Venturing down the slippery slope - SKYHI Motorsports SE

madkeen · Postby **madkeen** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 6:10 pm

Congrats on going the SE+Steroids route with Dann. I'm watching this thread with interest!!! Keep us updated please

Postby **Okibi** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:58 pm

Looking forward to the update. :mrgreen:

Cus · Postby **Cus** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 9:42 pm

TCR wrote:Just need to suss out some routes.

Oxley + Waterfall Way!

SKYHI · Postby **SKYHI** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 9:40 am

Magpie wrote:Looking forward to the update.

Okibi wrote:Looking forward to the update.

He's waiting for the last few parts to arrive, but i don't actually expect him to start the work for a week or two. Have arranged for Dann to do a 'before' run on the dyno, so at least we can track how much difference the work actually makes to the car in terms of numbers anyway. I'm sure it'll be a different beast to drive

SKYHI · Postby **SKYHI** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 9:40 am

Cus wrote:
TCR wrote:Just need to suss out some routes.

Oxley + Waterfall Way!

Thanks, will look into it.

SKYHI · Postby **SKYHI** » Mon Mar 06, 2017 12:55 pm

So whilst the car is away at Dann's, I've been spending my time collecting a few other bits and pieces for the car.

Bought a couple of Sparco Sprints to install in the car when it gets back. Going to mount them on the original rails for now and see how I go with height. Just need a harness for the drivers side so I can use my HANS device etc on track.

Also bought a single din bluetooth stereo and a 3 gauge panel to replace the standard double din stereo. Think I just need a couple of wiring adapters to wire in the stereo.

luzinit · Postby **luzinit** » Mon Mar 06, 2017 1:55 pm

Great progress so far. Keen to see how it turns out.
I was also tempted to drop off my car but had a big holiday and went over budget so will have to wait before my SE gets some steroids...

SKYHI · Postby **SKYHI** » Mon Mar 06, 2017 4:11 pm

Trying to do a bit of research of installing the Sparcos in the SE. From what I can gather, the drivers side seat rails will bolt onto the Sprint seat with a couple of new holes drilled into the rails, but the passengers seat doesn't. Does that sound right?

What about seat belt stalks. Do I need some NA6 ones, and is there a place to bolt them to the chassis like the NA6 has?

The American · Postby **The American** » Tue Mar 07, 2017 4:58 am

You'll need NA6 stalks and some backing plates/nuts to fasten them to. My old NA8 had the required holes for the NA6 stalks, but my NB8C didn't.

It's a bit of a fiddle, because each stalk requires two holes - a large one for the bolt and a small one for the lug on the stalk that stops if from flopping down when not in use.

I bought the NA6 stalks from Automotive Plus, and the backing plates of eBay from some Motorsport people in Tasmania.

speed · Postby **speed** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 8:07 am

Once you get the na6 stalks, you need to remove the plastic stalk part so you can feed it through the hole in the side of the seat.
You can leave it on but it will jabb you in the bum every time you get in the car.

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SKYHI · Postby **SKYHI** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 9:47 am

Thanks guys.

So I need to drill holes in the tunnel to take the NA6 stalks?

Will need to consider how I mount the harness as well.

StuwieP · Postby **StuwieP** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 10:07 am

Use the harness mounting bolts for the seatbelt stalk and the seatbelt on the opposite side.

2 birds, one stone. Or one hole, anyway.

You'll only be using one at a time in any case.

SKYHI · Postby **SKYHI** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 10:18 am

Yeah that's what I was sort of getting at in relation to the positioning.

The American · Postby **The American** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 12:28 pm

Experiment a bit before you drill. I found that the hole location for ideal positioning of the stalk, was not ideal positioning for the harness strap mount.

Snowmotion · Postby **Snowmotion** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 1:08 pm

Jass Performance in the UK do some adaptors for the sparco seat to factory rails that may make it a bit simpler.
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