A friend on mine with another Terminator had an incident with the rear seats. Looks like the after market pipes transferred heat through the bolt under the rear seat. Good thing we were all sitting around after a session when we saw the smoke.
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Time for a rear seat delete kit.......
+11993R said:
Wow. Time to check his exhaust for clearance.
That sucks.
That sucks.
I've seen a few Mustangs do this at the track. If I remember correctly, the last one I saw was a Fox body?
Insufficient exhaust clearance is the main culprit. Them exhaust systems get to be some hot sum bishes on track! :read:
Insufficient exhaust clearance is the main culprit. Them exhaust systems get to be some hot sum bishes on track! :read:
Guess that gives me a reason to ditch the rear seat!!
haha, yeah the second we put the fire out, myself and another cobra guy took our back seats out just in case.
I suspect there is going to be a lot of rear Cobra seats on Ebay soon.
Seat deleted involuntarily
Yeah, we are still trying to figure out what happened. The car was on-track (Summit and VIR) two previous weekends and had almost 3000 miles drive time since the catbacks were installed. The clearance appears to be within the OEM specs. Without the seat, I measured 220 F on each of the seat belt bolts after a subsequent run at Summit; hardly worth starting a fire over. I will have a shield material (the same stuff they use on police cruisers) installed to prevent this in the future. In the meantime, I will remove my back seat whenever I hit the track. Oh, by the way, does anyone in the No. Virginia want to sell a back seat? I have about a year or two before I get the roll cage and I still need to cart the kids around.
Yeah, we are still trying to figure out what happened. The car was on-track (Summit and VIR) two previous weekends and had almost 3000 miles drive time since the catbacks were installed. The clearance appears to be within the OEM specs. Without the seat, I measured 220 F on each of the seat belt bolts after a subsequent run at Summit; hardly worth starting a fire over. I will have a shield material (the same stuff they use on police cruisers) installed to prevent this in the future. In the meantime, I will remove my back seat whenever I hit the track. Oh, by the way, does anyone in the No. Virginia want to sell a back seat? I have about a year or two before I get the roll cage and I still need to cart the kids around.
where does a person get a rear seat delete kit?
Thanks for the heads up, I've C&P the thread here to www.svtoa.ca as we have an on track session upcoming.
Glad you guys were able to catch it in time.
Glad you guys were able to catch it in time.
The factory mufflers have heat shields strapped to them. The aftermarket exhaust does not. I removed the heat shields from my OEM exhaust and installed them on my aftermarket muffllers but not before I experienced similar (but not so severe) toasting of the rear seat.
--Mike
--Mike
[QUOTE='03 Sonic Blue]The factory mufflers have heat shields strapped to them. The aftermarket exhaust does not. I removed the heat shields from my OEM exhaust and installed them on my aftermarket muffllers but not before I experienced similar (but not so severe) toasting of the rear seat.
--Mike[/QUOTE]
Gives a whole new meaning to the term "heated seats"!!!!
--Mike[/QUOTE]
Gives a whole new meaning to the term "heated seats"!!!!
^I still have the rear seat. But, my friend used that kit and it looks very clean and he is happy w/ it. He is a pretty particular guy also, so I doubt too many people would have a problem w/ it.
tim87tr said:
Fit was great, but I modified the seat bases to mount with one screw each since I wanted more than velcro holding them in place when I OT. I bring a EZ-Up shelter with me often, which requires removal of the kit. It takes only 5 minutes to remove it with only 4 screws holding the whole thing in.
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