Here is a poor boy newbies poll.
Lets say you are about to build a race car and you only have about $500 to spend on a seat.
You are 5'10" tall and weigh in at 155lbs.
The car you have has the Sparco Sprint seats, which have no shell at all but still got the FIA nod (very scary)
Has there ever been any research done on which materials do the best in a crash ?
The aluminum sounds very thin and is one of the softest metals around.
The fiberglass or kevlar aren't even quoted in any thickness. Of the two I would lean towards the Kevlar as being stronger.
SFI doen't even rate seats.
FIA does but OKed the tubular Sparco Sprint.
Give me some feedback on this issue, so I don't buy the wrong seat.
Thanks
Paul