John,
"Enough with the harness bar already. Get a room! "
I'm not sure this was directed at me or at the list in general. I was
just trying to
lighten up the conversation and point out where the rubber spacer conept
would
lead to at the same time.
I drive a Z06 in SS. I don't have a harness bar or lap belt, though I
wouldn't mind
a good lap belt. I can lock the stock lap belt and synch it pretty
tight. This works
pretty good but I still get some movement. I'm sorry if you don't think
its
appropriate for me to comment on this topic.
I don't have a harness bar because I don't want to be protest bait at
Nationals.
thanks for your time,
Scott Troyer
SS#71
john@fabmation.org wrote:
> Enough with the harness bar already. Get a room!
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Troyer - DDR TestEng"
> <stroyer@micron.com>
> To: "Keath Marx" <larrybulk@marx.ws>
> Cc: <autox@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 4:04 PM
> Subject: Re: Harness bar...
>
>
>> 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
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