Moving the seat

[patrickt]

RV2 -- If you are a big boy, and nobody but you ever drives your car, you might consider mounting your seat directly to the floor with new holes, all shimmed to fit your liking perfectly. A slight elevation to the front, while moving the seat down and back, will give you a surprising amount of extra room.

[redvettx2]

Originally Posted by patrickt

RV2 -- If you are a big boy, and nobody but you ever drives your car, you might consider mounting your seat directly to the floor with new holes, all shimmed to fit your liking perfectly. A slight elevation to the front, while moving the seat down and back, will give you a surprising amount of extra room.

5-11 175 so not really a big boy. Was pushing 225 at one point and that qualified, LOL. I like the front of the seat as high as possible and the rear as low as I can go normally. I like your idea. Will play with it more. Hell, I was poking around back there and found a set of mounted Tri Axel Speakers. Hidden on the floor built in behind the seat. I found spliced wires under the glove box so I figured they had a radio mounted inside at one point but must have pulled it. Can you hear anything but side pipes in a Cobra? Hidden really well. Seen the ones mounted up high which would be better but looks too modern for me.

Have ramps coming to get under her easier and safer. Missing my buddies lift already. Going to try cleaning and working the slider first if not just direct mount.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by redvettx2

. Can you hear anything but side pipes in a Cobra? Hidden really well. Seen the ones mounted up high which would be better but looks too modern for me.

Sure you can. In 5th gear, which with my TKO is .64, and at 2200 RPM, I am travelling at almost exactly 75 MPH and that is the sweet spot for easy highway cruising and the pipes are not loud at all at that spot. You can talk with your passenger without screaming and a half hour of it will not give you a headache. That just happens to be where my mill's build, along with cam specs, and all, like to be for gentle easy cruising. That said, I would never consider a radio, nor even earbuds. Listening to, feeling and smelling the car is its own reward. That's another advantage of having the seat shimmed and bolted down. Nothing in your driving position ever changes; everything feels exactly the same from drive to drive unless something is letting you know there's a problem afoot. After 17 years with her, if I feel, hear, smell, or sense something is different I go on red alert