Tanuki's Race Car Build S14

[Tanuki]

^Yeah I am sure I will be able to figure it out if not. I am thinking if I just stick to the general ustcc ratings in conjunction with NASA and FIA I will be fine.

Ok wheel is on.

Also Buddy Club called me today and told me that the poor fitment is highly irregular. So I sent them a bunch of pictures. They will call me again tomorrow.

[Darren]

haha, highly irregular? sounds like Dr. Spock!

[Tanuki]

Yeah huh? I will update when I hear from them. I am interested to see what they say? I told them I have been reading a lot of complaints on forums and things and they told me they have not had a complaint on the rails in over 5 years. So who knows, I guess I will have to start sending them links. My friend told me he used to have one in his car and he pulled his seat cushion out when he would race so he could clear too haha.

[tricky_ab]

Originally Posted by Tanuki

My friend told me he used to have one in his car and he pulled his seat cushion out when he would race so he could clear too haha.

I've seen quite a few people to that...That would be too uncomfortable for me...

[Tanuki]

^Yeah I am sure we will be able to modify the bc rail. I just hope they start making them correctly. It sounds like every single one of these rails does not fit correctly.

[Tanuki]

Got the dash out and we are now back on the floor!





I will pull out all of the rest of that junk this week hopefully (heater, airbag, etc).

[Darren]

So did BC get back to you on whether their rails would go lower?

[Tanuki]

nope. In fact I emailed them around 7pm MST and asked if there was a reason they didnt call back today? Maybe tomorrow I guess?

[dsc4130]

The problem with them is the slider adjuster is on the inside which doesn't allow you to drop the seat below the rails. Bride, nagisa etc there adjusters are on the outside of the rail allowing you to drop the seat as close to the floor as you can. I have buddy club rails but I cut the floor mounting tabs and switched them around so that the adjusters are on the outside of the rail and I have no problems now.

[Tanuki]

^yeah that is probably what I will do too.

They emailed me today and the guy just said he was out of the office yesterday. Strange because he called me the night before and said he would get with me in the morning...

Anyway I guess any correspondence from them is more than I expected. I just think the bracket shouldn't be on the market since it sounds like no one on earth is happy with it.

[Prove It]

Well first problem is that you did'nt order through enjuku, they would have taken care of you. But also i had the BC seat bracket and with my cage i had the same issue. I went with Nagisa (SP?) and was extremely happy. Def. go that route

[Tanuki]

^They probably couldn't return the seat after I drilled out the mount sadly.

Yeah We will see what happens I guess. I am pretty confident we will be able to fabricate something.

[SlideOrDie831]

friend i was using BC rails in his Z33 and it sits high. he tried contacting BC but no response. he ditched them for bride rails. not sure what model he got.

cars coming out awesome. any plans for aero?

[Tanuki]

My aero plans are actually pretty basic.

I will probably just do small alumilite additions though and probably some factory side skirts.

I am thinking:

Front: Factory lip with alumilite splitter

Sides: OEM Skirts

Rear: cut bumper and large diffuser fitted

Trunk: eventually a wing, probably kognition, but not for a while.

My friend and I can make most of the alumilite stuff and it looks better than a cheezy body kit imo.

Here is his car:

[imotion s14]

Originally Posted by Tanuki

^Tanuki is just a nickname I picked up somewhere? Maybe because I have black glasses that give a raccoon band look? who knows.

Thanks!

or you're trying to insinuate that you have very large testicles that drag on the floor.

[Tanuki]

^I was hoping no one would ask for pictures.

[s14>integra]

is that a boba fett inspired helmet?

[Tanuki]

Originally Posted by s14>integra

is that a boba fett inspired helmet?

^Yes it is

[Tanuki]

Alright So Albert Tang finally responded to my email requests in regards to why the Buddy Club "Super Low Down" seat rail had the following 2 problems:

1. Required Me to drill the floor mount section of the bracket and still barely allows a bolt to line up with the factory floor mount location.

2. Why a "Super Low Down" seat rail actually sits higher than the stock location.

Here is what he told me after I sent numerous photos of the clearance comparing it to stock height as well as the photos of the necessary modifications I had to make to even get the mounts to line up with the stock floor bolts:

"Hi

the rail was right one. because the sparco seat is higher

Thanks"

So basically they don't care. I'm not really surprised.

[Darren]

Wow .... That is all

[fatduece]

Should have told him to suck a fat one.

[Tanuki]

So I was thinking about everything last night in regards to the seat position, and even though the seat is brand new and probably doesn't deserve this treatment, I am going to just drill new mounting holes on the seat. I need to look at the thickness of the FRP but I am thinking that may work better than chopping up the mount.

[Tanuki]

I will need to get some nutserts too.

[Tanuki]

Ok back from vacation and this is all getting started now...

[jdm_greg]

I've had big issues with sparco seats sitting high...

Sparco Circuit in my buddys subaru, this mount was literally tabs on the ground...


in my friends hill climb (exact same seat) EK with buddy club rails we had to take the seat padding out of the bottom and use a mount with no sliders to have a helmet clear the roof...if not you couldnt actually sit in the seat...

in my S14, that seat sat pretty high just sitting on the ground without a mount or anything if you left the cushion in

[dreamin240sx]

Bride is probably the best way to go for sliding seat rails but i understand that myself and alot of other people dont have the money for them so i made my own as well. idk if this idea would work for you but i made mine out of the stock seat rails.



i bought a set of these for like 35 bucks or so. Then i took apart the stock seat rails. i drilled out all of the spot welds for the slider release handle but kept the mounting brackets on there. then on the one with the gap in the middle and has the slider inside of it. take that slider out. once you get all of that done the bracket with the sliding piece on top make sure you even it up with the lower half and weld it together on the bottom. Then what i did was paint them and mount them with out the seat in the car. After that i mounted the L brackets onto the seat and laid it on top of the rails. I had somebody hold the seat exactly where i wanted it. I then took a hammer and a punch and marked the holes that i needed to drill thru the bracket i just made. after that i pulled them back out and drilled my holes thru the rails. After i was done i test fitted my seat to make sure thats where i wanted it and then proceeded to mount the seat into the car. Im sorry if this seems really confusing but i can get more pics and try to help you out. but all in all i made a functional seat rail for less than 40 bucks and some labor. Once again sorry for the long post just trying to help.

[irritatedmax]

Like this build. Seems like you are tackling it pretty quickly. Props.

[Tanuki]

Thank you I hope it continues smoothly, but budget will always be the pacemaker

[KravingAKouki]

any updates? im definately following this

[Tanuki]

Sorry nothing yet. Been working on a teammate's gc8 the last couple weeks while we wait on my materials to show up.

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