autox
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: Harness bar...

To: Keath Marx <larrybulk@marx.ws>
Subject: Re: Harness bar...
From: Scott Troyer - DDR TestEng <stroyer@micron.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 17:04:53 -0600
What about the use of poly spacers?  Would that move you to an SP 
class?   :-D

Keath Marx wrote:

>Okay, Okay...
>
>  I didn't ask the question to start a religious war over whether the
>Harness Bar is Less Filling or Tastes Great.
>
>I am looking for a solution.  I have seen a couple of ideas that I might
>try.
>
>Here is one I came up with this afternoon.  Take the Hardbar.  I downloaded
>and read the install instructions.  They show stainless Steel spacers going
>on the bolt between the bar and chassis.  What if you left those off?  Then
>the bar would not be in physical contact with the chassis.  Next, get some
>longer bolts of the same grade and some 3/4 or 1/2 inch soft rubber washers.
>Put the washers between the bolt head and the bar.  This way if the chassis
>flex pulls apart the washers flex and let the car structure move but keep
>the bar from rattling all of the time.
>
>Would this work?  It seems to me it would meet the letter of the rules and
>should be sturdy enough to handle 1 harness while autocrossing.
>
>Thanks






<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>