[Shotimes] Power Seats (Was: Convention 2004 DVD)

[Carl Prochilo]

Funny post.  Anyone that wants to turn the SHO into a racer will most
likely pull the stock seats altogether and replace with something
ultralightweight.  In fact it would be likely that the racer not have any
passenger seat!
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
92 Ultra Red Crimson

On Fri, October 22, 2004 8:15 am, Steve Tatro said:
> I agree.  I've been the passenger in a few different SHOs (including
> my own, rarely) and greatly prefer to have the full power seat.  I
> don't know how much it weighs, and I don't care.  I like it.
>
> If anybody is so concerned about weight they have bigger fish to fry
> than the power passenger seat.  Hell, it's easy enough to swap if
> someone's building a lightweight racer.
>
> Besides, with a full power driver's seat and a manual passenger seat
> the 50/50 balance (left to right) would be messed up.  That's
> unacceptable.
>
> If I had that kind of weight differential I'd have to start removing
> stuff from the left side.  Lug nuts, wheels studs, etc.
>
> Oh, never mind.  I forgot about the imbalance due to my 220-lb. fat
> ass in the driver's seat <grin>.
>
> Later,
>
> Steve Tatro
> Red/Black '93 with 179k miles
> Monroe, Ohio
>
>
> On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 16:55:44 -0700 (PDT), Shylo McKinsey
> <mrfluffy02@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Yeah, BUT I also mentioned that with the power seats
>> you can have the chair sitting in different positions
>> that you can't get with the manual. IE... the front
>> and rear of the chair can be all the way up, for those
>> who like to sit on a "level" surface...or could have
>> the front of the seat all the way up...and rear all
>> the way down...for a more reclined seat. Yes, the
>> manual chair has lumbar and bolster control, but it
>> (the seat placement) can't be arranged like the power
>> chair can.
>>
>>
>>
>> Shylo McKinsey
>>
>> '91 White MTX
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