I know video mounts for our car exists, but am unable to find one. I've read the DIY on how to make the mount, but I would rather spend $$$ to get a good stable mount. Does anyone know of a company who makes in car video mounts for the rx-8? The budget is around $100ish

Thanks.

 

FWIW, I made one for free using the head of a tripod. Drilled a hole into the ski pass thru, used a backing washer and a bolt and it works very nicely. Doesn't shake. I do have a hole in the ski pass thru now, but a rubber grommet can cover it up if I want to remove the mount, or, I can replace the pass thru altoghether.

 

Could you show where exactly you drilled the hole? so if I do this I don't mess up, lol


Thanks.

 

Chase cam makes a few suction cup based mounts that work ok. There's one that sticks to the back window and has an arm that sticks out towards the front of the car. I think they are around 60-70 bucks.

 

At Topeka this year, we had the use of the Chase Cam stuff. We really wanted to get a view which showed both hands and a clear view of the course, so the idea of mounting in the rear of the passenger compartment wasn't going to work and the suction cup mounts wouldn't either, as they really work best on outside surfaces.

We ended up borrowing a clamp type mount from Randy and were able to get it firmly attached to the upper seat bolster "wing" on the driver's seat. Here's what it looked like "in action"...sorry about the poor resolution, I compressed the file more than I needed to when I posted it to justracing.com:

http://www.justracing.com/galleries/...2197&pos=-5371

That's my last run on the west course, btw.

 

Thats perfect thats the same type of setup I wanted,
Is this the correct clamp mount
http://chasecam.com/store/customer/p...cat=248&page=1
if not could you send me a link to the item?

Thanks

 

I use the chase cam mount... I fold the pass seat down and hook the mount to the inside of the rear door window. Gives a good shot of the driver and the course.

http://chasecam.com/store/customer/p...cat=248&page=1

Inside front window: http://www.myscca.com/community/vide...Id=IyMjgw&gs=1

Side of car: http://www.myscca.com/community/vide...Id=IyMjcw&gs=1

 

That's the one.

The thing we liked is that it is possible to get the steering wheel into the frame, which we wanted.

 

Save yourself $85 dollers, go to HD get a foot long aluminum square tube (1x1) and three bolts and nuts, 1 for the camera the other two to secure the tube to the car. Remove the skii pass thru, stick your head in there and look up. You'll see a hole perfectly lined up in the middle, now drill a whole into the tube and secure it to the car using a bolt and nut. Measure a proper whole for the camera on the other and drill that as well. The shorter the bar the less vibration. You can also drill a whole 1/2 an inch behind the one already on the car in order to make the mount more secure. It took me 45 minutes to do it and it works great.

 

I would do that and but I want the whole front video and video of the steering wheel and possibly the tach; and I don't think that would work for my purpose.

 

Thanks for the help, thats what I wanted a view with the steering wheel. And not a bad price for $40

 

OK, the way I have it I can only see half the steering wheel.

 

Need the whole thing, lol

 

Know that this clamp type mount is not really optimal. You need to get a firm clamp on the actual seat frame, which results in really squishing the seat foam on the wing of the bolster. It does come right back to it's natural shape within a half hour or so of removing the mount, however.

But, for a true high speed, potentially high impact, type of application, like road racing, it wouldn't be safe or smart, imho. For autocross, we had zero problems and the likelihood of the mount coming loose was nil.

 

The only super high speed, that will be recorded is road racing. Are there any other clamps that mount on somewhere to get the steering wheel in the picture?

 

I'm not saying that the clamp mount doesn't work or isn't safe, in general, just pointing out that ex a true, roll bar mount with safety wire, any of the solutions presented so far could lead to a high speed projectile in the car in the event of a high speed incident...also, the clamp on the seat technique works great with a super light bullet cam, but wouldn't work with a camera/recorder's weight.

 

I'm going try this mount. Thanks for the help mwood.

 

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