racing harness

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Looks like a good buy.
One thing I forgot too add is that the snap in style belts are also worth the money. If you have to do some grinding or welding, having to unbolt the belts each time gets a bit annoying, but worth doing rather than stuffing your belts.

[unimog]

just a bit of info for you out there

CONFEDERATION OF AUSTRAILIAN MOTOR SPORT (C.A.M.S)

RULE'S

Soon to be outlawed will be four point belt. at this date the four point can only be used in liminted class to ruled on by class spec's and has to be stamped with one o this and to be in date ( note fia is 5 years and sfi is 2 years from date they were made not strated use . )
ruling stamped 1 FIA 8854/98
2 FIA 8854-1991
3 SFI 16.1
4 AS 2596
5 ECE R16
NOTE A LOT OF THIS CHEAP ONE'S ARE NOT SAFE AT THE END OF THE DAY IT IS YOUR LIFE OR YOUR BACK BONE ....

AS a person who has race's a lot of class and had some big ones 5 point would be the bottom of belts i would use and they have to be 3 inc belt s so the load area is there so bones dont brake and with 5 and 6 point belts the point under the seat will hold the seat in if you have a big one and the seat mount brakes off

[rodrocket]

great post Unimog

Australia is a little behind the times with Seat Belts & safety gear

from what i gather the First seminar held late last year ( 2007 ) by the Australian Institute for Motor Sport Safety ( AIMSS ) is planing to address a lot of the issues & bring the standards inline through most forms of Motor Sports

more info on the AIMSS can be found here
http://www.aimss.com.au/


for me seatbelts or any safety equiptment should not be concidered on a price basis as the old saying goes, What price would you put on a life

for me i prefer the Simpson brand of harness but there is nothing wrong with other brands such as Diest, Impact, DJ Safety ect...

the reasons i prefer the Simpson product is
1/ it has a proven track record
2/ it is built as ordered & not sitting on a shelf for 12 months if you order correctly
3/ I prefer there locking mechanism over other brands
4/ i have easy access to there complete range of products
5/ they have a large range of different belts as opposed to one size fits all
6/ they have been around for years bit still invest in product development
6/ they exceed most of the saftey requirements set down buy most governing bodies

have a look at a lot of the Drag Race vehicles that we have in our country & see what they use, some of these cars run at speeds in eccess of 300MPH & yes some have hit walls or broken in half at that speed & the drive has Walked away

thats good enough recomendation right there

regards
rod

[clm434]

Yes, by memory (may be wrong, don't have rulebook handy)

Any drag racing vehicle which has a terminal speed over 200 or 250 mph (or something like 7.00seconds or faster) requires a six point harness.

Then next level under is five point minimum and so on. Four point won't be around much longer, as for three point lap/sash belts wtf are they still doing in cars thry are not safe at all!

[dwaynes]

Looks like a good buy.
One thing I forgot too add is that the snap in style belts are also worth the money. If you have to do some grinding or welding, having to unbolt the belts each time gets a bit annoying, but worth doing rather than stuffing your belts.

Yeah looked at that too late as my cage was built to accommodate boltin style and at this stage cant be stuffed changing but as you said i will need to remove them once or twice and i will end up changing to suit

[rodrocket]

hey Dwayne

how did you go with your Harnes's have you fitted them up as yet & if so how about a picture or two

regards
rod