mdavis7

Forum,

I want to get a 6-pt harness for my C5 Vert. I have sport seats and I auto-x and occasionally road race. I will be buying the RD bar for the vert available from http://www.r-dracing.com/c5convertible.htm

Here is what I was planning (I will purchase enough of everything so I have everything for a passenger too)

1) 6-Pt H-Type G-Force harness: http://www.racerwholesale.com/catalo...roducts_id=339
2) BK Lap Belt Kit: http://www.corvettegarage.com/produc...-corvette.html
3) Crotch Bar: http://www.wolferacecraft.com/detail.aspx?ID=206

Do I need anything else?

Thanks,
Mike

AU N EGL

A Few questions Mike.

What do you plan to do with your car?? Many road race tracks and car clubs require a SCCA SOLO I roll bar to drive on the circuit.

first check with tracks and clubs you wish to run with as to what is required for a convertable to run or compeate? Do you need a Roll bar??

Harness hold you in place, which is a good thing, however, heaven forbid you roll over, being held in place may not be a good thing. The A - piller of the vert is strong enough for a roll over to a point. The the normal belts you can slide down into the foot well. With a harnenss you are held in place and . . .. well you get the point.

Now once that is all in place. The sub belts must come up BETWEEN the seat back and seat bottom. Not from in front on the seat. i.e. you sit on the sub belts. This holds you in place properly. If the sub belts come up from in front of the seat and you slide down the cam lock could break your sternum or puncture a rib.

Be safe out there.

Jason

I will never believe being less securely held in place is better. You're not going to "slide down into the foot well" if you are upside down. Being held securely, butt in seat, is the safest place to be in any car, at any time, upside down or rightside up. Everytime I think about this rule, the dumber it sounds.

mdavis7

I know. The club I am a member of called Performance Drivers Inc (PDI) allows verts without a rollbar to run the circuit. My intention is not to convert this car to a track car, only occasional use in BMW CCA, AUDI, etc auto-x and PDI events. I have a dedicated track car for real fun. My want is to simply stop sliding around the damned seat while driving

Yes, and I understand completely. It is a risk that I am taking.

I read about this. So my understanding is I would mount the sub belts to the lap belt hardness and sit on the belts. This would prevent cracking my sternum etc but I will need to wear a cup so that the family jewels are not destory while having fun, correct?

If that is correct, I don't need the crotch strap bar as that would only be needed for a 5-pt hardness and not useful nor safe.

-- Mike

Lancer033

aside from the issues of using a harness in a vert w/o a roll bar, skip the crotch bar because both the lap belt and sub belt connect to the BK kit. Anti-sub belts need to be mounted even or slightly behind your crotch to work, The ones you see laying over the front of the seat are a joke.

Wicked Weasel

The BK harness sub mounts hold both the lap belt and the sub-belt for a 6 point harness.

Here is my writeup of the install.



http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...hlight=harness

JimBacus

Another PDI guy on the forum!

AU N EGL

You got it. All sub belts come up between the seat bottom and seat back out up though a hole in the seat bottom. Never in front of the seat bottom. Yes a Cup to protect the jewels is a must and why 2 sub belts ( six point) over a single sub belt ( 5-point) is suggested. Have fun out there.

Armycop

Excellent find, Mike! I just ordered the 6pt. G-Force harnesses from Racer's! Cheaper than Summit, to which I'll be sending back the RCI harnesses I just received. Too damn big! Keep up the good webwork!