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Old 08-17-2003 | 12:58 PM
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Race Seats and Harness' in 3rd Gens

Still trying to decide which kind of seats and harness' I want to put in my firebird. I need something lightweight but also looks good. Please post pics of your interior with race seats installed. Thanks
Old 08-17-2003 | 02:33 PM
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Do you have a rollbar in your car? Have you looked at Sparco's seats yet? They are really pricey but ahhh sooo nice!
Old 08-17-2003 | 05:58 PM
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Old 08-17-2003 | 07:38 PM
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I have the same setup as Superman who posted above! Black Corbeau CR2 or "Carrera" seats and I went with black Simpson Cam-Lock harnesses. They bolt to my 8 point rollbar. Check my website for pics I guess, I haven't posted pics on this board yet.
Old 08-17-2003 | 09:29 PM
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Hey AutoRoc, I didn't know you were on here too, I'm Dave89IROC on cz28.com
Old 08-17-2003 | 09:56 PM
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Teamtech makes some great custom stuff. They are very popular in ASA, powerboat, monster truck, and Trans Am series racing for good reason. They are growing and moving into NASCAR racing soon. Best part is, you can call and talk to the owner, and he'll set you up with a personalized harness for only a few hundred bucks. I'll be soon upgrading to their new RAMPACK harness, probably in the spring.

In the mean time here is the setup that I currently have in my car. The seats are from a '95 Formula and the 8-point is an S&W Chromoly rollbar with silver Hammertone paint.



Hope you like,

--Dan
Old 08-17-2003 | 10:25 PM
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Denny, I snapped this pic of your car at the nats (along with like 4 others, if I get off my **** and resize them I'll send them to you )

Old 08-17-2003 | 10:41 PM
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Originally posted by Chuck!
Denny, I snapped this pic of your car at the nats (along with like 4 others, if I get off my **** and resize them I'll send them to you )

Oooh that's a good one! Denny, I also have some video of your car, probably will try to work it into the DVD somehow...
Old 08-17-2003 | 10:47 PM
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Dan, it was good to meet you there. When I was driving home I realized I met "Daniel - building a better 10 bolt - Burk".


TA looked real good The 1LE brakes also made me so jealous! I also traced my problems of such slow times down to the fuel pump, I think the walbro took care of them
Old 08-18-2003 | 07:09 PM
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slightly off topic, but does anyone know of a roll cage where the back seat is still usable, maybe with just the bar right behind the front seats removed?

thanx

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Old 08-18-2003 | 10:13 PM
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Originally posted by zed
slightly off topic, but does anyone know of a roll cage where the back seat is still usable, maybe with just the bar right behind the front seats removed?

thanx

zed
Yes, check out the one on mine. (Pictured above a few posts.) The rear seat is fully functional, or at least it will be when I finish cutting the centerbar out and reinstalling it with some mounting flanges. I've drawn up a design for a mounting flange that uses three 1/4-20 socketed head stainless screws. Once you bolt it together, it'll be like the bar was never cut. However, when it's passenger time, just whip out the allen wrench and six bolts later, it'll be sitting against the wall of your garage. I just need to have the shop machine it up for me, then get it to the welder to have it TIG welded into place.

The roll bar is a S&W race car design, with two options: Rear seat retain, and stock door handle retain options. You can get it in steel for $275, or in Chromoly for a little over $500.

They also have swingout options for the side bars. However, I wanted maximum stiffness and decided to forego them.

Chuck, I'm glad to have met you, but I really need a photo in order to put the name with the face! I met probably 100 new folks there, as I dont get out much
Old 08-18-2003 | 10:37 PM
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91 RS with 10 spokes. Workin on some other stuff that'll make it quite a bit better
Old 08-18-2003 | 11:00 PM
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ive seen roll cages in like jegs catalogs for a 8 point for 150$
if bought how hard would it be to install?

and where would u get these kick **** seats and harnesses?
EDIT: how hard r the seats to do as well?
Old 08-19-2003 | 01:32 PM
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Hey Superman I am Getting ready to put switches in my car under the power window switch could i have some info/pics of yours they look good real clean. thanks
Old 08-19-2003 | 04:34 PM
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The switches are from NX. You can check them out at www.nitrousexpress.com The first switch is a two way switch. Pu**** forward arms the nitrous and turns on my electric fuel pump for the nitrous. The middle one is a momentry switch, its for my purge and the third is to turn on the remote bottle valve. I'll try to get a few pics of them today or tommorow.
Old 08-24-2003 | 09:46 PM
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well I wanted to try and keep a stock look to my Trans Am so I bought a set of "pmd" seats or otherwise known as the "Knight Rider" seats. they work extremely well with my 5 point harness's and the 8 point roll bar.the 2 shoulder belts go right through the hole in the headrest like the seats were made for a harness. sorry I am unable to post a pic of my int but it does look good and is very functional.
Old 08-25-2003 | 06:57 PM
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any sites to see the knight rider seats?
Old 08-25-2003 | 07:25 PM
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I don't know of a site other than Ebay. just type in Knight Rider seats or pmd seats. sometimes none are up for auction. if anyone wants to see what they look like in my car and you use Yahoo msg then hook up with me on there and I can get you a pic that way of my setup. my Yahoo I.D. is prostreettransam
Old 08-25-2003 | 11:20 PM
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transam84's knight rider/pmd seats
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