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tall people cage questions (harness bar placement) |
smdubovsky |
Apr 30 2008, 09:34 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 331 Joined: 27-September 04 From: Silver Spring, MD Member No.: 2,837 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Hi guys, been a while since I've posted. Im reworking the cage in the /6 to fit me better. When I bought it, it had a "short people" main hoop design;) The harness bar went straight across and the triangulation went the the upper corner. It limited the seat from moving back another 8+". The harness bar was also *WAY* too low. I'm 6'2" w/ long legs and need all the room I can get.
Here is what it looks like now (red = the bars I cut out, green = ones Im going to install) Here you can sorta see how low the old bar was - below the door tops. Ok, now here is my big question: Instead of the usual zig back behind the driver (tight against firewall), zig forward across the center firewall 'hump' (tight to firewall), and head straight across to the passenger side (w/ a gap to the firewall) - I want to do a zig back (tight to firewall), go THROUGH the hump, tight against passenger side firewall, and zig forward to the main hoop. This will be just above the existing fan cutout the POs did, and above the top of the fan housing (but not really as much as the pic shows). When the seat tilts back a little more, the shoulder 'wing' gets pretty darn close to the hump so there really isn't space to route the bar completely inside the cabin. I can't really bolt eyebolts to the firewall and forego the harness bar either - they'd get too close to the seat w/ the mounting clips and adjusters (which would then actually be sitting on my shoulders.) Heres s shot of where I want to cut though the 'hump' to put the harness bar. I'd leave ~1/8" between the firewall and bar behind the seats so I could still wrap the harnesses around. Thoughts? Has anyone done this? I'm not racing this car so I have *NO* class rules to follow, but thoughts about legality if I ever get rich and change my mind would be interesting;) I think if I did a larger cover w/ ears and sealed it well, it wouldn't really count as another point. |
smdubovsky |
Jun 29 2008, 08:35 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 331 Joined: 27-September 04 From: Silver Spring, MD Member No.: 2,837 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
I actually went out for a short drive today. It hasn't moved in QUITE a while so Im a very happy camper. Still needs lots of other work though. Baby steps.
Richard, I do not know the angle of the sparco seat. If I can find my digital camber gauge I'll try to measure. The seat essentially touches at two points on the firewall, so the angle is sorta matched to that. It wont go any farther back w/o relocating the whole firewall. To go down, you're going to have to cut into the floor. The sparco mounts are 'L' shaped and wrap under the bottom of the seat. If you flipped them or just made your own, you could get another 1/4-1/2" or so. More will require tucking the back edge of the seat into the floor. Where does your height come from? legs or torso? I have a true 36" inseam (measured w/ a book wedged in your crotch to floor w/o shoes - hey its a cycling measurement;) Andy, Yes, Im using the sparco sliders. Never thought about mounting them to the side. There would be no way to actuate them w/ one lever though. I doubt they've been tested in that configuration either. JP, I don't think any of us have trouble seeing over the dash;) I suspect for Richard,Andy, and myself in most cars its the opposite - seeing under the upper lip of the windshield (and that darn rear view mirror that ALWAYS mounted too low blocking vision for right hand turns;) |
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