Yeah I've thought about that but I have to drill the floorpan to mount the seats and don't want a bunch of holes. I may get some carbon Sabelts if Recaro doesn't start production by summer.
Just placed an order for an Ultima RS
- Thread starter MinGrey02Stg2
- Start date
Yeah I've thought about that but I have to drill the floorpan to mount the seats and don't want a bunch of holes. I may get some carbon Sabelts if Recaro doesn't start production by summer.
I assume the one piece carbon ones? What about something like tillet racing seats?
This seat is what I ordered, but in all black. I rendered this photo so that I could show my upholsterer how I want them to look.
The Tillets are cool and very lightweight, but just so bland too.
The Tillets are cool and very lightweight, but just so bland too.
yea that seat is beautiful and likely worth the wait.
Where is Recaro based out of? I got guesses but am too lazy to look for myself
"Nothing makes me question ALL of my life decisions like SVTP."
Posts and likes are not mine.
"Nothing makes me question ALL of my life decisions like SVTP."
Posts and likes are not mine.
Pretty sure they are in michigan
Recaro is based in Germany, or at least they have a manufacturing plant and offices there. I tried to get them to make the 13-14 GT500 seats for me with custom stitching when I lived in Stuttgart, but they said they couldn't due to licensing issues with ford.
Germ and MI, USA, you're both right
You can thank that excellent gov in MI for not having your seats yet
"Nothing makes me question ALL of my life decisions like SVTP."
Posts and likes are not mine.
You can thank that excellent gov in MI for not having your seats yet
"Nothing makes me question ALL of my life decisions like SVTP."
Posts and likes are not mine.
- Joined
- Sep 8, 2017
- Messages
- 1,013
Crazy project . Didn't read all of it . What are use using for engine management and transmission. ? What's the weight?
The seats are made in Germany and from my understanding, they are locked down hard because of Covid. The guy I ordered them from is in Germany with over 50 seats in the queue, none of which have shipped.
I'm using the GM ECU and from my research, there is no aftermarket plug and play solution for the LT5, which I think is due to the direct and port injection. The transmission is a G97/50 from a 2008 Porsche 911 Turbo with an RPS triple carbon clutch. It should weigh around 2200-2300lbs from what I've heard.
Here's a short clip from the first drive around the block yesterday. It is so rowdy.
I love that. Please tell me you're going to track it.
Yeah I definitely will do a track day with it when it's all set up. There are some local track days with some serious exotics that I'd like to participate in.
I'm in Palm Beach Gardens right now but moving to Ft. Lauderdale shortly.
One of my fav cars all-time.
You can tell by my IG handheld
It has been mine for a long time too! Glad to finally be in one.
Hahah wicked.
You just don’t expect a car that looks like that to have a nasty cammed V8!
Sent from my iPhone using svtperformance.com
You just don’t expect a car that looks like that to have a nasty cammed V8!
Sent from my iPhone using svtperformance.com
Damn! That exhaust coating color is PERFECT! Sounds wicked, love it!
Sent from my iPhone using the svtperformance.com mobile app
HOLY SHIT man.
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassssssssssssss!!!!!
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassssssssssssss!!!!!
Got the car tuned finally and it made 751 to the tires with boost falling from 16.5psi to 12psi from belt slip. I got a new idler pulley that should fix the problem so it should be in the low 800s with full boost. In the meantime I took a vacation to Guadalajara and saw a ZX-10R who I did a rolling photoshoot with.
Awesome update! And we need moar!
-J
-J
Users who are viewing this thread
