Racing harnesses
Discussion
Fitted them to mine about 5 years ago, dont think I needed to take my seats out, just struggled and learnt to be a contortionist! But ideally it's a two man job.
The main problem is where you attatch the top of the belts I had to get a steel frame fabricated that strengthend the rear bulkhead, although I'm sure another method is mentioned in Steve Heaths Bible
Mot.... strictly speaking, you need to retain your existing belts to remain legal, also handy to keep them in as it's a bit of a pain having to adjust them up for passengers only having a quick hoon
The main problem is where you attatch the top of the belts I had to get a steel frame fabricated that strengthend the rear bulkhead, although I'm sure another method is mentioned in Steve Heaths Bible
Mot.... strictly speaking, you need to retain your existing belts to remain legal, also handy to keep them in as it's a bit of a pain having to adjust them up for passengers only having a quick hoon
Ok, you dont need your origional belts if you have the seat belt style clunk cluck releases on the harness.
Best to remove the seats and use longer "eye" bolts though the origional seatbelt mountings.
The rear is the problem as the upright in teh wedge is only fibreglass and not strong enough, so you would need to fanbricate a pair of brackets and fix them to something solid (diff hanger) suspension turrets via a steel bar or something.
On mine, the upper mount is an "eye" welded onto the "Style Bar" (note its not a roll bar cos its not been crash tested, even though its made from the same materials
Best to remove the seats and use longer "eye" bolts though the origional seatbelt mountings.
The rear is the problem as the upright in teh wedge is only fibreglass and not strong enough, so you would need to fanbricate a pair of brackets and fix them to something solid (diff hanger) suspension turrets via a steel bar or something.
On mine, the upper mount is an "eye" welded onto the "Style Bar" (note its not a roll bar cos its not been crash tested, even though its made from the same materials
jvaughan said:
Ok, you dont need your origional belts if you have the seat belt style clunk cluck releases on the harness.
Yep.
jvaughan said:
On mine...the "Style Bar" (note its not a roll bar cos its not been crash tested, even though its made from the same materials.
Whatever you call it, is it any use? Assuming that you have the correct materials and construction will it protect you in a crash? The rule of thumb (used to be the RAC rule) is that the Bar needs to be at least 150mm above your head/helmet to allow for your movement in a crash. This is assuming that you are wearing a harness which provides better restraint than a seat belt. To summarise: judge whether it is usefull the height of your head in the seat relative to the bar height is vital; this is where most fail.
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