[Spridgets] Fitting harnesses (of the seatbelt variety)

[robertduquette at sympatico.ca]

> Well. I've been upside down in cars with a full harness



It's gotta be hard to drive that way!! ;)

> and as your head contacts the ground



So what you're really saying is that there's 'some' :) luck involved.  BTDT
and I agree.  I'm still pushing my luck, but it seems to be much rarer these
days.  You can improve your odds with the right mods.




> From: WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com
>
> Well. I've been upside down in cars with a full harness and without though
> both cars were NOT convertibles (they had a steel roof). I also have the
> experience of many miles of driving a Sprite with a full race harness, 4
> point and 6 point.
>
> Ok, so without time for ducking and diving it's a fact that with a 3 point
> retractable belt the sideward motion of the rollover will move you to the
> side and as your head contacts the ground the force will move you to the
> side if the rolling motion hasn't already done so. It's still possible your
> head will impact the ground if the accident speed is high/violent enough
> though while a 100mph crash in a Lancia Beta would do this an 80mph crash in
a
> Spridget might not?
>
> With a 4/5/6 point full harness you are absolutely not going to move very
> much sideways at all.
>
> I guess Chris can consider the advice he has been given and make up his own
> mind. I would however, ask that he very clearly understands the issues.
> Better still maybe the list can get a car set up on one of those body
> repair rotisseries and do a back to back comparasion with each type of belt
set?
>
> Regards
>
>
> Weslake-Monza 1330
>
>
>
> In a message dated 19/05/2010 21:20:23 GMT Daylight Time,
> cbking at alum.rpi.edu writes:
>
> In my experience, there's not a whole lot of time for ducking, diving,
> whatever, during a rollover. BTDT, and survived. The 3 point retractable
> belts I installed worked fine during the rollover, and probably helped
> promote survival. IMO, a properly secured harness would only improve
> this.
>
> BTW, I did install a roll over bar after this, but I still have my 3
> point belts.
>
> -=Chris
>
> Chris King
> http://home.comcast.net/~kvcbk/
>
> <-----Original Message----->
> >From: WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com [WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com]
> >Sent: 5/19/2010 1:52:47 PM
> >To: Chris.Rae at microsoft.com;spridgets at autox.team.net
> >Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Fitting harnesses (of the seatbelt variety)
> >
> >Well there are books with this stuff in.........
> >
> >I personally don't recommend racing harnesses in a Spridget unless you
> have
> > a roll over bar (rollbar) because if you flip the car without a
> rollover
> >bar you can't duck, dive, lean or whatever.
> >
> >Weslake-Monza 1330
> >
> >In a message dated 19/05/2010 02:53:18 GMT Daylight Time,
> >Chris.Rae at microsoft.com writes:
> >
> >does anyone have any experience
> >with fitting a race harness to a Spridget?
> >
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