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I have a kirkey intermediate road race seat 15 inch in my race car as well. I love it, using their cushion and it is perfect for me. I tried a bunch of different seats including the sparco line, none of them felt any better to me. Advantages of an FIA seat would be if you have different drivers of varying heights, much easier to reposition frequently without the back brace. Even that can be handled easily enough when you are fabbing the cage and seat mounting if you know you will need to move it. Other than that The extra weight, but you said tht was not your primary concern.
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I dunno if this helps, but we have a excelent company over here in NZ that does some of the best seats I have used.
http://www.racetech.co.nz/
The majority of there stuff gets sent overseas and with the way our dollar is, could be a good option for you guys in the states.
I have the 4009 in my race car and its hands down the most cumfy seat and best holding I've ever used. Happily did a 7 hour drive in it a while ago.
http://www.racetech.co.nz/
The majority of there stuff gets sent overseas and with the way our dollar is, could be a good option for you guys in the states.
I have the 4009 in my race car and its hands down the most cumfy seat and best holding I've ever used. Happily did a 7 hour drive in it a while ago.
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I had a Kirkey Intermediate Road Race seat in my FC. The nice thing about FIA seats can be that some don't require a seat back brace to comply with safety rules. But if you don't mind having the brace, bang for buck the Kirkey is hard to beat.
Comfortable enough to daily, well.. that's a stretch. I could do it if it was a sunshine fun car I drove a few days a week... But a true daily driver seat? I don't think it's any worse than any other race seat, so if you could deal with it in a sparco seat, I think you could do it in the kirkey too. But not me, my back would be toast
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Comfortable enough to daily, well.. that's a stretch. I could do it if it was a sunshine fun car I drove a few days a week... But a true daily driver seat? I don't think it's any worse than any other race seat, so if you could deal with it in a sparco seat, I think you could do it in the kirkey too. But not me, my back would be toast
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i was lookin at the full containment seats with head restraint. ive decided 100% that i dont want head restraint, i know i will be turning my head alot in the car. now if i want to go metal or composite i think i will even take a 2nd hand seat if anyone has one...if its expired thats ok aslong as the price is right
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Gregory, do you want to know if it will fit easily? depends on how tall your upper body is. Me, I had to cut the rear seat mounts off the floor pan, and bolt it to the floor. Seat was mounted at a angle so I could get enough headroom clearance for my helmet.
Not FIA regulated, nope. SCCA/NASA doesn't require FIA legality, but they do mandate a seatback brace that isn't FIA and under 5 years old (I think the wording is installed in the car as the seat manufacturer specifies, so if the manufacturer says a seat brace, you gotta put it on) Not needing the brace sure does simply mounting, but I could never find a seat big enough that was FIA.
Attached a pic, not a great view, but best I can do.
Not FIA regulated, nope. SCCA/NASA doesn't require FIA legality, but they do mandate a seatback brace that isn't FIA and under 5 years old (I think the wording is installed in the car as the seat manufacturer specifies, so if the manufacturer says a seat brace, you gotta put it on) Not needing the brace sure does simply mounting, but I could never find a seat big enough that was FIA.
Attached a pic, not a great view, but best I can do.
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luckily for me scca/nasa dont apply. the local rules aparently are that you have a full cage with side bars for side impact if you run tandem, and that you have seat belts pretty relax rules...so ive decided to buy a new harness and go with a used seat or possibly a kirkey alum seat new. no helmet restraint since i will be moving my head alot. if later down the road formula d rules come into play, i will have to either purchase an fia cert seat or if i go kirkey new i wont have to worry about it. i plan to follow the manufactures directions on seat brace etc..
the seat picture you posted is a kirkey?? which one did you purchase?
the seat picture you posted is a kirkey?? which one did you purchase?
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Kirke...d27921e79#shId for the seat
http://www.jegs.com/i/Kirkey/570/99204/10002/-1 for the mounts
http://www.jegs.com/i/Kirkey/570/99204/10002/-1 for the mounts
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luckily for me scca/nasa dont apply. the local rules aparently are that you have a full cage with side bars for side impact if you run tandem, and that you have seat belts pretty relax rules...so ive decided to buy a new harness and go with a used seat or possibly a kirkey alum seat new. no helmet restraint since i will be moving my head alot. if later down the road formula d rules come into play, i will have to either purchase an fia cert seat or if i go kirkey new i wont have to worry about it. i plan to follow the manufactures directions on seat brace etc..
the seat picture you posted is a kirkey?? which one did you purchase?
the seat picture you posted is a kirkey?? which one did you purchase?
By helmet restraint you mean a HANS or competitor? Get one, no ifs, ands, or buts.
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i bought the intermediate race kirkey seat today and i have a hans device already, i will always wear it. now i need to decide on seat foam.
creafoam, 2 part, or the kirkey foam with cover....
creafoam, 2 part, or the kirkey foam with cover....
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well with a race type seat..its only effective if its NOT on sliders...sliders can break in crashes. and this seat requires a back brace to be mounted to a roll cage in order to be safe.thats where the composite seats are a win over this style...but lets face it..if you are buying a race seat...chances are you want safety and the stability of the seat itself...and at $250 its kind of hard to beat
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You probably already decided. :-) If you didn't order a Kirkey bigger than necessary, you should just use the Kirkey foam/cover because for anything else you probably wanted a touch big seat. Carving your own foam, or using the bead-seat stuff will come out thicker normally.
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The RaceTech looks cheap compared to the Sparco SPG XL HANS which is a crazy $1899!
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well with a race type seat..its only effective if its NOT on sliders...sliders can break in crashes. and this seat requires a back brace to be mounted to a roll cage in order to be safe.thats where the composite seats are a win over this style...but lets face it..if you are buying a race seat...chances are you want safety and the stability of the seat itself...and at $250 its kind of hard to beat
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Ignore the fact that nobody painted the bigger pad welded to the original back brace pad. :-) And that the belts aren't right. This was just for storing the car at one point.
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Kirke...d27921e79#shId for the seat
http://www.jegs.com/i/Kirkey/570/99204/10002/-1 for the mounts
http://www.jegs.com/i/Kirkey/570/99204/10002/-1 for the mounts
Will NASA require me to have the back brace to use these seats? I do not have a cage--yet.
Oh, and best place to get a cage...