MikeFicacci]

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

[Aubrey N Bruneau]

Originally Posted by Mickey Whaley

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.

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 !