Harness bar VS Firewall, for harness installation. |
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Harness bar VS Firewall, for harness installation. |
Andyrew |
May 14 2003, 08:17 PM
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Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,376 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California |
Harness bar VS Firewall, for harness installation..
Well I am now doing some contemplating, I am going to put some camlock black harnesses, one for the driver, and one for the passanger, in my car. Mainly because I just dont feel safe with the stock one's, and because I like the one's in my dads 951. My question, I have seen 914's at auto x's with harness's mounted to the car via harness bar, and via firewall. Is the firewall way safe? Is it a generally accepted idea? Also if I do go firewall, would I have to get rid of the backpad and put carpet in there? Or could I cut 2 holes per side in the backpad? Also Is using harnesses (I will be getting simpson camlocks hopefully) Illegal for the street? Thanks alot guys! |
campbellcj |
May 14 2003, 10:55 PM
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I can't Re Member Group: Members Posts: 4,547 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Agoura, CA Member No.: 21 Region Association: Southern California |
Most/all race sanctioning bodies require either a firewall/bulkhead mount or a rollcage mount; harness bars are typically frowned upon, presumably due to strength concerns.
The other issue with the harness bar setups is that -- depending who you believe -- the height/angle is too high. I always forget the exact specs, but you basically don't want to deviate to far from a 90deg angle in the belts. Also...a 5pt harness w/o a proper (slotted) race seat and roll bar/cage borders on something between unsafe, and a waste of time/money. Best to go the whole way, if you're gonna head down that road at all. |
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