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> 5-point belt without cage?
mbseto
post Jul 27 2017, 07:40 AM
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So I'm not planning to race the car I'm working on, but was thinking about the seatbelts. Would it make any sense to put 5-pt belts in it to increase safety? Would it help to make up for lack of air bags? Does it even make sense without a roll cage?
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mbseto   5-point belt without cage?   Jul 27 2017, 07:40 AM
jd74914   I don't have anything meaningful to add on the...   Jul 27 2017, 07:42 AM
tygaboy   I'm assuming you've thought about this sam...   Jul 27 2017, 07:51 AM
McMark   Racecar safety is not the same as street car safet...   Jul 27 2017, 07:51 AM
GeorgeRud   Agreed!   Jul 27 2017, 09:07 AM
Dave_Darling   Yup, what McMark said! Try belting yourself i...   Jul 27 2017, 09:12 AM
mepstein   I hate driving our customer cars with 5 point belt...   Jul 27 2017, 09:26 AM
914forme   I plan on racing my car, and I have 3 points in fo...   Jul 27 2017, 09:50 AM
914forme   Oh and there are lots of belt manufactures out the...   Jul 27 2017, 09:59 AM
falcor75   A car without a roll cage can get unsafer from 4 o...   Jul 27 2017, 11:49 AM
Elliot Cannon   A car without a roll cage can get unsafer from 4 ...   Jul 27 2017, 07:00 PM
falcor75   A car without a roll cage can get unsafer from 4...   Jul 28 2017, 03:36 AM
Mark Garriott   I wasnt talking about during the actual rollover...   Jul 28 2017, 08:50 AM
90quattrocoupe   A car without a roll cage can get unsafer from 4 ...   Jul 27 2017, 12:52 PM
Elliot Cannon   Inertia reel seat belts are krap! Some of the...   Jul 27 2017, 06:58 PM
Racer   I would consider Shroth 4-pts. Other than that, in...   Jul 27 2017, 07:16 PM
mbseto   OK, looks like 3-pt inertial belts it is. Thanks ...   Jul 28 2017, 08:01 AM
Elliot Cannon   This argument come up once every few years. I gue...   Jul 28 2017, 10:49 AM
Justinp71   Have you guys noticed that the 914 inertia belts o...   Jul 28 2017, 11:55 AM
SirAndy   Have you guys noticed that the 914 inertia belts ...   Jul 28 2017, 12:05 PM
Justinp71   Have you guys noticed that the 914 inertia belts...   Jul 28 2017, 01:52 PM
Keyser Sose   Using a three-point harness what exactly happens w...   Jul 28 2017, 12:33 PM
SirAndy   From that angle of impact what exactly is restrai...   Jul 28 2017, 12:55 PM
Keyser Sose   From that angle of impact what exactly is restra...   Jul 28 2017, 02:38 PM
SirAndy   So in a passenger side collision a three-point har...   Jul 28 2017, 02:43 PM
Keyser Sose   So in a passenger side collision a three-point ha...   Jul 28 2017, 04:48 PM
jd74914   Actually no, new cars today have air bags, 914...   Aug 9 2017, 05:59 AM
Keyser Sose   4-points are considered dangerous since you can s...   Aug 9 2017, 08:11 AM
arne   Mine will lock with a quick tug. If yours don...   Jul 28 2017, 01:03 PM
Justinp71   Mine will lock with a quick tug. If yours don...   Jul 28 2017, 01:51 PM
whitetwinturbo   .............a grim reminder to watch everyone aro...   Aug 8 2017, 11:39 PM
falcor75   https://www.schrothracing.com/technology   Aug 9 2017, 06:06 AM
jd74914   There is a white paper on it that I'm not find...   Aug 9 2017, 08:29 AM
Keyser Sose   I can see that. The different modulus of elastici...   Aug 9 2017, 09:43 AM


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