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By chance were you driving to go see the new Barbie movie? How was it?
Funny... i was again in my girlfriends car with her saftey equipment. I was instructing this day so i didn't have any of my saftey equipment or car other than my white helmet
Model: NRG FRP-330 Stree/Track Comfort Style Bucket Seat (Medium) Black
Brand: NRG
Size of seat: ~19 inches wide
Side or bottom mount: Side mount (but I have my drilled/bolted through the bottom of the seat and into the floor pan directly
Adjustable or fixed rails: Fixed
Rail model: n/a
Driver height & weight: 6'3" 250lbs
Fit in car: Just barely. Pushed back into the seat "bucket" area of an NB, the shoulder wings don't require anything to be removed from the door panels. If you move it forward because you are shorter you will. I also have it bolted directly to the floor pan drop I have installed to remove the height of the side brackets.
Driver fit : For me at 250, I fit comfortably for track sessions and can last in the car for up to 2 hours on the highway before I need a break. The seating position is just fine with some spacers on the front bolts to lift it up about 1.5" to create recline. I also needed a floor pan drop and M2 from hard dog to easily clear the broomstick test with a helmet. Lastly, I have an after market 320mm (30mm smaller than normal) on a quick release hub to give my knees room. For track days, I remove all removable padding. For street driving, I leave the padding in and it is surprisingly comfortable.
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Model: X-Pad Brand: Sabelt Size of seat: 600mm shoulder wings, 362mm internal hip, 447 internal shoulders. Size chart below. Side or bottom mount: Side mount Adjustable or fixed rails: Sliders Rail model: Honestly don't know, sorry Driver height & weight: 5'9"~73kg/160lbs Fit in car: Fits with cage and floor drop. Outside shoulder wing is right up against the chassis, but no trimming of seat or car required. I have it mounted on sliders with the seat reclined as much as possible. I also have fiberglass CCP doors so there isn't anything to hit there, I can't comment on stock door fitment. Driver fit: A little loose; I could use a slightly tighter internal waist area. I believe I can tune this with some additional seat padding if required. I wear between 30-32 pants with a ~32" inseam. My road bike has a frame reach of 387mm with a 120mm stem, and I use a 720mm saddle height if that provides any additional information. Link to seat or source: Sabelt X-Pad Link to rail or source: N/A Certifications: FIA Construction: Fiberglass Weight: 19lbs (I didn't confirm weight)
Model: MOMO SuperCup (driver) MOMO Start (passenger) Size of seat: Standard Side or bottom mount: Planted Seat brackets, side mount Adjustable or fixed rails: Fixed
Rail model: Planted Seat Mounts (side) Fun fact, i used driver side brackets on Passenger side and Passenger side brackets on Driver side. They are identical even though there are different part numbers for each side on the NB Driver height & weight: 180-190lbs 6 ft tall Fit in car: Massaging of the trans tunnel. Door card contact on both doors, Driver door card less than Passenger door card
Driver fit : I fit well. SuperCup is surprisingly comfy, fits me well. Start...not so much. pinches me at mid ribcage. luckily its in the passenger side Link to seat or source: SuperCup / Start
Link to rail or source: Planted Seat bracket (side) Certifications: FIA approved Construction: Fiberglass When i installed these the SuperCup/Driver is in the further position rearward and the most reclined. its comfortable compared to the Sparco Sprint. I had to use large head (more flat) bolts, no washers, to get the seat as low as possible without the seat contacting the rail or factory bolt heads. You can see in the picture below where i modified the bracket to get it to sit properly. obviously The transmission tunnel needed massaging with a hammer and 2x4 to make the seat sit straight. The seat does come in contact quite a bit with the driver door card. The Start/Passenger was pretty straight forward. copied the driver install. I did not have to modify/cut the planted seat brackets at all for this one. slight upper transmission tunnel massage needed. This seat sits the furtherst bolt hole back and 1 hole up (less reclined) compared to driver side. This allowed the seat to sit right in the crevis of the door card and interior rear side panel. Seat still comes in contact with the passenger door card HARD Modified seat brackets to get the supercup to sit in the furthest hole back in the brackets The fit very well and centered
