Put something like this in my car at the knee points, helped alot.
Just about doing the same seat and harness setup. How did you managed the OE seat belt anchor, as it is fixed with the factory seat?After much contemplating what route to go with the setup of my car interior, I settled on the following for the track.
1. Watson Racing 4 Point Cage
2. Cobra Nogaro Circuit Seats with PCI slider mounts
3. Schroth Quick Fit Pro harness with sub straps (6 point)
4. NecksGen Rev2 Carbon HNR
5. Element fire extinguisher
I finally completed the install this evening. None of the items were that difficult to install by myself, but it certainly would have been more work getting the cage installed if I didn’t have a lift. I’m very happy with the way everything turned out and am excited to head to Barber at the end of the month.
The seat mount from Pro Car Innovations has a hole for mounting restraints. Initially, I took the seat belt buckle off the OEM seats and mounted them to the PCI bases with the Cobra seats. Later, I decided I would rather have the OEM buckles stay on the factory seats so I could swap them in the car at any time and plug everything right in, so I ordered two of the Ford OEM buckles. The part numbers for the buckles are PR3Z-6361203-NA for the driver's side and PR3Z-6361202-NA for the passenger's side. I bought two of the driver's side buckles because they are half the cost of the passenger's side. The passenger's side has extra wiring, which I'm assuming is the reason they are more expensive, but since none of the wiring is hooked up with the new seats, there was no need to spend the extra.
I crashed my Chevrolet product at Road Atlanta with a five point harness and the airbag went off, flinging my arm against the door causing a broken watch and nerve damage. I got the watch fixed, and it took many years for the nerve damage to heal (if it is actually healed, I may just be used to it now). So, if you are going to wear the harness 100% of the time (on the street too) then you may be better off just yanking the fuse for the bomb waiting to explode in your face. Maybe not. I'll not accept liability for your decision. ;)
I think removing the factory seats disables the airbags in the S650. I know when I removed the factory seat wiring, the airbag light illuminated, and it has stayed on since. I had an incident at Roebling Road in August where I hit the pit lane wall off turn 9, and no airbags deployed.
Sweet, thanks! Sorry about your incident, I've spent many, many enjoyable hours at Roebling and I've gone off at 5 I think, and seen others go off at the carousel and in 3, but never have I seen or heard of anyone going off at 9. Ouch.
From what I've heard, turn 9 at Roebling is actually the most common crash location on the track. So much so they repaint the wall each month. Usually it is from someone dropping a wheel and then trying to pull it back on the track and running straight into the wall. Mine was a little different. I had a leak in my normal 200tw track tires on the final day, so I swapped over to my tires I use in the rain. I pushed too hard with those tires around 9, felt it understeering, but thought I could keep it on the track. I didn't unwind the steering wheel enough as I eased off the throttle, and ended up with the back end coming loose and sliding into the pit lane entrance wall.
Well, I was just going from personal observations, not from anything else. Plus, it's been well over 20 years since I've been at Roebling, and cars are a lot faster now, and street tires are much more capable.
The Quick Fit Pro is 4 point, but you can add the sub straps to make it 6.
