ExSRT8Guy
Been There, Done That
Great vids! I'm amazed how much that seat moves around
Well that sucks. So....did you protest?
Gotta take the opportunity at the win when you get it. I would usually be one to just blow off a slightly illegal car, but in this case not so sure.
Great vids! I'm amazed how much that seat moves around
If you ever wondered how much the factory seats moved around, these vids are great examples of the 4-5 inches of lateral movement at the headrest.
Great video for the aftermarket seat companies to use for comparison!
Definitely. I've seen videos of some aftermarket seats that do the same thing. Corbeau I'm looking at you. It doesn't help when you are a 6'5" 280lb person either and you are generating in excess of 1.2g's in the lateral direction.
Take a look at the Sparco Evo 2 or Evo 3. They are a bit larger.
Time to take a closer look at the seats' actual mounting details . . . and there might be a business opportunity in providing removable bracing for the stock seats. Not sure how that might affect autocross classing, though.If you ever wondered how much the factory seats moved around, these vids are great examples of the 4-5 inches of lateral movement at the headrest.
Great video for the aftermarket seat companies to use for comparison!
A 2015 Mustang GT, base, 6 speed manual, and performance package was ordered in Ruby Red
Can't wait to see how you do in F street. I figured you'd eventually reach a point where you gave up on the STU idea.
After hating the run #2 performance I went out and cleaned things up as best I could. I attempted to go faster in places, slower in others and by the time I got to back slalom things had changed for the worse. The rear tires got hot and greasy (even after spraying) and the higher rear rebound lead to getting way too tail happy and this unsettled the car way too much. The run slowed down. I personally don't know how it slowed it down that much but shit happens and it did. This run was a 65.161 which was two seconds slower than my previous two runs. I'm not sure how I went two seconds slower as I wasn't that conservative in the driving and the mistake wasn't that big I didn't think... I dunno. I was sorely disappointed with my driving.
Aaaaaand.... now you know why I don't bother to compete. It would be an exercise in frustration. It would take all the fun out of what is otherwise incredible fun: driving the car at or near its limits, experiencing the sensations that come with it, and making the car do all sorts of crazy things that you just can't safely make it do on the street.
For instance, Whiskey says:
Yes, the run slowed down. And if you're competing, that's a problem. But if you're there just to have fun with the car, then having the rear go "live" on you like that is great gobs of fun! I would have wrung every last bit of fun I could have out of that opportunity. There would have been a big grin on my face all the way around whatever sweepers/corners there existed where the rear came out and I had to countersteer to make things work.
Instead, Whiskey's frustrated to the point that he's taking a break from autocross.
That is what competition does to me, at least: changes the conditions under which I'm enjoying it so that my enjoyment depends on winning (or, at least, "doing well") instead of depending on the experience itself.
Whiskey, I bet you're going to have a blast with the new car. I just hope you fit. My torso's long enough that I had to switch my headliner to the one from the glass roof car and extend the cutout to the sides, all so I could fit in the car with a helmet without having to tilt the seat back so much that I would have trouble steering the car properly. I've sat in a 2015 and have maybe 1/4 inch clearance between the top of my head and the roof with the standard seats lowered as far as they'll go. On the 2014 model, the Recaros actually give more headroom clearance than the standard seats do (both at the bottom of their vertical travel), so I'm a bit surprised that such isn't the case with the 2015. Regardless, there's even less headroom available with the 2015 than with the 2014, so it'll be interesting to see how well this works for you.