Stock seat clarification please - Page 9

Dinsdale · 12-14-2011, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Jason

All you safety conscious racers would be happy with a aftermarket safer seat that is as heavy as the stock seat it is replacing. YEAH RIGHT!!!!!

All this BS is ONLY about wanting lighter weight seats in Stock.

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.

Mickey Whaley · 12-14-2011, 07:24 PM

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

Chad Rhodes · 12-15-2011, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Mickey Whaley

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

What he said

Crew Chief · 12-15-2011, 01:22 PM

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."

Aubrey N Bruneau · 12-15-2011, 03:45 PM

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.

Jim Wahl · 12-15-2011, 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crew Chief

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."

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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goinbroke2 · 12-15-2011, 04:24 PM

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.

Doug Domm · 12-15-2011, 05:03 PM

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

Mickey Whaley · 12-15-2011, 06:42 PM

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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 · 12-15-2011, 08:00 PM

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.

12-14-2011, 07:24 PM	#82
Mickey Whaley VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,220 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Stock seat clarification please How can this be a weight issue? Hell i have 400 pds in the trunk to make weight??

12-15-2011, 01:22 PM	#84
Crew Chief Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 184 Likes: 0 Liked 11 Times in 6 Posts	Re: Stock seat clarification please 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."

12-15-2011, 03:45 PM	#85
Aubrey N Bruneau Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: South Eastern Alberta, Canada Posts: 311 Likes: 6 Liked 7 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Stock seat clarification please 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. __________________ Aubrey N Bruneau 6409 C/S 62 BelAir sport coupe, 409 HP 409

12-15-2011, 04:24 PM	#87
goinbroke2 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: NS CANADA Posts: 708 Likes: 588 Liked 174 Times in 60 Posts	Re: Stock seat clarification please 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.

12-15-2011, 05:03 PM	#88
Doug Domm Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: canada Posts: 244 Likes: 26 Liked 40 Times in 19 Posts	Re: Stock seat clarification please 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

12-15-2011, 08:00 PM	#90
442OLDS VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Elgin,IL Posts: 1,333 Likes: 5 Liked 262 Times in 100 Posts	Re: Stock seat clarification please 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.