wider driver's seat available in an SPF?

[crASH]

I did a search of the forum before I posted and found lots of discussion on removing the rails and bolting directly to car, but I also saw one particular post that made reference to "big man" seats in an SPF, or something like that. It's an older post. It made definite reference to the seat, and not the seat mounting.

I'm headed over to Olthoff's Racing this Friday and I'll ask them about it. I'm 6'3" and didn't have trouble with legroom in the one SPF I've been in so far. At 220lb I'm not THAT heavy, but my hindquarters are apparently dimensionally challenged for the SPF seat.

[Silverback51]

Originally Posted by crASH

I did a search of the forum before I posted and found lots of discussion on removing the rails and bolting directly to car, but I also saw one particular post that made reference to "big man" seats in an SPF, or something like that. It's an older post. It made definite reference to the seat, and not the seat mounting.

I'm headed over to Olthoff's Racing this Friday and I'll ask them about it. I'm 6'3" and didn't have trouble with legroom in the one SPF I've been in so far. At 220lb I'm not THAT heavy, but my hindquarters are apparently dimensionally challenged for the SPF seat.

This is interesting.

I'm 5' 8" and weigh 250lb. I don't have any problems at all with the seat and I have traveled 400+ miles in a single day.

[crASH]

John- Dennis Olthoff and I discussed this at his shop last week and he said that there have been several different seats that SPF has used over their history. He said that one of them was even very tight for him, and he's a tall, but slender guy. Perhaps it was a seat like that that I sat in last year that caused my concern and my recent query. The other customer car I rode in last week at Olthoff's wasn't uncomfortable.

I think most guys my age carry their extra "luggage" out front, but others of us carry it in the "caboose", which can make for tight squeeze in some seats