additional leg room

[Recap]

Doing th Power Tour this year and so I am looking for some additional leg room. Year One sells some universal brackets that look like they might work. They are some flat plates with holes, nothing I probably could not make myself. The issue I see is one of the studs in the front does not seem  to have much grip length.  Any opinions on moving the seat back a few inches? 2400 miles with extra leg room would be nice. Next up is getting the a/c working!

[good2win22]

I have been pondering on how to get a few more inches of leg room myself....  Interested in hearing if anyone has done this and how they did it as well...

[earlbrown]

good god man...   how tall are you people?

tilt the seat back one or two clicks. it's like sliding the seat back a couple inches. 

[YGspider]

6,5 about.. !

[good2win22]

This may sound a bit out of the box but there is a phrase used in the avaition community called "design eye point."  Basically, it means that after sitting in the cockpit, you adjust the seat until you can see everything that your suppose to see without undo strain on the body. 
I just can't get comfortable when cruising in my Buick.  It did help when I replaced the seat cushions.  Those cushions raised the sitting height about an inch or so but now I feel like my head is going through the roof and laying the seat back doesn't make it.... well.. I just don't sit like that when driving any car.

[tb3]

what about taking the seat track off the seat and drilling 4 new holes a little farther back on it?
or,  might have to weld in a couple pieces of flat stock to the floor and bolt the seat back a little farther. 

[Shimy87]

I moved mine back 2 inches, much more comfy!!

[Recap]

How about some details on how you went about moving your seat back 2"?

check out part number SB246 at Year One.  Thought I might try to fab something like this over the weekend.

[daveismissing]

While you are in there
check the bolts n holes between the front of the seat and the track, mine were ripped up and needed reinforcement.

[Scoobum]

While you are in there
check the bolts n holes between the front of the seat and the track, mine were ripped up and needed reinforcement.

Too many trans brake launches?

[daveismissing]

I expect you'd have the same problem from laying on the binders at SMP's gravel pit

[Scoobum]

Mine stops with room to spare with the brake upgrades...but I have to admit the seat belt is choking the shit outta me. You prolly remember me postiing pics of Mikes 2002 metallic orange SBC nitrous assisted Camaro. He stops...wait for it...at 134-135 MPH...with the stock brakes. He shows up at the first test nite last month. I asked him where the front skinnies were. He said when he made his 10.01 run last fall with me he got on the brakes so hard...he flat spotted the front tires from locking them up. The man has balls of steel.

[Shimy87]

took 4 pieces of 1 inch wide flat steel, 2.5 inches long, drilled out holes 2 inches on center, welded a one inch carriage bolt in one end, removed seat, put pieces in place and set seat over new bolts. Has been rock solid for a few years now. Dont like it and just take them out and put back in stock location

[Recap]

Thanks for sharing Shimy87.how thick of material would you suggest?
 

[Charlief1]

I got lucky last weekend and picked up 2 celica GT seats in mint condition. These have the same shape as the lears do and feel very good. These are what I'm going to use. I had a choice of a pair of Dodge stealth seats and these look a little easier to adapt as well as more total movement so I can move the as far back as I want.