A case for aftermarket seats in stock - Page 2

Bobby DiDomenico · 07-30-2010, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Chad Rhodes

just as a rebuttal to the weight issue and the huge advantage it is; I just weighed our new 92 camaro H-I-J/SA car. Its no lightweight, heavier centerline wheels, stock brakes, nothing cut up or acid dipped, mild steel bar, stock POWER seats, etc. as it sits with me in it its 50 lbs light for H/SA, the lightest class it can run......................and I'm 245lbs. i don't see the whole weight issue. aftermarket seats would have just added to the massive amount of weight the car nees

Chad,

Do the shipping weights for these new cars include the discarded A/C units and cruise control, etc.? (I bet the 69-71 ish weights are for a stripped down car.)

What NHRA did not do was reflect the weight reduction of items such as aluminum brakes and things. The easiest way to eliminate the seat weight advantage is going back to every car must be nose heavy. (Anyone recall when that was lifted from the rule book?) It would eliminate all the trick stuff advantage. Does a guy with a 1970 six cylinder Maverick really need $3,000 of aluminum brake pieces to stop? No, but he does to run with the others in his class if they loose the weight there.

I could never understand how NHRA and IHRA let guys race without fire jackets or pants. If your V/SA car is hit by an A/S car and pinned to the wall, don't the flames burn you too while you cannot get out?

Look at some of the early Top Stock images. The A/B/C Stock Eliminator guys had jackets while the Top Stock guys had short sleeve shirts. For those of you not wearing fire resistant pants, I'm going to help at the hospital again this weekend, come along with me and see if those bozo nylon pants help you at all. We won't even get into back/neck injuries...

Johnny Rod · 07-31-2010, 07:32 AM

Hey Dan would that little guy be SB?? LOL.

Run to Rund · 07-31-2010, 02:24 PM

Several years ago I welded tabs on the two sliding sections of each track and ran a bolt through the tabs to lock the seat. If the seat has to move, remove the bolt on each track.

427_ED · 08-04-2010, 07:34 PM

If you could get a couple of seat manufacturers to $hake hand$ with the NHRA ............

Steve Polhill · 08-04-2010, 08:30 PM

I've been saying it for years, But it's a sad State of affairs when someone has to get killed to change the safety rules. I know of very few racers that will complain when they update the rules to make his car safer.

07-31-2010, 07:32 AM	#2
Johnny Rod Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Great River LI N.Y Posts: 90 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: A case for aftermarket seats in stock Hey Dan would that little guy be SB?? LOL.

07-31-2010, 02:24 PM	#3
Run to Rund Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Henderson, NV Posts: 583 Likes: 8 Liked 54 Times in 27 Posts	Re: A case for aftermarket seats in stock Several years ago I welded tabs on the two sliding sections of each track and ran a bolt through the tabs to lock the seat. If the seat has to move, remove the bolt on each track.

08-04-2010, 07:34 PM	#4
427_ED Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Nicholasville, KY Posts: 265 Likes: 54 Liked 2 Times in 1 Post	Re: A case for aftermarket seats in stock If you could get a couple of seat manufacturers to $hake hand$ with the NHRA ............

08-04-2010, 08:30 PM	#5
Steve Polhill Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: London Ontario Posts: 515 Likes: 40 Liked 262 Times in 74 Posts	Re: A case for aftermarket seats in stock I've been saying it for years, But it's a sad State of affairs when someone has to get killed to change the safety rules. I know of very few racers that will complain when they update the rules to make his car safer. __________________ Steve Polhill 3520 STOCK, COMP