Removal of seats

[Nafunu32]

I was wondering how much time, if any, would I lose on my 1/4 time if I removed all of the back seat stuff as well as replacing both front seats with racing seats. I'm thinking about making a wall back there for my 2 subs that are currently sitting in the trunk. I'm not even sure how much weight this will take away.

[cvsmightymouse24]

back seats will be about 50lbs and the front seats with be around another like 40 give or take when you add racing seats back into them so like a total of 90-100lbs roughly

[GI8U2racing]

Will racing seats bolt right into the OEM locations? Where are some common ones for our car? I'm looking into weight reduction as well...

[Ludwik]

^^^Corbeau.... I'm pretty sure they sell brackets that fit onto our car..

[Nafunu32]

Are these racing seats locked down where you place them or can they be adjusted? My fiance drives my car sometimes and she is 5'1... I'm 5'9 or 5'10...

[Ludwik]

They have sliders.... so yes you can move front and back!

Also it's up to you if you get reclining or non reclining seats. :)

[Nafunu32]

That's cool. May look into all of this in the near future. I just need to hit the lottery. ha

[Ludwik]

They're not extremely expensive.... But for that price you could do something else....Nitrous.. Headers....

But sometimes those black corbeau seats just yell buy me! buy me NOW

[Nafunu32]

Ha, yeah. They would be done after the headers, intake, and exhaust.

[MOMO]

IIRC, corbeau adaptor sits a bit high.
i guess if youre into that sort of thing, its ok, but i personally like to sit as low as possible.
I think EternalOne knows someone who can make custom mount that will use a existing bracket.. may want to pm him.

[AEMCougar]

Definetly take out the seats and subs for your runs. Put it this way, I got my heavy ass ATX V6 to just over 2900 pounds on the track's scale with the removal of my back seats, front seat, subs/box/amp, spare tire, and all other useless stuff(cd's, floormats, etc.). You'll notice a difference in speed and handling right away.

[AEMCougar]

To add, I've read numerous places that for every 100 pounds of weight removal, .1 is lost off of your 1/4 times.

[BigBalledOX]

IIRC, corbeau adaptor sits a bit high.
i guess if youre into that sort of thing, its ok, but i personally like to sit as low as possible.
I think EternalOne knows someone who can make custom mount that will use a existing bracket.. may want to pm him.

That is not happy news for me. I just ordered two VX-2000's in black with Corbeau brackets and retractable three-point harnesses. Cheap? No, you really don't want to know how much it all ran me. But I wanted racing seats, and beins I'm a big n tall boy, I needed something with plenty of width. These were the widest I could confirm. Sitting high is not gonna be cool though, I'm 6'3", so I fit comfortable in the Cougar, but not by much . . .

[Moraki]

Ive seen wider and taller, Ryan but they were a place that custom builds every seat to the driver.

[BigBalledOX]

I think they'll be find width-wise, my concern now is height, I would think the plate adapters would be very close to stock. I like sitting low, so I guess we'll just have to see.

[GrandMasterKhan]

i say bolt the driver seat directly to the floor. You'll be good then lol

[Nemesis]

That is not happy news for me. I just ordered two VX-2000's in black with Corbeau brackets and retractable three-point harnesses. Cheap? No, you really don't want to know how much it all ran me. But I wanted racing seats, and beins I'm a big n tall boy, I needed something with plenty of width. These were the widest I could confirm. Sitting high is not gonna be cool though, I'm 6'3", so I fit comfortable in the Cougar, but not by much . . .


I hope you got seat extenders, cause you gonna be in a heep of trouble when you try to sit in them and your knees are on the dashboard. :rofl: I couldnt really sit in the car until I got my seat extenders from Corbeau. Im 6'1".



BTW: This thread is bogus.