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Mobius 08-10-2012 12:32 AM

That seat says Bride - I assume since he's shelled out for an awesome street cage, it's the real thing from Japan and not an ebay knockoff. As a 6'2 driver myself, I'd like to sit that low. Which model seat is that?

Blackbird 08-10-2012 06:15 PM

Mobius -
It is indeed an original Bride and not some ebay junk.
The trick however, lies in the custom seat mount that I built in this car, which lowered the seat a good ~2.5" from the lowest position you can possibly install it using any OTS mount.

Moti

hustler 08-11-2012 09:28 PM

I've snap-oversteered in my green car on the track and hit the hard-top hard enough with the helmet on that I saw stars, lol. I wonder if my Defnder would prevent this?

The seat in my turbo car is very low too, basically on the floor-pan. I can barely see over the dash, lol.

miata_racer 08-11-2012 11:56 PM

Trey I'd do a 6-8pt roll bar and call it good. For a safe street car that's about all you can to IMO...

I'll probably add some sort of door bars to my 92 if it doesn't bump me up a class in TT and solo. I'd like to run TTC ideally...

Handy Man 08-12-2012 08:58 PM


Originally Posted by hustler (Post 914245)
I've snap-oversteered in my green car on the track and hit the hard-top hard enough with the helmet on that I saw stars, lol. I wonder if my Defnder would prevent this?

With my HANS on, I can't hit anything but the HANS itself with my helmet.... but of course things tend to stretch a bit in a crash


Originally Posted by hustler (Post 914245)
The seat in my turbo car is very low too, basically on the floor-pan. I can barely see over the dash, lol.

Haha, glad to know I'm not the only one who experienced this. I had to remove my wipers for better visibility, and eventually just raised the seat up 3/4"

vehicular 08-13-2012 01:19 AM

I'm 5'6". This is my daily life.

czubaka 08-13-2012 08:37 AM

How's the weather up there, beanpole? I'm 5'4".

mx5-kiwi 08-17-2012 08:19 PM

Way easier to be short and deal with seating than tall in a Miata.

Stop your grizzling!!! :fawk:

;)

EO2K 08-19-2012 02:15 AM

I got a chance to ride in Shaikh's car @ MRLS earlier this year, and that cage is great. It really "ties the room together" if you know what I mean. If I decide I want to go cage, I'm calling Blackbird. I'm 5' 8"-ish (depending on what convenience store I'm leaving) and with a helmet and stock seat, I fit with plenty of clearance.

Reverant 08-19-2012 05:15 AM

Anything that works well for the 6'3" crowd?

dc2696 08-19-2012 06:31 AM


Originally Posted by Handy Man (Post 914459)
Haha, glad to know I'm not the only one who experienced this. I had to remove my wipers for better visibility, and eventually just raised the seat up 3/4"

How tall are you guys? I'm 6'2 and my momo corse seat is bolted to the floor and its still to high (and this seat has zero padding in the ass)

wannafbody 08-19-2012 03:39 PM


Originally Posted by Reverant (Post 917067)
Anything that works well for the 6'3" crowd?

At that height you need the tallest rear hoop possible and to mount the rear bottom of the seat directly on the floor with about a 30degree layback which means tilting the front of the bottom off the floor and fabricating a mount, preferrably one that ties to the cage.

damir130 08-19-2012 03:54 PM

At 6"3 you need to drop the floor 2 inches so it sits flush with the chassis rails. Its the easiest way to solve the problems you have.

wannafbody 08-19-2012 10:10 PM


Originally Posted by damir130 (Post 917186)
At 6"3 you need to drop the floor 2 inches so it sits flush with the chassis rails. Its the easiest way to solve the problems you have.

That's fine for tracking but if you want to be class legal you had better check the rules. That isn't legal in Spec Miata but I'm not sure about other classes.

damir130 08-20-2012 02:25 AM

Who's talking about spec miata? And there are people in sm with lowered floors.. as long as they don't win its no problem.

Blackbird 08-20-2012 12:39 PM

2 Attachment(s)
I can easily make a 6'3" guy pass broomstick test with your choice of seat without even cutting the floor... ;)
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In something like my car -
https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1345480754

It's possible to fit a tall guy in a miata, but getting in and out with a cage is not going to be easy.

Moti

Reverant 08-20-2012 12:42 PM

I have an OMP HTE seat, so its not exactly easy right now either. Tempt me.

Blackbird 08-20-2012 12:54 PM

Start with taking the wing window out.

Moti


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