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Are racing dune buggy seats, if they are non reclining, legal?
Because it says SFI or FIA is only "recommended" I would guess yes. Depending on which ones you are talking about they are all kinds of uncomfortable and lack any decent support.
in theory yes its "legal"...but I would NOT run one.....does the word "whiplash" mean anything to you?
Safety should NEVER be compromised..... a proper race seat, harness and cage is money well spent..... A HANS device is also a good idea....
Not to mention the reduction in the level of driver fatigue attributable to a seat that keeps you in place. When you're not fighting as hard to stay in your seat, you have more time to concentrate on not PIT-maneuvering the guy next to you.
Seats like the Kirkey Intermediate are cheap; Summit usually has them for ~$149.
Remember, if you have a $20 head, buy a $20 helmet. Don't try to save $$$ on safety equipment. 
It was not a saving money thing, but a I have a hugely fat ass comfort thing.
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I saw, thank you very much
It was not a saving money thing, but a I have a hugely fat ass comfort thing.
Believe me, I feel your pain. At 5' 10", 340lb, 42" waist, we needed a big seat for me. I fit just nicely in the 18" wide Kirkey Intermediate.
bigds01 wrote:It was not a saving money thing, but a I have a hugely fat ass comfort thing.
Believe me, I feel your pain. At 5' 10", 340lb, 42" waist, we needed a big seat for me. I fit just nicely in the 18" wide Kirkey Intermediate.
we run a Racetech Wide 4009WHR seat at 16.5" wide (normal is 14")...I'm 6-1, 200lbs with about a 35" waist and I have a hard time fitting in the standard seat....but the wide is perfect...I actually have a smidge of wiggle room!
A good seat reducing driver fatigue is a great point.... all of our drivers are in the car for 2+ hours & I was worried about fatigue....but felt great getting out of car after nearly 2 hours.....all my drivers were worried about fatigue and everyone that got out said they could have gone LONGER!!!!!!
said they could have gone LONGER!!!!!!
We're guys, that's what we always say...
in a tall, sporty stock seat in our vic, usually im beat after about 90 or so minutes. I'm 5'11, 300+ lbs and got an 18" Kirkey Intermediate Road Race seat from my cage builder. at NL I went 2H to fuel stop, got out, felt good, got back in... TWICE. I finally got out at 4am as I was starting to feel the fatigue setting in... Roughly 6hours in the hot seat with 10minute rests every 2hours. that's a DRASTIC reduction in fatigue. Even at 4am i was still mentally "there", just not physically.
DO NOT try to replicate a seat time that long. I was only posting that to point out the Amount of fatigue reduction possible simply from the RIGHT kind of seat. a Factor of 3 should be well worth the $250-$300 for a Kirkey+Seat pad or a Corbeau Forza II Wide.
I'm running a Beard suspension seat that was in out of our Desert race truck and its comfy anf has steel frame .
$150
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