Gear suggestions needed here

Are there any brands I should be looking for?  I have seen a lot of posts about Kirkey seats and the few I glanced at were not crazy expensive.

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Omaha '10 wussed out, lost too many drivers
"Simplify, then add Awesome"

1. We run a 16" Kirkey Pro Drag mounted on modified stock sliders. 

2. I made an adjustable back brace as well.  I started with a  Ford Truck slider.

3. We added a Longacre Long Arm curved Mirror and wink mirrors for the last race.  Our stock center mirror was to high up to have a good view out the rear.  I made some wink mirros from ones fromt he parts store but they kept falling down.  I added about $120 in mirrors for Eagles Canyon and they helped.

4. Quick release wheels are common and useful.

We also went with different door mirrors a while back.  At some point I will make the power part of the door mirrors work.

Good mirrors make the car much easier to drive.

Mirrors, definitely mirrors! The scene around you is constantly changing and the driver has to aware of all of it.

We run the Kirkey Intermediate RR seat & Pad. I think it's a great seat and very comfortable once strapped in. I've seen/heard complaints to the contrary, but to be completely honest I cannot share where they are coming from, seeing as we've driven the car to 2 races and back again. best racing comfort is you want HEAVY bolstering, and decent padding on the bottom. Our other car has a seat from a Mazda MX-6 in it and the slider is -very- solid and easy to use. the slider on the kirkey...well, it's certainly solid.

I don't necessarily think you need the best mirror in the world, just make sure they're usable and keep your ears OPEN. there are so many times on the track where I've not been able to see someone just on my corner in a blindspot that our stock-quiet exhaust and careful ears has prevented a smash-up where mirrors alone could not. there are dozens of teams with louder exhausts out there that I can hear coming.

I definitely recommend a removable steeringwheel done right. It's constantly on my to-do list that gets put on the back burner then doesn't get done, but would help on ingress/egress greatly.

1) We put a Kirkey Economy Layback in the Jag. It's a little more difficult to get in and out of than Mulry's seat, but it's a cheap, safe seat. I could probably also bend out the upper bolsters to make it a little easier, but I haven't really looked into it yet.

2) I had a spare set of RX-7 sliders that I modified and installed the Kirkey on. My co-drivers are complaining the seating position is going to be too low. I told them I'd get them a phone book.

3) I like being able to see what's behind me. At Dallas I had quite a few cars pass me that I never saw or heard coming. If we have any trouble seeing in the Jag, our upgrade is going to be a set of friggin' huge truck mirrors bolted to the doors.

4) There were a few times at Dallas when I got out of Mulry's car without removing the steering wheel. I'm skinny and it didn't affect me. If you're a bigger guy, you might want one.

5) Probably because you want orderly answers to your questions.

I know you're looking for stuff on the cheap, but VAC makes some great bolt-in stuff for BMWs including seat adapters and sliders ... http://store.vacmotorsports.com/seat-mo … s-c60.aspx

Check www.craiglook.com for "race seat". or "seat", or "Kirkey", "sparco", "momo". There are usually a few seats available for sale. Just have to find the right size. there were a pair of really used sparco's in LA for $400 a month ago.

You can use the stock adjusters in your car, and figure out how to mount the seat on top of that. Most stock adjusters are one sided locking only, which is not so good.  Hit the JY and look at some other cars to see if there are any which lock on both sides. Some other post mentioned Volvo sliders.

Adding a seat back to Harness bar support is a good idea, but difficult to implement.

I just thought up a pretty easy one the other day. Get a 1" metal tube long enough to go from your seat to the harness bar. Attach it to the back of the seat with a pivot (think u shaped bolted horizontally). Get another piece of tubing that slides over the 1", doesn't have to be a perfect fit, sloppy loose is OK. Attach that tot he harness bar. Put the seat all the way back, Drill one hole through both tubes (match drill). Install bolt. repeat for every seat position moving forward (the repeats will only be drilling the 1" tube).

Numbering your items is just a way to get people to focus and answer specific questions that might otherwise (man its a nice day outside) buried in a paragraph, or mixed up in a bunch of confusing thoughts.