Going To The Track, Need Better Belts, and or Roll Cage?

Make sure you check with the organization that is sanctioning your track event. They may have an issue with convertibles. Hope not, but they might.

Some even require that T-tops be firmly in place before letting car on track.

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jikelly said:

I knew you were going to say that. Yeah a roll bar would make my stang probably 10 times safer. Only thing is that I want to retain the use of the back seat, and I'm not sure if having a rollbar is conducive to putting humans back there.

My intention is not to make my stang an all out race car, but is that dumb, because I know me and if given the chance I'd drive on the track as if it were an all out race car.

I found a company that makes belts online.

http://wescoperformance.stores.yahoo.net/seatbelts.html

They've got instructions for them and everything.

Where would I find a roll bar for my year stang?

What's a light bar, a covered roll bar?

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The reality is that putting race seats or any sort of harness in a car without at least a 6pt roll bar is very unsafe, an is actually more unsafe than the stock lap belts. I know some might think I’m crazy but this is the reason, Experience!

I have learned from experience, When the vehicle rolls the roof is going to come down unless there is a rollbar or cage to hold it up. A harness setup or a race seat setup will keep your body up and directly in the path of this roof. Stock belts allow for the body to move and wedge into the seating area so that when the roof comes down you can move. The harness will actually cause more damage and increase your chance of death.

G-Machine will never install or recommend a harness and race seats to any customer without at least a 6pt roll bar or cage. I suggest that you leave it as is and just drive with caution, if you want to get over 70 then I would really look into the 6pt roll bar setup.

Now when you do get a cage installed please go to a professional shop and stay away from bolt in cages. They are just plain scary and don’t do their job. This is your life and the life of you passenger you are talking about. If you have a 20,000 dollar car than a 3000 setup for seats, harness, and 6 pt roll bar is well worth your life. We are building a 4130 6pt roll bar in a Stang right now for this very similar situation. It will save his life in a rollover but he still will have is as a DD. I’m also not saying that you only have to come to us to get cage work done, I’m just concerned because there are way to many "cage" builders that think they build safe stuff. I have rebuilt several "cages" from these so called builders and have a car coming in next week because of a so called builder's cage work. There are plenty of good shops to go to, just do some research and keep in mind that your life is worth every dollar when it comes to cage work and suspension. I trust my life to every inch of weld I lay and so do all of our customers.

Jason

HistoricMustang said:

Make sure you check with the organization that is sanctioning your track event. They may have an issue with convertibles. Hope not, but they might.

Some even require that T-tops be firmly in place before letting car on track.

HistoricMustang
www.historicmustang.com

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Waht he said. MOST sanctioning bodies make you pass a Tech inspection. So I would call and see what you need to have to run in certain classes. I hope you have a helmet all ready, I am sure they require one.

FYI, a 4-point cage isnt NHRA legal to race in a vert. Need at least 5 points. Also, most racing harness' are Track legal but NOT DOT approved so you run the risk of getting a ticket.