Im building a thing. Not that anyone is on to see it....

"Trunk Impaired 318" (matteocscaptura)
07/28/2015 at 00:29 • Filed to: RacingRig

A few weeks ago I picked up a seat from a early 90s Honda Prelude that was in surprisingly good shape and said I was going to use it for a racing rig/sim. Well, after much procrastination I finally got around do building the damn thing. By no means is it done (I still have to make a rear bit for the seat to go on and theres a good bit of ironing out to do along with some issues of mounting my wheel and pedals but its a start. So, here it is.

DISCUSSION (16)

ttyymmnn > Trunk Impaired 318
07/28/2015 at 00:35

v 1.0 looks good. Looking forward to v 2.0.

Trunk Impaired 318 > ttyymmnn
07/28/2015 at 00:37

Im just hoping its sturdy enough, I was going to use 2 inch PVC but 1.5 inch was A LOT cheaper, like half the price cheaper.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > Trunk Impaired 318
07/28/2015 at 00:40

it’ll just be like you’re driving a Lancia and the whole steering rack flexes with you.

You could also fill it with sand to make it sturdier.

Trunk Impaired 318 > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
07/28/2015 at 00:43

I’ve already been toying with the idea of filling it with something to make it sturdier but it is going to be living in the apartment with my girlfriend and I, so Im not too sure how well she’d take to having sand all over the place, haha.

ttyymmnn > Trunk Impaired 318
07/28/2015 at 00:55

I don’t know how breakdown-able you want it to be. But my first thought on seeing it is that things might move around a lot. What about a piece of plywood to mount the PVC and pedals to? Some sort of half-circle pipe fitting thing would do, I think. But I’m no plumber, so I don’t know what’s out there.

Trunk Impaired 318 > ttyymmnn
07/28/2015 at 01:09

Im planning on using plywood as a base for the seat and the wheel as well as using some strips of it and a u bolt to mount the pedals to

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > Trunk Impaired 318
07/28/2015 at 02:34

to be fair, there’ll only be sand everywhere if you break it... but 1.5 inch is pretty rigid anyway. The main flex you’ll get is in the joints, so you can just epoxy those on real good and you’ll probably be fine.