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+--- Thread: Your thoughts on the Sparco Speed (/showthread.php?tid=3618)
Your thoughts on the Sparco Speed - Andy - 02-01-2006
Thinking about getting a set of used Sparco Speed seats for 400 including base/sliders. Do you guys know anything about them and is it a good price/seat? I sat in the sprints at OG, and they were pretty comfortable and those who have met me know I'm a skinny guy.
- Mike - 02-01-2006
if they fit you that isn't a bad price at all... i've never been comfortable in one, i guess i'm fat.
- Andy - 02-01-2006
According to the Sparco website, it says that the Speed seats aren't FIA-homologated and not recommended for competition use. Now does that mean not for W2W racing or not for track use, period?
- Evan - 02-01-2006
It means if you want to race with it, you have to have a metal seat brace attached to the cage.
The speed is a metal tube frame seat. Personally I dont like them, for comfort and saftey reasons. A fiberglass seat like the EVO, Pro2k, Circuit, Rev, etc are much more comfortable, FIA approved and safer.
- Andy - 02-01-2006
Is it the general consensus that tube frame seats are inferior? I guess I just gotta suck it up and shell out the dough.
- Mike - 02-01-2006
not a consensus, but a fact. is your firewall not directly behind your seat? if it is, you have less to worry about regarding the safety of a tube frame seat.
- BLINGMW - 02-01-2006
wow, you fit in a speed? sheeeet..... you should be kart racing! :lol:
I went with tube frame seats depsite these guy's recommendations.
From what I understand, if something intrudes into my door, I'm skewered. I think it happened to ONE porsche guy ONE time. For me, it's not a big concern for track days. In most accidents, I think even cheap seats are a big improvement over stock. And if I ever have the budget to race the car, I'll just put in some nascar bars. Or upgrade then. Seats have decent resale value if you keep them in good shape. My vote is to buy 'em, that's cheap for 2 seats.