[Fot] Roll Cage padding

[steve]

I would suggest padding only the areas that your helmet or limbs could come into contact with in a crash.  Use the SFI padding that feels hard but absorbs the forces rather than bouncing back.  You want your passenger to be safe too so it would make sense to add a 5-pt harness for the passenger and make it Hans friendly in case of a head-on smack. 

~Steve 

-----Original Message-----
>From: Andre Rousseau <andre at gt6.ca>
>Sent: Feb 19, 2010 9:40 AM
>To: fot at autox.team.net
>Subject: [Fot] Roll Cage padding
>
>Quick question...
>
>I'm going to run my racer as an occasional track day and autox car
>from time to time with a 2nd seat.
>
>Should I just pad the whole cage?
>
>I figure its a good idea to 1 protect a potential passenger and 2nd I
>keep smacking my own head by accident when ducking in through the
>passenger side.
>
>A.
>
>-- 
>Andre Rousseau - andre at gt6.ca
>'68 Triumph GT6 MK1 - http://www.gt6.ca/
>'77 FIAT 124 Vintage Racer #515 - http://www.124racer.com/
>Ottawa, ON, Canada
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