Sleepless Track BRZ

[Sleepless]

Originally Posted by Elliotw

Pete,
Did you say you ran ran the Recaro speedster seat in this car? Was it the CS? I am curious a review of that seat from a lateral movement perspective vs stock. I am considering that seat since it can retain the seat heater functionality.

Yes, I had the Speedsters while it was a 50/50 street/track car. They aren't really anymore supportive than the excellent stock seats. I got them so I can use 6-pt harnesses on the track. Cantrell Motorsports made custom mounts so they were just a bit lower than stock seats.

[Sleepless]

Originally Posted by FR-Sky

Any reason for upgrading the rear trailing bar?

Systematic removal of all rubber bushings

[Sleepless]

Originally Posted by Elliotw

Thanks for the information. Have you done any track driving with it? If so do you still need to use your knee to brace yourself?

Yes, you still need to brace a bit. The main thing that affects needing to brace is to switch to full harnesses. Even then, I still needed to brace myself a little. Hence the switch to the race seats.

[Elliotw]

Originally Posted by Sleepless

Yes, you still need to brace a bit. The main thing that affects needing to brace is to switch to full harnesses. Even then, I still needed to brace myself a little. Hence the switch to the race seats.

Exactly the information I needed. Much appreciated!

[Andyxin]

Originally Posted by Sleepless

Yes, I had the Speedsters while it was a 50/50 street/track car. They aren't really anymore supportive than the excellent stock seats. I got them so I can use 6-pt harnesses on the track. Cantrell Motorsports made custom mounts so they were just a bit lower than stock seats.

Do you still have the custom mounts for speedster and would like to sell it?

[Sleepless]

Originally Posted by Andyxin

Do you still have the custom mounts for speedster and would like to sell it?

Mounts are still in the car.

[Warex]

Love the car. Do you have any detailed pics of the roll bar from Cantrell? How do you like it? I have been looking around for a quality bolt-in 4pt for a while.

[Sleepless]

Originally Posted by Warex

Love the car. Do you have any detailed pics of the roll bar from Cantrell? How do you like it? I have been looking around for a quality bolt-in 4pt for a while.

Here you go: http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showp...0&postcount=16

[Warex]

Originally Posted by Sleepless

Here you go: http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showp...0&postcount=16

Looks great, thanks for sharing. I see the front plates are welded in then bolted. Would it be pretty easy to go back to stock and just cover up the welded plates with the carpet?

[Sleepless]

Originally Posted by Warex

Looks great, thanks for sharing. I see the front plates are welded in then bolted. Would it be pretty easy to go back to stock and just cover up the welded plates with the carpet?

Should be easy enough to cover the plates. I’ve stripped the car and had the bar fully welded in so I won’t be going back!

[incutebus]

Hey man, hows the 3.73 treating you? I was thinking of throwing one in my turbo brz that makes like 250whp

[EAGLE5]

OMG! You ARE in Seattle. Sigh...

[Sleepless]

Originally Posted by incutebus

Hey man, hows the 3.73 treating you? I was thinking of throwing one in my turbo brz that makes like 250whp

I got it so I can run at the track without getting into 6th which is too tall. The 3:73 did the trick.

[showrun]

Nice meeting you yesterday at Pacific (even though you weren't driving your Twin ;-) ). I'm the guy with the orange FR-S.