260z- Factory Seat Height

[Kirby]

Hey Guys,

Following an old thread I test fit some FD rx7 seats to my shell to see how it would go.

Looks like the 260Z (2 str) has a much higher seat mount rail than a 240z.

I'm tempted to cut down and install my own seat mounts. But before I do, can someone please measure a stock two seater and give me the following details.

Seat all the way forward:

Leading edge (under knee) to firewall

Leading edge (under knee) to floor

 

and then repeat for all the way back - I no longer have stock seats to try out.

at a guess I am about 50mm to high.

 

 

[gilltech]

I have a very early 260 2-seat. AFAIK the seats are the same as the 240. But in any case they use plastic spacer blocks on the seat track studs to adjust the seat height. So while I can measure for you it depends on how many spacers I have fitted.

But the later 260s had a different seat rail mounting bolt system, is that maybe what you are referring to?

[cracker]

When I ran FD seats in my 240z I used the FD rails on custom mounts which I had bolted to the stock mounts - so I could reverse it later. Not very ADR compliant but preserved my originality.

Because I had bolt heads to account for, I ended up mounting 10-20mm higher than I needed to (if I just welded adaptor mounting plates, for example), but because the FD seat itself wasn't as "tall" as the stock seat, I ended up sitting at a reasonable height.