[M2M3M3]

Originally Posted by jacktli_g87

All good points, there's definitely risks to any restraint system.

I'm personally going to run mine with an extra substrap, as the quickfit system actually has a slot to add one:

https://www.schrothracing.com/item/sub-straps

Being 5'7" + variety of shoulder pass throughs on the podium seats, I feel relatively comfortable with the setup, but accept there are risks.

Rollbar will be in the future for this car, but hoping to keep most of the interior in the car until my new house is done at the end of the year so I have less things to move

yes, the podium has options for shoulder strap height...good.
it also has an opening for using sub-strap....good.

stock seats have neither...bad

[aerobod]

I don’t know about tracks in the US, but my local track here near Calgary (Rocky Mountain Motorsports) brought in a rule last year that a HANS device has to be used for any car where a 4, 5 or 6-point harness is used for track days. Also, if a passenger is authorized to be taken around the track, they have to have the same safety equipment as the driver.

[jacktli_g87]

Originally Posted by aerobod

I don’t know about tracks in the US, but my local track here near Calgary (Rocky Mountain Motorsports) brought in a rule last year that a HANS device has to be used for any car where a 4, 5 or 6-point harness is used for track days. Also, if a passenger is authorized to be taken around the track, they have to have the same safety equipment as the driver.

Yeah I purposefully went for the pro version of the quick fit to be able to use my HANS with it. Not sure how much it’s codified in rules here, but personally would never use a restraint system without it.

I think we have the same matching restraint rule though. This made me look for a seat that could take 3pt safely, which brought me to the podium. I don’t usually take passengers but in the case that I do, can just run the 3pts for now. Wouldn’t be pushing too hard on these laps anyways. Wanted to keep the backseats and backseat access for now, so keeping passenger side oem is my solution lol.

[NekoRacing]

Originally Posted by jacktli_g87

Have some goodies sitting in the garage!

Recaro Podium seats

I was actually hoping to get the gfrp ones to save some money, but apparently they got discontinued. The carbon ones felt a little too expensive, but these are super nice and can fit a seatbelt receptacle on the side for easier street use, and also my planned harness situation (more on that later).

I had also thought about the Tillett B10 seats, and actually initially placed an order for those. Ultimately I decided that they might be a little too street oriented, and might prompt me to upgrade later.

Attachment 3653652

To mount this, I have some VAC motorsports hardware coming. I got the bases, sliders, 6-pt mounting brackets, and went with the Recaro Podium FIA side mounts.

I'm debating right now between mounting the seat directly or using the slider. Being 5'7" and the steering wheel having a relatively high "lowest" setting, I feel like I might need to add the slider just to get a little more height.
Will play around with this a bit and see. I've also only ever mounted seats using a whole bracket, where I would assemble the whole seat out of the car and drop it in as one piece, so this mount will be a new experience. This car definitely has more side clearance than the tight space of the cayman though!

For harness situation, I didn't want to put in a rollbar yet, so I decided to go the Schroth Quick Fit Pro route. They also have a sub-strap that are compatible with these, so I'm going to use this.
I got the e92 quick fit set, haven't fitted it to the car yet so I will share more details when I attempt that.


MCS 3-way remote

I got these MCS for a decent deal, and they arrived last week.

I'll probably sit on these a little bit and try to squeeze a bit more out of my current setup first.

They look great though! 800/686 spring rates. QD on the front but unfortunately no QD on the rear.

I have a helper spring on the shelf that I'm going to add to the fronts.
Also have some SPL front tie rods, front endlinks, and rear toe links that will go on at some point too.

Attachment 3653736

sub 05 incoming with those for sure!!
let me know if you need help with corner balancing =^.^=

[adenjr]

Originally Posted by M2M3M3

yes, the podium has options for shoulder strap height...good.
it also has an opening for using sub-strap....good.

stock seats have neither...bad

FYI - I'm 5'11" and my shoulders are lower than the openings.

[ZPD]

Originally Posted by adenjr

FYI - I'm 5'11" and my shoulders are lower than the openings.

The podium comes in 2 sizes- which size do you have?

[adenjr]

Originally Posted by ZPD

The podium comes in 2 sizes- which size do you have?

I mean with the factory M buckets, in response to @M2M3M3 saying the Schroth QuickFit Pro is dangerous because your shoulders can be the highest point

[ZPD]

Originally Posted by adenjr

I mean with the factory M buckets, in response to @M2M3M3 saying the Schroth QuickFit Pro is dangerous because your shoulders can be the highest point

gotcha