This was a neat deal Keith. Probably will get some to make a seat for my
daugheter who seems to like all this LSR stuff.
JB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 10:01 AM
Subject: Seat fitting and Foam
> The deal is that I've never really been happy with any seat arrangement
I've
> had.... they all fit... but to get different folks in the car's it's
always
> meant that my seat had to be a bit to big for my skinny butt...... Tonya
on
> the other hand has a very nice butt... but it's Very tiny... she's not a
> midget thou..... ( one must be 4' 11" or less to qualify for that
distinction
> ) In any case.... Ted Wenz and Dave both have been telling me to pour a
foam
> seat.... I just never knew how to go about it.... well guess what.... I
do
> now and I really want to share what I learned...
>
> True choice Motorsports sells a two part foam that comes in quart cans....
> Part A and Part B.... I went to the store and bought a picnic starter
kit....
> meaning 12 16 ounce cups and a set of cheap silverware.... to mix all this
up
> in.... Set two cups out on a table I'd covered with garbage can bags and
> simply poured a little bit in each and stirred it up.... Tonya was sitting
in
> the car on a trash bag set on top of a 2x6 board... I simply poured the
well
> mixed liquid foam into the bag and she sat down.... The foam grew around
that
> cute little butt and a bit around her back.... she was in her drivers suit
but
> she still got plenty warm as this stuff cooked off....
>
> In any case next we took the board out and re-poured it again to fill in
that
> space and several more areas that were short... the process took us about
6
> pours to build the seat all the way around her but when we were done the
thing
> is a perfect seat that puts her in the exact right position to drive the
car
> and gives her a Hard... not soft foam seat that is form fit .... I'm
supposed
> to cover this thing with Duct Tape.... but I'm sure she's going to want to
put
> material on it.... ( woman... what can I say )
>
> I don't have the catalog for True choice, but the product I used is from
> Iresons ( sp ) and is a stocking item at around 35 bucks which should make
3
> seat bottoms... or one really big seat...
>
> This has been a staple in the Indy car world for years and should provide
all
> of us an added measure of safety....
>
> Keith ( www.truechoice.com )
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