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Originally Posted by Billj747
I disagree.
A G is a G. The better your body is held upright and in place, the better you can feel those G's and the limit of the car. Harness & Race seat > Race Seat & 3pt belt > stock seat and 3pt belt.
You don't want your body to move atall, but feel the G's of your body pressed against the vertical sides of a seat which really isn't possible in the stock M3 seat. A C63 AMG's seats are WAY better in this regard.
Have you driven in a racing seat?
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We can agree to disagree.
In early HPDE, when you are strapped in tight, six points, and in a stiff, barely padded seat with head restraints, I think you are using visual cues more than anything else. By definition, you are already pressed in tight as can be, how sensitive are you to G's. You 're not pressed in tight for sensitivity, its for safety, right? Sure, less movement is great, but there are tons of people who believe race seats+harnesses should go with a cage.
Yes, I have driven in a race seat, and yes I have instructed for BMWCCA for over 15yrs, and yes I have spun and seen/ experienced plenty of other spins when the driver reacted too slowly.
Congrats on being an accomplished race car driver. With all due respect to OP, he's weighing out suspension vs. seats and is concerned about having matching seats in his very streetable car. With his big brakes, and big power, he's probably going to run out of suspension well before he runs out of seat in that beast of a car he's got.
Have fun with the build OP.
