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The Platform
One of the most important factors in this entire project is where you will be
sitting for hours on that 200 lap race. No regular computer chair would work
for this. We had to find a little something to bring the realism to us. Not to
mention a little safety with the 5 point harness. We got our racing seats from
vendor named sprinter91801 on eBay motors. The seat was 26.00 and 80.00 in
"shipping". But it is actually very nice for what were doing here. It came with
the sliding rails for a forward / backward adjustment. As well as the recline
lever. I will admit the bucket style seat really holds you in when you spin out
of control and into the wall. Additionally, the seat is ready to accept a 4
point harness system if you want to add it.
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The deck of the platform is wood. We glued some pine together and then cut it
to size, but I recommend using plywood instead. Its lighter, as you can use a
thinner board, and much stronger.
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from your AutoZone in town, lay it face down and place your deck on top of it.
Take the edges and fold them around to the bottom side and staple it in place.
Speaking of stapling, I think I need to do a staple gun mod.... |
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Trim any existing material from the
corners and reinforce any places that you think could use it. Making it look
nice and clean is the point here.
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| Attaching the deck to the frame is a
little tricky. The fact that the carpet likes to fray and get chewed up into
the self tapping screws didn't help. To help mitigate this take a soldering
iron or a nail heated in a flame and melt holes where you want place the
screws. The smoke is toxic. So... do what you will with it. |
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Using a 1.5" self tapping screw and a
high speed drill, screw the platform down to the frame every 8 - 12 inches
around the frame as well as the cross support. Depending on the type of self
tapping screws you can find you may want to use a washer as well. |
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attach the seat to the deck. Using the same technique with the soldering iron
melt a place for you to drill the 4 holes to mount the seat to the deck. Use a
couple large washers to make sure it's not going any where on the bottom and
bolt it down with the bolts it came with. |
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Simple as that. The most important part
is done. The platform is where everything the user will interact with is
mounted. So make sure its really strong and secure. |
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