[Shotimes] The Seat I Want

[shewitt5656@cs.com]

Has anyone put in the half a roll cage in a SHO - meaning just the bar over the driver/passenger's head, along the B-pillar?  I would think this would protect the driver in a harness, plus it would give you better harness tie down locations.  One bad would be the bracing for the bar would block the floor space for the back seat.  

My friend with a 911 has this and it is fairly unobtrusive.  Plus he made a 5 point harness and uses the back seat buckles for connection points with stock seats.

Scot Hewitt
95 Red MTX - 66k
Lewiston, NY

"Ian Fisher" <ianf@eden.rutgers.edu> wrote:

>This thread is a good time to get me started on my newest rant: Safety
>Harnesses. Racing Seats tend to be safer than OE seats, but I would not
>combine a racing seat with a harness unless I had a roll cage. In the
>event of a roll over, a roof will tend to collapse. If you have a roll
>cage, then you are probably good to go. If you don't, But you do have a
>harness, your neckis going to snap like a twig. The roof will crumple
>around your head which can't go anywhere since your body is strapped to
>the harness. Roll cages also tend to negate the effect of a crumple
>zone. Instead of the car absorbing impact energy, your body is now
>taking a lot of that force which can be seriously dehabilitating if not
>deadly. If I am going to take a roll down a large rocky hill, I want a
>roll cage. If I am going to slam into the back of a semi, I want my
>crumple zones. Either way, I don't think I'd want a harness without a
>roll cage.
>
>I hope this starts an interesting debate; list has been kinda lame
>lately. :)
>
>Ian