 Home > Reviews/Installs > Sparco Evo in a 2001 Acura Integra Type R The Sparco Evo seat evolved from the Sparco Rev seat, designed and developed in co-operation with the most prestigious Sparco drivers of the DTM and ITC Championships. Designed specially for a “free” driving position, even in extreme competition conditions. The special shape of the shell and the new construction technology which “sandwiches” carbon-kevlar-carbon, have given increased rigidity for excellent driving sensibility (while keeping the weight extremely low). Films of homologation crash tests confirm the Evo’s first place in the rigidity/resistance ratio. Author: Scott (Aleph from Honda-Tech.com) Website: http://www.sandmracing.com/ Seat Review: The Sparco Evo is the narrowest in the Evo range of full racing bucket seats. Mine is the fiberglass model, the seat is very light (about 15 lbs.) and the finish of the fiberglass and the cloth are top notch. A racing bucket gives you unparalleled support and feel, with a harness it seems that you are wearing the car, every nuance of motion is transmitted through the seat clearly. I find that this seat is even more comfortable than the stock seats, especially on long trips. After 12 hours straight on a drive to Florida my back was fine, when 5 hours in the stock seat would have introduced some discomfort. The Sparco mounting rails allow for you pick an elevation and tilt angle when you install. Installation Info: While the seat itself is of superb quality, the Sparco mounting hardware did not display the same level of perfection in my case. The side rails mounted to the seat fine, but the pre-drilled holes in the base were too close together. This was easily fixed with a drill and some measuring, but I was surprised that the two sparco pieces did not come close to lining up. The base itself was a tight fit on the car's stock mounting holes, I drilled the pre-drilled holes out so they were slightly wider, and this made install much easier. Once everything was bolted down, the seat was firmly mounted to the car, and despite the initial headaches this setup has served me well since. Very tall drivers might want to look into fabricating their own mounts, I'm about 6'3" and have an inch of spare headroom with my helmet on in my Type R (which, having no sunroof, has about 2 inches more headroom than other Integras). The seat is desinged to be used with harnesses, and that's exclusively what I use. Sliders are available, but they add height to the seat so I opted not to use them. Comments: All in all, I purchased the seat, side rails, and base mount. I also bought the slider, but at first thought it didn't work well, realized later it would have worked fine after i redrilled the holes (it was bowing and making things kind of fit, this was before i realized their pre-drilled mistake), it would have raised the seat though and i opted to keep it out. |
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