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Re: Passenger Seat for HPDE 12 years, 4 months ago #13579

  • rd7839
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I did a lot of HPDE's and drove in all kinds of cars with mix and matched equipment. It will come down to whether your instructor feels safe with your setup. I drove in a race car as a passenger in the stock seat and factory belt while the driver was in a containment seat and 6 point harness. If it is mounted securely and safely you won't have any trouble.

If you sign up for hpde 2 or above one of us can sign up as a passenger and give you some of our feedback specific to 944's if you are interested. We can all take a turn if you like so you can get all the different outlooks.

You definitely picked a challenging track for your first time! Infineon is a tough one to learn the art of racing on and there are some differences in how you will learn in hpde versus how a 944 drives there but input both within and without our group will be very valuable.

Re: Passenger Seat for HPDE 12 years, 4 months ago #13580

  • rd7839
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Oh, almost forgot, pad the rollcage on the passenger side with the high density foam required in the CCR's not the cheap stuff. That WILL be a deal breaker!

Re: Passenger Seat for HPDE 12 years, 4 months ago #13582

A seat back brace doesn't have to bolt to the seat. Mine is a large plate that just sits right behind the seat and I don't see any reason that wouldn't work with the Corbeau. I have a spare brace somewhere but I'm not sure I could come up with it.

Re: Passenger Seat for HPDE 12 years, 4 months ago #13583

  • BritRacer
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Thanks for all the replies.

Thanks for the reminder Ron, I have an order going into summit for some parts so forgot to add this.

Thanks Steve, I had not thought about adding an extra plate to the back brace and the just butting the sit up against it.

Ron, I will be doing a single day of HPDE 1 (they aren't doing HPDEs on sunday for some reason), but as soon as I get into HPDE 2 I would welcome any advice any of you are willing to provide!

Really appreciate the help.
Jason Jane
Norcal

Re: Passenger Seat for HPDE 12 years, 4 months ago #13585

  • JerryW
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That is the normal way to attach a back brace to a non aluminium seat - the fibreglass/carbon fibre ones shouldn't be drilled.
Jerry Whitteridge
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