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Re: [Land-speed] Helmet SIde Support Qs

To: drmayf@mayfco.com
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Helmet SIde Support Qs
From: Joe Timney <Joetimney@dol.net>
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:47:43 -0500
May I offer one of the best head restraint systems I have seen to date. 
Go to www.ispseats.com. Kris VanGilder is the guy John Force went to 
when Meddian got killed to update his fleet of hotrods.

Go the the custom drag head surrounds and look at what he offers. The 
one that goes around the side of your head is $325. That includes the 
aluminum plate that you mount, return to him and they pad it and install 
the covering. This system is SFI 45.2 approved. This is a triple density 
foam, soft on the outside to stop the eye shutter from the vibration you 
receive when the helmet touches the hard padding.

Donna & I meet with Kris at PRI and We were impressed with Kris's 
credentials in seat testing...he did all of the impact testing for 
Butler seats for 11 years before going on his own. His custom seats 
start about $900, $200 less that Kirkey sells them for...and they are 
built for you.

As far as buying the foam to do it yourself, try BSCI. 
www.rollbarpadding.com They sell sheets that they will slit to the 
thickness you need.

Kris buys all his foam from BSCI.

Kris will be making all of the padding for my new liner.

Sure hope this helps you,
joe

drmayf wrote:
> I want to try and be compliant with the new rules abot having less than 
> 2 inches side movement of the helmet. I think the rule is flawed, but I 
> don't get a vote so I want to build a better supprt. I see the nascar 
> seats have a pair of "horns" attached to that the helmet cannot rattle 
> from side to side. I want to add something like that to my roll cage. a 
> piece of flat aluminum bar stock that goes from the front bar back to 
> the rear vertical bars on each side. Then I will put some foam pad on 
> it. I think you can buy the SFI stuff in flat sheets and that may be my 
> answer for padding. Question - how wide should this bar be?  1 inch? 2" 
> Or More? How thick? 1/8 inch? 3/16"? 1/4" or more?  Thoughts or 
> comments? No I am not going to creplace my seat with one of  one of 
> thoses. Won't fit and they are way too expensive.  I am not worried 
> abotu forward head movement, just side to side. Comment on this proposed 
> solution please..
> 
> mayf
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