How wide can seats be?

[casesensitive]

Hi,

short and sweet really; are there established maximum width and depths for GRP seats in a rocket?

Personal circumstances have slowed down my plans a bit, and I'm going to buy my donor, strip it out and run it as a track slag for a while before ordering kit and building my rocket. Plan is to only buy things that I'll need for the rocket anyway (GRP seats, dash computer, 4-2-1 manifold, maybe some big front brakes).

I have the opportunity to pick up the seats, but they're nearly 18" wide; are they going to fit?
Do I have to have access to the technical section to find out?

I'm disappointed I won't be able to kick off my proper build thread, but on the upshot, stripping out the donor and running it in for a while will give me a chance to 'get to know' it and ensure it's 100% sound before dismantling it

[casesensitive]

The RTR standard seats seem to be 420mm, the ones I'm looking at are 445mm. Doesn't *seem* like a big difference.



Anyone fitted seats that weren't the RTR ones? Did you have to mod your tunnel significantly?

[Paul (madeye)]

i think my seats hit about the maximum overall width possible in external dimensions.
here is the link to all the dimensions.

www.sportseats4u.co.uk/brand/d2-racing-seats/d2-racing-bucket-seats/d2-seats-d2-bucket-seat/prod_825.html

if you look on my build you will see that they are almost touching at points. this has led to some mods being required, but i needed the seats for my rubbish back.

[casesensitive]

Might seem a daft question, but I couldn't find the dimension guide (a= width, f= height etc), is C (49cm) the width? I won my auction for GRP seats, so they'd better fit now :-) 44.5cm, should be ok.
There's a guy breaking a Fiesta with 4pot Wilwoods, but I'm scared to buy it in case they can't be made to go on the Rocket. 300mm ST170 fronts will be wasted too.

[kiwicanfly]

I have been down the same road on this as I wanted something a little bit different from the standard seats.

I can tell you that Buddy Club Racing Spec seats don't fit, well not without modifying the centre tunnel and moving the gear shift forward as Paul has done.

I have finally settled on Racetech RTSaker seats, it's quite a reclined seat.

Still tight but looks good.

www.racetech.co.nz/racetech.shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=65&products_id=434&zenid=brdefqqehm6318c49edfmfg9i4

They are made local to me and I am having to have mine tweaked a little.

Not cheap but I am buying them as a 25th wedding anniversary present, in fact for our anniversary I am taking my wife on a factory tour of the Racetech facility - who said romance is dead

[Paul (madeye)]

May 21, 2013 23:08:05 GMT casesensitive said:

Might seem a daft question, but I couldn't find the dimension guide (a= width, f= height etc), is C (49cm) the width? I won my auction for GRP seats, so they'd better fit now :-) 44.5cm, should be ok.
There's a guy breaking a Fiesta with 4pot Wilwoods, but I'm scared to buy it in case they can't be made to go on the Rocket. 300mm ST170 fronts will be wasted too.

mate, you make them go. ook at what i made fit mine

[casesensitive]

I have watched your thread with interest, but it's fair to say your skills level is a lot higher than mine; the idea of 'just' changing engine or gearbox mounts because they don't line up makes me quake with fear, if/when that happens to me, I have an idea I'll spend 2 weeks just staring blankly at it until I read how to fix it elsewhere.

Ordering the starter kit next month anyway, I figure if I just jump in, it'll be alright eventually.

[Paul (madeye)]

have more confidence mate, its all just measuring and checking

[casesensitive]

Yeah, will do, cheers. Ordering kit next week with any luck, got some time off in August, hopefully get started then.
Bought my seats, got in touch about the Wilwood 4-pots, be great to save a few quid and still get good stuff.

[Paul (madeye)]

May 23, 2013 21:17:33 GMT casesensitive said:

Yeah, will do, cheers. Ordering kit next week with any luck, got some time off in August, hopefully get started then.
Bought my seats, got in touch about the Wilwood 4-pots, be great to save a few quid and still get good stuff.

I have shopped around to only buy top quality kit.
I personally would try avoid wilwood if possible, not sow of how good they are, but just marrying them in to the system. If you can get metric, it will make life much much simpler. That's just my advice mate.

[Paul (madeye)]

a bargain for you mate

cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290923025069&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:1123

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Bargain.. Just need the IVA fluid level sensors lol.. Good sizes too.

[casesensitive]

I have a lot to learn, I thought I mostly had to worry about calipers and carriers, I was planning to reuse the ST's cylinders. In better news I put my deposit down today, can't wait!

[kiwicanfly]

May 28, 2013 20:43:13 GMT casesensitive said:

I In better news I put my deposit down today, can't wait!

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but I am afraid you are going to have to learn to wait.

Patience is the most important tool in a Rocket builders toolbox

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May 28, 2013 21:47:26 GMT kiwicanfly said:

Patience is the most important tool in a Rocket builders toolbox

Wrong..

It's a big rubber hammer....

(Non marking if possible..)