good to know your first hand experience. However I recently found a guy local to me. But about 2 hours North who has a Momo start seat in his Miata. Had no problems at all mounting it in his car. It is touching at the transmission tunnel. Just needed slight massaging with a hammer but other than that plenty of room. And by looking at the seat sizing of the start versus the super cup. Again they are nearly identical except the seat bottoms themselves. Which is a little bit longer and a little bit wider on the Momo start versus the super cup I have attached a few of the images he sent me with the Momo start seat. I should also note that he told me he's using planted seat mounts
Model: Carbon Seat? I don't know lol Brand: Car Make Corn's Size of seat: See below Side or bottom mount: Side mount Adjustable or fixed rails: Corn's slider adapters, OEM sliders Rail model: Corn's Driver height & weight: 6'0, ~160lbs, 33" inseam, 33" waist, skinny. Fit in car: No issues or adjustments needed Driver fit: Fits me excellently. Even on the sliders, it dropped me down enough so at least my helmet no longer contacts the inside of the soft top during track days. Do not buy these if you wouldn't describe yourself as "athletic" at best. They're very narrow. Link to seat or source: Rev9 (I don't know how the PO of these seats got them in carbon) Link to rail or source: Nengun Certifications: None, use at your own risk. #JDM street cred provides minimal protection. Construction: I'm going to guess these aren't true carbon seats, probably just fiberglass with carbon laid over, but I could be wrong. Weight: I didn't weigh these
Model: Carbon Seat? I don't know lol Brand: Car Make Corn's Size of seat: See below Side or bottom mount: Side mount Adjustable or fixed rails: Corn's slider adapters, OEM sliders Rail model: Corn's Driver height & weight: 6'0, ~160lbs, 33" inseam, 33" waist, skinny. Fit in car: No issues or adjustments needed Driver fit: Fits me excellently. Even on the sliders, it dropped me down enough so at least my helmet no longer contacts the inside of the soft top during track days. Do not buy these if you wouldn't describe yourself as "athletic" at best. They're very narrow. Link to seat or source: Rev9 (I don't know how the PO of these seats got them in carbon) Link to rail or source: Nengun Certifications: None, use at your own risk. #JDM street cred provides minimal protection. Construction: I'm going to guess these aren't true carbon seats, probably just fiberglass with carbon laid over, but I could be wrong. Weight: I didn't weigh these
Gave you your first Cat, simply for that beautiful interior.
Model: HTE-R 400 Brand: OMP Side or bottom mount: Side Adjustable or fixed rails: Fixed
Rail model: Jerfspeed. https://www.facebook.com/jerfspeed/ Old PCI mount wouldn't work, could not pick up rear bolt holes in seat. Driver height & weight: 5'-10" 185lb. 30" inseam Fit in car: Requires recontour/bashing of tunnel & drilling rear mount holes, tight against "still installed NB2 door panel. Driver fit: Great, fits me better in shoulders than previous Cobra Suzuka.
Note: Trimmed front of seat to get bolts in with seat mounted far enough fwd for my short legs. Did not remove rear humps as I swap seats, could drop rear a bit with hump removal.
Hey sorry for bothering you from the future! I am currently looking at OMP halo seats for my NB. Do you think the regular HTE-R will fit? The only difference between the HTE-R and HTE-R 400 is the external width of the halo. HTE-R is 480mm, HTE-R 400 is 400mm. Does the halo of your car come close to hitting the window? Or would the concern be hitting the rollbar (I have Harddog M2) if you tried sliding the seat back? I'm a shorter guy 5'7 with short legs so i wouldn't have to move the seat as far back as you I would think.
Wings of HTE-R usually hits the main hoop. Miata is unique in that the roof is relatively low and the car is narrow. So that part of the main hoop is much closer to the seat centerline than in just about any other car outside of an MR2. The whole reason the 400 is so popular with Miata owners is that it generally clears the main hoop and can be installed centered behind the steering wheel. For reference, the OEM seat is not centered behind the wheel but you tend not to notice it because you're not locked in. Once locked in with a race seat, you notice that misalignment.
