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You could drill a hole in the floor/transmission tunnel (hidden by the seat) for an eye bolt with a nut plate underneath. Just aim for a similar angle to the B pillar bolt position for the sash belt.
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Gary
My lap sash part down next to the door is webbing that slides on a rail so that people can get in and out of the back. Where I have my seat the webbing is always in the front position so I can easily use the front bolt of that slider rail. Its the inside receiver that is the problem. Its very tight on the inside but I'll have a look and see if one of those could fit. Could be the answer.
I have found it more effective having the sash belts more rearwards, but with a race seat we are also confined by where the slots are for the belts to pass though. The guys are down at Winton this weekend with 2 of the Historic cars, but I will be in the workshop the Saturday after. In the interim I'll dig around for an old harness you can test fit.Quote:
Originally Posted by sambb
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Gary
are you at Winton this weekend? I could come down and say giddayQuote:
Originally Posted by Sydneykid
Righto thanks Gary. I'll try to clear that morning and get out to see you.
Hey Sam. I'm using a 4 point at this stage. Most of the people I've spoken to about the submarining have told me they don't think it's anywhere near as much an issue in a production based car where the seat is very upright, compared to an open wheeler or other serious race car with a reclined seating position. Not sure how true or not that is, but it does make a lot of sense. I had to use plates (as in Gary's post) for the lap mounts as my Corvette, being an early car for seatbelts, uses a different-to-normal bolt/thread size for the factory belts. I couldn't use eye bolts and clip in shoulder straps as all the rear luggage area floor is fibreglass... So until I get a half cage built with built in harness bar, I bought a harness bar from a company in the US, which is specific to the year model of Corvette and very solid, tying into the factory lap and shoulder belt mount locations. As you know, I put a fixed seat in the car, I can't imagine anyone protesting you doing the same, I set up the mounts so it is a very quick job (easily <20mins) to swap between the factory seat and the bucket.
Cool. I cant have a 1 piece seat permanently in the car cos its not street legal that way, but yeah I could have one to go in before events I suppose. If that was the case (read if I could get out of that without too many dollars) then I would go 6 point. I'll have to look into how much of a mission that would be - to do seat and belts prior to an event.
I bolted the seat sidemounts to plates that mount at the standard seat mount locations. Swapping between seats is 4 bolts - I lift the bucket seat out complete with all mounts. I use the harness in the car all the time now, but obviously you wouldn't be doing that, so yeh a 6 point probably makes sense. I bought the seat (seats actually, I have a pair - figured I'd probably want a pair if doing the Whiteline sprints) second hand quite cheaply. If you have clip in harnesses then they should be very quick to install and remove - then it's just a matter of how you do your seat mounts.
Or drop into my work on the way to your work.Quote:
Originally Posted by sambb
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Gary
Shoot, did I post Winton ......... should have been Wakefield ........ they both start with a "W" (feeble excuse). I'm not going, too much work and these days one track blurs into another :facepalm:Quote:
Originally Posted by simon k
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Gary