Tech Inspections - Serious Bidness (Page 1 of 3)

Is this an issue to the Kirkey seats? We found a carbon/kevlar one piece race seat that is very rigid, no flex here, but we have the harness bar a little less than 6" behind the seat as prescribed, but no upper seat/headrest support. Are we OK?
We've been very careful to follow the current set of rules.

I know we got snipped at West Virginia over our back brace.  They didn't like the brace being 3" away from the seat.

I assume back brace and hans will be the big changes for next year rules.

So what kind of bracing are they asking for on Kirkey seats?  Is it bracing back to the cage or ribs added to the back of the seat to provide support?  We are headed to Houston Friday AM and don't need to be trying to meet an unknown standard.

You can mount it to the horizontal bar between your harness straps just like a seat back brace.  If you've got TIG skillz you can just weld some structure into the seat back.

The Kirkey seats in question are the Drag style seats with the huge honking shoulder harness hole.  The fix is to add a bar above your harness bar at about the height your head will roll when the LTD rearends you and the seat folds back at the harness hole.  We were allowed to add square tube held in place with U-bolts as a temporary measure, but are expected to bring a real solution to the next race.  You may need to bend the tube to ensure it is close (within 6 inches) to the seat.  If you are running with a seat slider, I'd suggest an email to The Evil One to get an acceptable solution.

No, your catch can ultimately vents to the exterior.  Some cell vents terminate to a catch can (period) rather than ultimately exiting the vehicle.  Lemons is looking to avoid a bucket of open fuel in the trunk.

lol. i added a whole new bank of switches, LED's, and sensors for NHMS, but i plan to go all out on electronics & sensors for next year.

No backstays aft of the rear axle. We were told that we will fail next year because of this.

I watched Jay on two different occasions earlier this year grab the top of an aluminum drag seat (not Kirkey brand-- but one was Jegs- the other not exactly sure what it was) and push on it and fold it over/back at nearly a 90 degree angle with almost no effort.

Not all aluminum seats are made the same:

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With many more in between.

So would an I/O port back brace or equivilant be acceptable, if mounted at an upward angle from the harness bar to the center of the "headrest" area of the seat?

How about a piece of tubing welded to the harness bar that points up at an angle, with a large plate on the end?

This is our seat and the red box indicates the adjustable seat back brace main plate. We will be adding (Welding) aluminum ribs as indicated with the red lines.