Stock seat mod for headroom - F-Body Road Racing and Autocross Forums

Well in the never ending quest for more headroom I bought a manual seat slider from a '97 Trans Am to replace my power slider (yes I have a cop car with power seats + bose). The manual bracket didn't seem to gain me anything.

The manual slider has rear mounts riveted to the rails that bolt to the floor-these are offset and raise it up some. I drilled the rivets out and took a 1.5"x.125" piece of aluminum flat stock and bolted this to the studs in the floor straight across. I then bolted the rails directly onto the flat stock with 1/4" bolts.

I gained about 1/2" of headroom which was well worth it.

I'll replace this with steel flat stock after sunday's autocross.

The main reason I have so many headroom issues is I have a hardtop and I have a long upper body. I also like to sit forward in order to hug the steering wheel-I have a lot more strength and control sitting up on the wheel. I think I'm going to get the adapater that allows me to bolt in a regular racing wheel. I could then move the wheel an inch or so closer to me with a regular spacer thus letting me sit back farther.

Of course losing the airbag means I'll probably switch to a closed face helmet.

robz71lm7 View Member Profile	Mar 15 2005, 11:03 PM Post #1
Veteran Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 2,640 Joined: 25-December 03 From: Louisville, KY Member No.: 40	Well in the never ending quest for more headroom I bought a manual seat slider from a '97 Trans Am to replace my power slider (yes I have a cop car with power seats + bose). The manual bracket didn't seem to gain me anything. The manual slider has rear mounts riveted to the rails that bolt to the floor-these are offset and raise it up some. I drilled the rivets out and took a 1.5"x.125" piece of aluminum flat stock and bolted this to the studs in the floor straight across. I then bolted the rails directly onto the flat stock with 1/4" bolts. I gained about 1/2" of headroom which was well worth it. I'll replace this with steel flat stock after sunday's autocross. The main reason I have so many headroom issues is I have a hardtop and I have a long upper body. I also like to sit forward in order to hug the steering wheel-I have a lot more strength and control sitting up on the wheel. I think I'm going to get the adapater that allows me to bolt in a regular racing wheel. I could then move the wheel an inch or so closer to me with a regular spacer thus letting me sit back farther. Of course losing the airbag means I'll probably switch to a closed face helmet.