Seat in S2's

[GandalfS6]

I live 1600 m above sea level - that implies that a normally aspirated car loses 17% in power and a turbo car only 4 to 5% compared to sea level. My S2 has about 400 hp and weighing 1340 kg.

Kills include BMW M5 E60, BMW M3 E46, Porsche 996 Carrera S, SL55 AMG, Audi RS6 (my own which is stock), Scooby WRX Sti (and none of them are stock)and Evo 8. But I am not really a straight line type (most of these was a friend who borrowed my car) - my best kill was being faster than all the Scoobies at the Phakisa Race Track (used to host the South African MotoGP) and 2 seconds faster than a M5 E60 driven by a pro in a magazine test.

[GandalfS6]

kewl .... what did u take out of the car to make it lighter?

Something like - No Aircon, No Aux Radiator, No Rear Seats, Sparco Race Seats, OZ Racing Superlegerra lightweight wheels, race suspension, no ICE and only one box in the exhaust.

[Chris5044]

nice1.. gonna do radiator mod.. keeping seats tho.. will invest in future... same as wheels

almost had a wicked deal on compomotive rally wheels... i believe they are light.. all this coming!!

oh do race seats weigh less than stock?

[Keeper of The Kitten]

Jeez, yes, race type seats can be as light as 4kg each if you go to CFRP! Superleggera wheels are also very light, a good choice!

Good work Gandalf!

__MDC__

[S4 Miss]

boxster s drivers are the funniest, first they are pis**d that you know they cant afford a 911, then they get their ar*ses kicked by some 15 year old Audi...

Their faces are even funnier when you pass them in a 15 year old Audi avant...that's a real kick in the teeth for them

And the guy in the M3 who reckoned himself on the M1 the other day was rather miffed when he was done by a girl driving a bus

Oh how I laughed.....

[vonbeck]

civic type r [me mates] the odd golf gti/4 motion, but the best was a boxster middle aged guy and a twenty something lady/girl friend/daughter etc. i was at lights minding my own when he pulled up at side of me duel carrigeway[nobody behind me either] my windows are tinted so he couldnt see i was looking and he`s pointing out my drilled and grooved disks to his bit of stuff and having a bit of a giggle so i opens me window and just shouted seeee yyyyaaaaa so when lights changed i give it some and when he finaly came to the next lights he comes along side again and i just point at his car and laughthe look on his face was priceless

[ThatGUY]

so i opens me window and just shouted seeee yyyyaaaaa

[BRY]

Are you old seats for sale? If so, I would be interested in buying them

Cheers n

Si

Vulture :mischeif:

[rotoryboy]

Have you got more headroom with the new seats?

I took my leather trim out and put the 'quattro' cloth in and gained loads of headroom. Also I can sit still in corners now. Leather is pretty to look at but isn't user friendly in a performance car

[Greg_S]

I took my leather trim out and put the 'quattro' cloth in and gained loads of headroom. Also I can sit still in corners now. Leather is pretty to look at but isn't user friendly in a performance car

ive got cloth trim in mine anyway. Got recaro style seat in drivers side which gave me about 5mm which still isnt enough

[GandalfS6]

@HPMuirt - I am in South Africa and have an idea that the transport of 46kg would be prohibative.

@Greg_S - One of the reasons I did the seats was that I could not drive with my helmet on The seats are now setup for me to drive with a helmet. It also lowers the weight in the car which helps a bit with handling.

Here is a pic of the new seats.

[Greg_S]

@HPMuirt - I am in South Africa and have an idea that the transport of 46kg would be prohibative.

@Greg_S - One of the reasons I did the seats was that I could not drive with my helmet on The seats are now setup for me to drive with a helmet. It also lowers the weight in the car which helps a bit with handling.

Here is a pic of the new seats.

that is exactly the problem I have too. The problem for me is that I still want to be able to use the back seats aswell so I need a recliner of some kind.

Are the subframes fixed too?

[GandalfS6]

The seats can move forward and backwards, but you can adjust height and tilt by undoing 4 bolts.

[Greg_S]

do the runners have to be bolted to floor or do they fit the original mounts?

[GandalfS6]

It works on the original runners - my mechanic made up the seat base from a Golf or Passat from a scrapyard.