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New to racing and Lemons and trying to heck to understand the seat rules. Found a local used Procar by Scat Pro-Sport racing seat and a post on here saying it wasn’t legal. What’s the issue with the seat? It appears to be one piece and racing purposed. Why would it not pass tech? Any clarifications or help are greatly appreciated.
Are you referring to this post? This seat fails because it reclines. I don't see any reason your seat will fail. When in doubt, email Pagel.
Assuming it is this seat https://procarbyscat.com/product/pro-sport/
As I understand it (and I think I've had one of those seats in my possession), the least desirable construction method is steel tube (both from a tech and a comfort perspective). That seat is a steel tube seat. You'll be sitting in it for (hopefully) several hours over the course of a race weekend, and the steel tubes will press on your body uncomfortably when you (hopefully) corner aggressively.
Also, that seat is small. Normal-sized mammals barely fit, luxury-sized mammals do not fit. This is probably fine if your team is composed of small-sized mammals, but significantly less desirable if you have a variety of sizes on your team.
The response speed, the clarity! I finally saw what I missed! Thank you for the good info 
I’ll just self identify as a bad reading mammal and will order a Bimarco Hummer.
Our first seat was tube framed. After every race the sides of my back/ribcage area was bruised up from the tube frame. It was an Sparco seat with an FIA cert. Look into the BiMarco Hummer seat. Not much more money and much better seat.
Our first seat was tube framed. After every race the sides of my back/ribcage area was bruised up from the tube frame. It was an Sparco seat with an FIA cert. Look into the BiMarco Hummer seat. Not much more money and much better seat.
Would I need a seat brace for a BiMarco Hummer? If so does anyone work or do I need a specific one?
cheseroo wrote:Our first seat was tube framed. After every race the sides of my back/ribcage area was bruised up from the tube frame. It was an Sparco seat with an FIA cert. Look into the BiMarco Hummer seat. Not much more money and much better seat.
Would I need a seat brace for a BiMarco Hummer? If so does anyone work or do I need a specific one?
Doesn't matter who made the seat, if the seat is further than 6" from the crossbar, it needs a seat back brace.
...do I need a specific one?
You'll either need a brace that's compatible with the design of the seat (Rule 3.6.1.2) or a "seat-width element" that provides a comparable level of protection against catastrophic rearward seat movement (Rule 3.6.1.3). In my car, for example, I have a T-shaped element projecting forward behind the seat. Please note that in my cage the belts do not attach to this T-shaped element; they attach to the cage behind it. The T-shaped element is acting only as a seat brace. I've also seen similar elements that have a wide, flattened U-shape and are welded to the cage at their ends.
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