Humbug
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| posted on 30/3/05 at 07:44 AM |
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My 2 penn'orth: on my ST the floor is steel, not ali. I know because a) it was hard to drill through and b) I checked with a magnet.
Because of the ST harness mount height problem I was planning to bolt the seats directly to the floor with some honking great washers I saw in Wickes
at the weekend - they must be 2" diameter.
Anyone any thoughts on this with a steel floor, or should I still be looking at some bracing/spreader plates?
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NS Dev
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| posted on 30/3/05 at 12:21 PM |
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With a steel floor, I'd be happy with that. Certainly Ian gray said that's what most people do as far as he knows.
My car has the race thin lightweight alloy floor, I riveted it in!
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MikeR
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| posted on 30/3/05 at 12:31 PM |
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in my mind the seat doesn't take a lot of force - the seat belts should be holding you in so that should cover it nicely.
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NS Dev
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| posted on 31/3/05 at 07:52 AM |
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Yup, my thoughts as well.
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RazMan
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| posted on 31/3/05 at 06:19 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeR
in my mind the seat doesn't take a lot of force - the seat belts should be holding you in so that should cover it nicely.
The harness only really keeps braking / frontal collision forces under control Sideways and rear collision forces might be an issue though - best to
secure it like your life depends on it ....... it might 
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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MikeR
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| posted on 31/3/05 at 07:37 PM |
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Errm, surely with a rear collision you're going to be pushed back into the seat..... even the smallest bolt is going to hold it in place as its
being pushed onto its self - yet has the force spread about the whole seat area.
I'm not sure about cornering as i'd expect a lot of the force to be taken by your seat belt (i'm assuming a min of 4 point here).
Perhaps I'm just wrong.
(that last line isn't supposed to sound like that, i'm just trying to say i've not finished mine so i could be completely wrong
& yes mine will be hard against the bulk head)
[Edited on 31/3/05 by MikeR]
[Edited on 31/3/05 by MikeR]
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RazMan
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| posted on 31/3/05 at 09:51 PM |
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Ah ... I was thinking about my own setup - my seat is forward of the rear bulkhead by about 200mm so is totally dependent on the floor mountings. I
believe your seat is probably mounted hard against the bulkhead so you are indeed right.
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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irvined
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| posted on 6/4/05 at 09:50 AM |
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Hello,
Heres some pics of mine:
http://www.irvined.co.uk/gallery/Arches/cimg0232
http://www.irvined.co.uk/gallery/Arches/cimg0238
It needs some trimming and covering. But its nice and comfortable - I'll probably make another which has me sitting lower down and further back,
but its a good start.
HTH
David
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