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> I don't know if anyone has mentioned this yet, but you can't run a
>harness in an open top car without a GCR rollbar or cage installed in
>the car. Of course, this only applies to SCCA sanctioned events (yes,
>autoxes too). Otherwise, the hard top will be needed if you intend to
>run harnesses. Stick the stock 3pt belt if you are going to keep the car
>as-is though.
>
> The intent is that -if- the car goes over, you can slide sideways into
>the passenger seat to avoid getting your nogin squished. And all that
>stuff about the A-pillar being able to support the weight of the car
>kinda rings hollow after you see what happens to a miata that actually
>does go over. Not a pretty site. My next door neighbor rolled his miata
>in a freeway accident and was -really- lucky that he fell to the right
>into the passenger seat. The A-pillar was folded down to the door sill.
><shudder>
Just curious what everyone thinks about using harnesses in a hardtop but
un-caged car, seems to me in a rollover you may have the same problem as a
convertible if the top is sufficiently crushed.
Chris Marsh
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Street/1521/
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