Fixed seat

[Ace Rossi]

the seat that came in the kart was a little too narrow for my old  skinny body so I widened it in the middle, sanded it smooth and gave it a shot of flat black rattle can. Still not happy with the results, and being slightly old school, I had my better half sew me up a upholstered cushion. For being the first attempt I think she did a pretty good job. She sewed 2″ wide Velcro strips on the underside that attach to the Velcro that is stuck on the seat!

I know a lot of you guys don’t use a seat but my old body is saying comfort over aero!

Opinions…

 

[Randy McKee]

Nice recliner, but where’s the thingy to hold the beer and remotes?

[Randy McKee]

Ace, on a more serious note… if the padding is very thick (and comfy) you may find it changes the handling.  In essence, you’ll be sitting higher and slightly more forward.  It’s a common rain-racing trick to add towels to the bottom of the seat to raise the center of gravity; your recliner may achieve a similar outcome.  Test it and see…

Just curious: if you’re existing seat was already too skinny, how are you going to fit in there with the added padding?

[Ace Rossi]

Randy the cushion Waze very very little because it’s very very thin quarter-inch maybe and don’t think with me it’s going to be a big deal and handling and regarding the seat being too skinny I actually cut it down the middle and widened it.  It fit good before the cushion but even fits better now with the cushion.

I don’t think it really matters what I do regarding right or wrong because I’m getting very limited help from a select few racers and everybody seems to be doing things the way they want to do them so I figured I would just join in and do what I think is best for me and hopefully one day I’ll have fun with this beast. If not picture is been a blast working on it!

[Randy McKee]

Hey, there’s no right or wrong…. if you like to innovate and are having fun, that’s what counts.

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