Originally Posted by
velociabstract
I feel blind and pitiful at putting 2 + 2 together. It wasn't too many days ago I posted a picture of the rub marks on the rear inner fender wells. Duh, a little braking on the inner well could cause exactly what I'm experiencing. I'll get it taken care of.
I got blasted on a local forum for lack of safety equipment. I meet all the requirements for the events I participate in however, the truth hurts and I'll be looking into stepping it up in the safety equipment department. I'm inquiring into a roll bar, at least a 4 point and perhaps a six point.
Justin, what seat and mounting system do you use? I'll be keeping the airbag so I'll also be keeping the stock belts for now. I recently replaced my open face helmet with a full face. Next will be some driving gear and fire extinguisher.
Les
Good for you Les, you can never have enough safety gear. Your challenge is going to be the roll cage. For starters it has to be custom made, secondly there isn't enough room between the head liner and a driver with a helmet without removing the headliner. The only way to get a cage in the car is to remove all the interior. Now that being said you may be able to add the roll bars that are on the convertibles without too much modification.
We are running a Momo race seat with a custom mount to lower the seat. I actually just talked to Rob this morning about seat options for the crossfire and we think we found a Sparco that would work. Give him a call he can set you up with a seat, mounting bracket and slider.
I can't express to you how important proper driving gear is. A fire suit, gloves, shoes, socks, and balaclava are minimum. These items are much cheaper than hospital bills to fix burn scars. Secondly a fire extinguisher is the minimum you should have. I would suggest a full fire suppression system (when your ready for this step let me know I have a few I recommend).
Lastly be careful with your airbags, I have seen them go off before on cars that are tracked as hard as yours. I saw a CTS-V blow both side curtain bags when they hit some curbing to hard.