harness bar
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hello anyone know where i can get a safety device harness bar from as i heard they went down the pan, or maybe i was dreaming lol, also what is the best way to weld it on do i need to put plates in etc? thanks, gav

there is a bolt on one that the sevens use.

Or just have one welded into your cage

make your own and either weld or bolt it on, i made my own and it works fine

I do beleve we are on the eve of destruction

ok cheers, did you get my pm iain?

saftey devices are not down the pan - they have however relocated to poland! cheap labour i assume

just about to do this myself...... remeber to use the correct tubing (cds) normal steel tube is not good enough...... cds can be had from merlins for certain, and at least one other place someone suggested when i asked where to get it from... (completely forgotten now!!)

And on the 7th day........... God created turbochargers!

cheers mate

also i was thinking of putting the bar between the two back feet, is this too low ie creates too much of an angle, although saying that most people i've seen mount them to the lower seat belt bolts?

Elmdon metals is the place i have seen to use. They do a specific CDS tube which conforms to the minimum outlined spec by the MSA for rollcages. Not got the contact details to hand, but googling should find the contact details.

nice one, cheers they can be found here http://www.elmdonmetals.ltd.uk/

Minispares sell them http://www.minispares.com/Product.aspx?pid=38473

but the price is a bit steep.

Wil

Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph

i think these are different, they take up more room including the passenger seat i think.

thats the one i was thinking of wil.

Right i've dug out my schroth (SD) 6 point belt mounting instructions.

All depends on the height of the eyes in your seat. but from those it wants to be between +10 and -20 degrees from horizontal.

So between the rear legs is waay to low

This is an FIA approved harness etc. You want it right.

Most are mounted about halfway up the rear cage.

like this

I'd agree with Iani on this. If your seat is way back like mine (my leg is straight with the clutch down and I'm 5' 10") then the harness bar from minispares is a bit too low to get the sholder straps at the right angle.

Wil

Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph

I just bought one from Minispares They're GREAT!!!!

Expensive yes, but very good.

any chance of a pic vergard?

And on the 7th day........... God created turbochargers!

Hmm That takes some organizing... I'll try to get some this week...

Pictures:

http://home.online.no/~lyngset/71gt.cfm?Fu...t=49&pDispType=

cheers vegard, is there room for a passenger harness as well and do you think i could do without the bar running to the floor?

Yes, there is room for a passenger. And you could most definately NOT run without that bar to the floor. If you log on to www.vintageminiracing.com you'll see why.

http://www.vintageminiracing.com/viewtopic.php?t=301

they havent activated my account so i cant read it :(

ah works now thanks just one thing i dont get the guy says: "Secondly is if you use the bolt-on doors bars and other braces you must tack weld the attachment points. In the pics below you will see that on this car the bar pivoted around its connection point which makes it much less strong than if it was solid welded. You don't have to lose the removable feature just weld the attachment clamp" does he mean weld the bar to the car near the door hinge or just weld up the clamp as suely if you weld the clamp you lose the removability?

picture says a thousand words: