Swiss cheesing Kirkeys?
Swiss cheesing Kirkeys? I just ordered acouple of Kirkey Pro Street seats and I plan to shave alittle more weight out of them. I'll probrably start by cutting them down to about 33-34" and the I'm going to swiss cheese atleast the bottoms. How much can I take out and still be relativly safe. Obviously not going to do it around the mounting points but I was thinking about 1" holes that where 1" apart. What did you guys do?
Originally Posted by Stu'sWS6
I just put them in---they are pretty light right out of the box.
LC1, by the looks of there shop drawings they take out alot. Those seats are only .081 thick too. The holes look like they are stamped out though, not sure if that helps in the strength department.
You can get 5 lbs out of them with a hole saw. I used a 1 1/4 hole saw. I will try to get some pics of mine and post them monday.
That would be great if you could snap acouple of quick pics Madman. I'm only hesistant to drill the backs because of looks, but I might say screw it and do it anyway.
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U can see my custom made brackets and modded seat in this pic
I took over 5lbs out of the is seat and its easy as pie to get into and out of too..
https://ls1tech.com/forums/attachmen...chmentid=19570
https://ls1tech.com/forums/attachmen...chmentid=19568
I took over 5lbs out of the is seat and its easy as pie to get into and out of too..
https://ls1tech.com/forums/attachmen...chmentid=19570
https://ls1tech.com/forums/attachmen...chmentid=19568
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Verdad Gallardo Started drilling today. Down to 11.4lbs and the seat is still plenty strong. I still have alot of drilling to do on the back, hopefully it'll be about 9.5lbs when done. My seat brackets mount to the sides of the seat and it will also be attached to the cross bar. Should hold up.
Originally Posted by GM Muscle
Started drilling today. Down to 11.4lbs and the seat is still plenty strong. I still have alot of drilling to do on the back, hopefully it'll be about 9.5lbs when done. My seat brackets mount to the sides of the seat and it will also be attached to the cross bar. Should hold up.
You guys are insane. I might give that a try as well. 
Originally Posted by smoknta
Depends on what seat, but the Pro-street drag seat weighs 12 lbs.
Originally Posted by NA$TY-TA
damn...... might do that one of these days to mine...... you order 2 seats and doing it to both or just one??
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