I would consider keeping the seat wrench under the seat. A magnet or clip. Neodymiums are great for this. Maybe wrap the wrench in Tessa tape for anti abrasion. Great idea keeping it to two positions. Ie427 had nothing but complaints about seet tracks.
Great work mate, enjoying your videos. Seat heaters make a huge difference, I also added a couple of power sockets at the rear of my console so I can plug in a Milwaukee heated jacket.
Im glad to hear the seat heaters help. I do enjoy them in my daily driver. Now this heated jacket has me thinking! My wife is terminally cold (kinda funny we live in Maine). A heated jacket might solve some problems for me. Thanks for the note!!
You should weld or add in some way, a place to secure a wrench under the seat. That way, when you want to move the seat, there's the wrench. A magnet would work if this is steel.
It's a bit deceiving, but the seat does bolt to the frame. There's a heavy steel plate that connects between the frame members that the seat bolts through. Its plenty robust enough for sure.
My headers are BBK shorties that I bought from Summit. I just tried to find my order info and came up short. Only thing I wished I had done differently is to install locking header bolts. I struggled with a few of the bolts walking out until i replaced them Stage 8 lockers.
I thought about that, but welding a nut under the car is harder and I wanted to keep the exposed threads on the inside of car. also welding the bolts in place doesn’t leave any open holes in the floor pan. I’m a bit nervous about not being able to torque the nuts down without the use of a wrench. These seats gets pretty stressed when you climb in and out because of the shape of the door opening and how low the car sits.
I would consider keeping the seat wrench under the seat. A magnet or clip. Neodymiums are great for this. Maybe wrap the wrench in Tessa tape for anti abrasion. Great idea keeping it to two positions. Ie427 had nothing but complaints about seet tracks.
Great work mate, enjoying your videos. Seat heaters make a huge difference, I also added a couple of power sockets at the rear of my console so I can plug in a Milwaukee heated jacket.
Im glad to hear the seat heaters help. I do enjoy them in my daily driver. Now this heated jacket has me thinking! My wife is terminally cold (kinda funny we live in Maine). A heated jacket might solve some problems for me. Thanks for the note!!
So happy you are thinking of your wife above yourself! ❤
We’ll she makes it easy!
You should weld or add in some way, a place to secure a wrench under the seat. That way, when you want to move the seat, there's the wrench. A magnet would work if this is steel.
Keep at it !
I would have thought the seat would bolt to part of the frame?
It's a bit deceiving, but the seat does bolt to the frame. There's a heavy steel plate that connects between the frame members that the seat bolts through. Its plenty robust enough for sure.
brand; model # of heaters...? Are they hi/lo? Thanks!
My headers are BBK shorties that I bought from Summit. I just tried to find my order info and came up short. Only thing I wished I had done differently is to install locking header bolts. I struggled with a few of the bolts walking out until i replaced them Stage 8 lockers.
Instead of a screw why not use a knobbed bolt or a knurled screw so you don’t need a wrench?
I thought about that, but welding a nut under the car is harder and I wanted to keep the exposed threads on the inside of car. also welding the bolts in place doesn’t leave any open holes in the floor pan.
I’m a bit nervous about not being able to torque the nuts down without the use of a wrench. These seats gets pretty stressed when you climb in and out because of the shape of the door opening and how low the car sits.
just use wing nuts for seat. no wrench needed.
I'm going to give wingnuts a try. I'm a bit concerned I won't be able to torque them down enough-- but worth a try for sure!