Finally set myself up with a Lemons car

Saturns have a GREAT reliability at Lemons races.....good choice!

Doubt it.  Saturns have done very well in Lemons.

I was just a little curious as I know that these cars eat head gaskets and spit out trans diff pins like they are nothing. I already have to replace the first and Im getting a buddy of mine to weld the diff for me as soon as possible. Hopefully third time is the charm, as I have owned  the entire Saturn lineup from 1998 now (98 SL2, 98 SW2 that were gotten rid of a long time ago)

I do have a serious question though... I have read the rules on seats, and I understand that the single piece seats are suggested. Now Im not gonna go out and purchase the awesome blue and lime green APC seat sitting at my local pepboys, but all of the guys that Im getting to help with this like to sit differently. would a reclining seat on sliders, bolted to the factory mounting point with the factory hardware, be acceptable? I am asking this well in advance of seat purchasement (not a real word, but we are gonna run with it) so that I know that Im buying the right thing. I do know that I will need a brace behind the seat, to stop the seat from fully reclining in an accident if I read it correctly... Sorry for asking the noob question outside of the noob forum!

Bad Idea - I wouldn't feel safe in a seat that reclines. We have a Sparco FIA something or other that we got on craigslist for $250 and it's the best money we spent on the car. It's comfortable for a race seat, and I think a lot safer in the event of an incident than a two piece seat of any kind. When you have a good seat that doesn't move around you can belt yourself in tight enough to not move - and use all your energy for operating the car instead of holding yourself in the seat. Doesn't seem like much going around the block - but in an hour and a half race stint it's night and day.

Ok, so you guys have convinced me out of the reclining seat... but if I mounted the seat on rails that were pieces of angle iron that had several holes drilled in them and we just moved the seats at driver changes (yea, time consuming but it would need to happen. my shortest driver is 5'4 and I am 6'1) would that pass tech, as long as I used good hardware?

Set the seat up so that it is close but still comfortable for you.  Have your shorter driver sit in it and see if they can get by with a cushion behind them.  We have the same spread of driver heights and we have our seat in a fixed position.

Here's another option on a seat.

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/KIR-19400/

Yeah, I refuse to buy the Kirkey seat because the car will still be driven around before Lemons to the local Saturn meets and I want a little bit of comfort. as Ive stated before Im a big guy (not just horizontal but vertical) and that seat, along with almost identical brides, would be comfy for both instances of driving

So you're gonna drive a car w/ a cage on the street?

Doesn't that mean you'll be banging your skull on the cage when crossing RR tracks and stuff?

Nope, when its built right it is just fine... my DSM is street driven and has everything but door bars. Its been made to go very straight for a very short period of time and I have no issues with driving it at all (and honestly, it almost made it to the Lemons car, but I blew the Lemons budget on just the turbo and piping!)