Weight saving worth it???
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I'll measure the seat today and see exactly how close it is to the console and the door panel, to see how much additional room there is for the wider seat. My roll bar was installed and the sidebar bent to fit around the stock Firebird seat. I just have to pull another car out of the garage so that I can acces the Formula.
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I measured it with the seat in my normal driving position. I'm just barely 5'-10" (seriously shrinking as I get older). I position the seat so I can lock my left leg with my foot on the dead pedal, and easilly depress the throttle to the floor with my right.
The front right corner of the seat cushion is just touching the side of the console. The left front corner of the seat cushion is about 1 to 1-1/2" from the map pocket in the door. Its hard to measure, because the corner of the seat, the map pocket and the lower end of the sidebar all converge at that point. On the top of the seatback, the left "wing" at the shoulders is about 3" from the glass on the door.
I slid the seat all the way back, since a taller person would probably use it in that position. Probably gained 1/2" clearance to the console, and about 1" clearance at the map pocket. I think the people with the Camaros would have a bit more clearance on the map pocket, because I think the Camaro pocket is moved back farther on the door.
It seems to me that a wider seat would be very tight. The console could be trimmed at the bottom, allowing the side panel to be pushed to the right, increasing the clearance.
You can see the clutter at the lower left corner. I had the nitrous panel in the door pocket before the roll bar, and now its a bit of a reach over the bar to access all the switches. I'm thinking of moving them to the "radio deleter" panel.
http://www.injuneer.com/images/photo.../DCP02918a.jpg
The front right corner of the seat cushion is just touching the side of the console. The left front corner of the seat cushion is about 1 to 1-1/2" from the map pocket in the door. Its hard to measure, because the corner of the seat, the map pocket and the lower end of the sidebar all converge at that point. On the top of the seatback, the left "wing" at the shoulders is about 3" from the glass on the door.
I slid the seat all the way back, since a taller person would probably use it in that position. Probably gained 1/2" clearance to the console, and about 1" clearance at the map pocket. I think the people with the Camaros would have a bit more clearance on the map pocket, because I think the Camaro pocket is moved back farther on the door.
It seems to me that a wider seat would be very tight. The console could be trimmed at the bottom, allowing the side panel to be pushed to the right, increasing the clearance.
You can see the clutter at the lower left corner. I had the nitrous panel in the door pocket before the roll bar, and now its a bit of a reach over the bar to access all the switches. I'm thinking of moving them to the "radio deleter" panel.
http://www.injuneer.com/images/photo.../DCP02918a.jpg
Last edited by Injuneer; 04-19-2009 at 04:47 PM.
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Well thanks for your time.By checking those numbers the 2 bigger seats have at max 1.5 inch more in the wide area and 2.5 inch in height(fx1 only) so would you think that one of those could be still installed in my car with maybe a small cut in my center console.If i could i would cut myself to fit in the smaller one but i cant
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33.5 inch high
19 inch deep
20.5inch wide legs
18.5 inch wide waist
22.5 inch shoulder
Forza wide
33.5inch high
19inch deep
22 inch wide legs
20 inch wide waist
24inch shoulder
FX1
36inch high
21 inch deep
21 inch wide legs
18.5 waist
24inch shoulder
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Forza
33.5 inch high
19 inch deep
20.5inch wide legs
18.5 inch wide waist
22.5 inch shoulder
Forza wide
33.5inch high
19inch deep
22 inch wide legs
20 inch wide waist
24inch shoulder
FX1
36inch high
21 inch deep
21 inch wide legs
18.5 waist
24inch shoulder
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just to add too I riped off the internal front bumper and the windshield water tank , the front bumper weigth is 22 pounds and Im replacing it with an aluminum angle , I removed the passenger air bag too and the upper cover of the dashboard instead I put a riveted black carpet with 0 light reflection.
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