worse than I thought, looks like all the Bride hype is totally fubar



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Sparco is worse when it comes to the reclining seats: http://www.sparcousa.com/resourceFiles/26.pdf

The "best" options I've found so far are Corbeau's and they're still 25+lbs. It may just not be possible to find a good, reclining race seat that's under 20lbs.

For reference, the Corbeau CR1's are 27lbs, A4's are 25lbs, and the rest are 30lbs. I haven't yet confirmed these weights with Corbeau themselves but I've got an email out.

Bride's fixed back seats seemed to be very competitive with Sparco's weight wise. I have a couple more emails about some of those models I can forward if you want. It sure would be nice though if all of the companies just plain provided the weights like Sparco does...

 

Sorry guys. I just poked around and i think what you're looking for doesn't exist. The lightest i could find that you haven't already mentioned is the JIC Magic reclinable which claims 26 lbs

 

I dont think its possible for a reclining seat to be 10 lbs... it can be close but 10 lbs doesnt sound reasonable anyways

 

I just double checked the weight on mine (well, at least according to their website) and they are 12.78 lbs and those are carbon fiber fixed back seats. You'd have to do some pretty crafty engineering to get a reclinable that light. Sounds like a good challenge for you Nick

 

More like for Leon, my engineering skills are all theoretical

 

Defenitely something to give others an idea to think about NICE SEATS

 

You can get the non-FIA version of the Memoryfab S68 13 lbs carbon fiber fixed back bucket seat for $425 ($70 more for Kevlar). They claim that the difference between it and the FIA rated seat is the FIA sticker.

 

those seats are so so sexy

 

A fixed back is the only way to go to really save weight

 

What sliders did you use?

I understand that you had to fab up the side brackets, though.

- Kabong

 

Sparco sliders.

You can buy side mounts that fit them, i'm just cheap... I'm sorry i realize how retarded that must sound for how expensive these seats are. You gotta draw the line somewhere!

 

very nice.they look like the recaro pole position.how much they weight?what about the seat belt?can you use them without problems?

 

Too funny!

 

you should stick to what you know, which is nothing about this subject or safety system design in general

 

damn, nice!

 

so am I, and I also happen to know the parts involved and how they work together. If you did then you wouldn't have posted what I called you on. All your snarling commentary won't change that.

 

LOL, Team doesn't like it when people make assumptions.

The sensor under the seat is a Hall-effect sensor, if I recall correctly. It tells the CPU how close the driver is to steering wheel.

So, the question is, what does the CPU do when there is no signal from the Hall-effect sensor & there is a frontal impact? Set off the steering wheel bag at the softest setting? The strongest? Somewhere in between? Not at all? I don't recall this question ever being answered authoritatively on this form, but then I don't claim to have read all the threads on this.

And, of course, the question is also complicated due to the missing side air-bag as well...

 

I'm trying to understand how you're getting your panties in a twist in my thread when you don't ever explain anything yourself. You bump a year old thread and throw out a bunch of empty statements and all you can do to back them up is slap your "I'm a mechanical engineer!" stamp on it? Wow.

Why would i ever mount an airbag under my seat without knowing for sure that it was necessary to keep the steering wheel airbag active? Maybe you should explain why before running around chanting "mechanical engineering, mechanical engineering, mechanical engineering"

Why don't you "contribute something useful" rather than just bitching at other people (TeamRX8) to.

 

Jantzen RX-8,

I merely made a suggestion in response to a question posed by another member in your thread. It was meant to spark discussion so that we all may arrive at the correct solution. After all, the main point of this website is to expand the knowledge of everyone on it. Don't mount the airbag under your seat. I don't care. I stated the obvious precaution. Read for comprehension, not to start a pointless internet fight like Team RX-8 often does. Which brings me to my next point. Team RX-8 is obviously very knowledgeable about these cars and contributes a great deal to this website. But he is also an ***. He likes attention so he talks a lot of crap even when he actually doesn't know what he's talking about. I don't think anyone disputes this. And if someone attacks me in a public forum, I don't give a damn who they are, I stand up for myself. See the whole person for who they actually are. Don't just be a blind fanboy.

I just couldn't let this one slide. I did originally delete my posts because it was your thread, but I shouldn't have. See my next post for why.

 

(from the thread - https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-racing-25/list-racing-seats-fit-rx-8-a-152078/page4/)

Wow, TeamRX8. I guess you DON'T know everything, and my suggestion was right! I applaud your many contributions to this website, but maybe you should hold your arrogant tongue in cases like this: https://www.rx8club.com/showpost.php...4&postcount=90

 

^dude those posts were 4 months ago, pay attention.

 

how's this, I know you are both wrong

 

So thread revive. how do you fool the passenger weight sensor to be on? and ideas?

 

I'm not aware that there is one, or at least I can't recall it, been several years since I messed with the OE seats