OK, so this should really go to wheel2wheel, but I can't keep up with the
BritCar list, let alone another...
Anyway, I'm back to working on the 'Murkin project-from-hell Barracuda, and
I've been wondering about how to fit the harnesses. This car won't be
raced, but to add to the poseur-factor I'm fitting 4-point harnesses.
The stock locations are fine for the lap belts, and I intend to mount the
floor-mount shoulder harnesses to the rear lap-belt brackets.
The question is what bolt strength to use: Grade 8 may be strongest overall,
but in this use do I actually want Grade 5, to allow some stretch rather
than having them shear? My mechanical-enginerd friends and I went round on
this, but we figured the race-volk would know best. Any takers?
ObBritcar: The sooner I finish the 'cuda, the sooner the Stag-from-an-inner-
circle-of-hell-project might get under way...
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