Could you clarify what you mean by "main hoop" for me? What part of the car is that? Mine is a NB Soft-top with M2 Harddog Hardtop Rollbar. I'm looking at the picture posted by Blkbrd69 and it looks like a wider halo won't hit anything (won't hit window nor bar nor softtop) as long as the seat is somewhat "forward" in front of the rollbar. I didn't know that about the stock seat being misaligned, thanks for that info!
Wings of HTE-R usually hits the main hoop. Miata is unique in that the roof is relatively low and the car is narrow. So that part of the main hoop is much closer to the seat centerline than in just about any other car outside of an MR2. The whole reason the 400 is so popular with Miata owners is that it generally clears the main hoop and can be installed centered behind the steering wheel. For reference, the OEM seat is not centered behind the wheel but you tend not to notice it because you're not locked in. Once locked in with a race seat, you notice that misalignment.
Could you clarify what you mean by "main hoop" for me? What part of the car is that? Mine is a NB with a Soft-top + M2 Harddog Hardtop Rollbar. I'm looking at the picture posted by Blkbrd69 and it looks like a wider halo won't hit anything (won't hit window nor bar nor softtop) as long as the seat is somewhat "forward" in front of the rollbar. I didn't know that about the stock seat being misaligned, thanks for that info!
Opps i meant to quote you, not sure how to delete the above comment
Edit: oh i see, by main hoop you mean the part of the roll-cage. I may do a roll cage one day in this car when I am doing racing stuff.
Given I only have a rollbar that sits far back like Blkbrd69 does. it appears like a wider halo won't interefere with anything. Would you agree with my thinking that a regular HTE-R would fit?
this picture from Bryan Z. might better show this. A wider halo doesn't seem like it would hit anything. But i'll go home and measure as well:
Couple of things related to that picture. I have a 30" inseam and long torso & like sitting close to wheel as well as on floor.
Emilio is very tall so his seat would be wedged inside main hoop.
Normal HTE400 is about 3" wider and if centered wing might be outside window?
Couple of things related to that picture. I have a 30" inseam and long torso & like sitting close to wheel as well as on floor.
Emilio is very tall so his seat would be wedged inside main hoop.
Normal HTE400 is about 3" wider and if centered wing might be outside window?
Yes you are right, the left side of th wing (close to the window) would extend about 40mm or 1.5 inches more. Do you think that is enough to interefere with the window or softtop frame (or hardtop pillar if you have hard top)? I also have 30 inch inseam. I like to sit normally far from the steering wheel, enough where my legs can easily push the clutch in comfortably with a bend still.
If you tried moving the seat back more with a wider wing, do you think that will interfere with the rollbar first or will the bottom of the seat hit the bulkhead first? It looks like neither of us have a roll cage. From your picture and Bryan's picture, it looks like the wing will hit the rollbar any ways if the seat isn't stopped by the bulkhead?
I thought I would add my seat install. Learned a lot in this thread.
Model: Kirkey 81160 Aluminum Halo Size of seat: 16" Side or bottom mount: Bottom Adjustable or fixed rails: Sparco Sliders with custom floor and seat mounts Driver height & weight: I am 170# 5'10" but I have drivers ranging from 5'2" to 6'+ 100-220+ lbs Fit in car: Needed to cut transmission tunnel and push it out. Driver fit : Lot of sliding room, doesn't hit cage. Weight: Light
Copied Blackbirds mounts. Used 1.5" 1/8" angle iron for base. Welded on nuts for ease of install, and stitch welded to car. Used 1/8 flat bar between mounts for extra support for sub belt straps. Sub belts mounts go through the floor. I am going to run two sub belts to accommodate different sized drivers.
Created a bracket using 1/4" flat bar to mount the seat to, then mounted the sliders to that. Probably overkill.
Seat has about 7" of travel. Going to install an I/O Port seat back brace. Seat is a little wide for me, but I have some wider drivers that wouldn't fit in a 15" seat. There is good helmet to cage clearance.
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Momo SuperCup
