Lets talk safety

[srtthis]

Let's talk safety equipment for a bit...

How fast are you and what is your equipment situation? What do think you need? Do you even think about the safety side?

Car has been low 9s coasting and low 5s to the 1/8 and my safety equipment is:
Sparco -5 pants
Sparco -5 jacket
Sparco -5 gloves
Sparco -5 shoes
G force carbon fiber rift SA2020 helmet
Hans device
Custom 10pt moly cage
Simpson skyjacker chute


Few things I'm adding
5lb halon fire system
Sparco head sock


Yes this is just to make you think about the safety side of this dangerous ass sport we do....

Let's hear it...

 

[AeroCoupe]

You should also consider what your shirt material is under your jacket, would recommend 100% cotton. Also, socks your drawers should be 100% cotton. You have to think if you were to burn you do not what any kind of material that has nylon, raylon, spandex etc. as that will melt to your skin which is bad.

 

[Noobz347]

I'm just going to the store.

I don't wear flip-flops when driving a stick.

 

[AeroCoupe]

Me either. I kick them off and drive bare footed…

 

[limp]

Me either. I kick them off and drive bare footed…

I have been in florida for 12 years, don't think I own any shoes anymore........

 

[Rdub6]

I have been in florida for 12 years, don't think I own any shoes anymore........

Black widow, brown recluse, all the rest of those crazy insects you have in Florida…….. reason enough to wear some damn sneakers!! (That’s how this New Yorker thinks). Lol

 

[Noobz347]

Black widow, brown recluse, all the rest of those crazy insects you have in Florida…….. reason enough to wear some damn sneakers Cowboy boots!! (That’s how this New Yorker thinks). Lol

fixt

 

[General karthief]

Ostrich skin cowboy boots

 

[Noobz347]

Gotta be faster than sneakers I mean... It's an ostrich.

 

[Rdub6]

Gotta be faster than sneakers I mean... It's an ostrich.

Sneakers/ Workboots/ sneakers/ workboots… that’s my transition…… unless I’m floating in the pool! Lol

 

[Noobz347]

 

[TOOLOW91]

Let's talk safety equipment for a bit...

How fast are you and what is your equipment situation? What do think you need? Do you even think about the safety side?

Car has been low 9s coasting and low 5s to the 1/8 and my safety equipment is:
Sparco -5 pants
Sparco -5 jacket
Sparco -5 gloves
Sparco -5 shoes
G force carbon fiber rift SA2020 helmet
Hans device
Custom 10pt moly cage
Simpson skyjacker chute


Few things I'm adding
5lb halon fire system
Sparco head sock


Yes this is just to make you think about the safety side of this dangerous ass sport we do....

Let's hear it...

I am getting older so some how naturally yes I am , I am torn between not wanting to ruin the car and having what I need in the event of an issue .

Right now in between a bar or a 10 pt and can make up my mind . I just have the basic fire jacket for a power adder car and neck collar .

 

[srtthis]

I am getting older so some how naturally yes I am , I am torn between not wanting to ruin the car and having what I need in the event of an issue .

Right now in between a bar or a 10 pt and can make up my mind . I just have the basic fire jacket for a power adder car and neck collar .

Yea your car is so nice id have to make sure who ever did the cage could tuck it tight to everything and still be able to put everything back in. But also on the flip side it's mostly street driven and a cage on the street is super dangerous also. This is one of the reasons I'm building another car.

 

[limp]

Black widow, brown recluse, all the rest of those crazy insects you have in Florida…….. reason enough to wear some damn sneakers!! (That’s how this New Yorker thinks). Lol

We had all of those in Oregon too.....

 

[Noobz347]

There ain't no brown recluse in Oregon.

They like hot.

 

[limp]

I read articles in the local Oregon paper of people who had been bit by them.....

 

[srtthis]

There ain't no brown recluse in Oregon.

They like hot.

Had a friend bit by one in Maryland... not common but we got them.

 

[2000xp8]

Yea your car is so nice id have to make sure who ever did the cage could tuck it tight to everything and still be able to put everything back in. But also on the flip side it's mostly street driven and a cage on the street is super dangerous also. This is one of the reasons I'm building another car.

While me personally i have absolutely no interest in a cage, i've always wondered if the theory was that if you have an accident with a cage and no helmet you are likely to smack your head on the bar.

And i think driving a manual trans foxbody with flip flops is idiotic.
Yes, i did it as a kid, so i know it's stupid, they can easily get caught under the pedals.
It's a car meant for a pipsqueak by modern standards, the pedal area is really tight, it's even worse if the clutch is heavy.
There is nowhere i take this car that requires flip flops, so i just wear sneakers and if there was, there is plenty of room in the car to bring a set.

 

[limp]

While me personally i have absolutely no interest in a cage, i've always wondered if the theory was that if you have an accident with a cage and no helmet you are likely to smack your head on the bar.

And i think driving a manual trans foxbody with flip flops is idiotic.
Yes, i did it as a kid, so i know it's stupid, they can easily get caught under the pedals.
It's a car meant for a pipsqueak by modern standards, the pedal area is really tight, it's even worse if the clutch is heavy.
There is nowhere i take this car that requires flip flops, so i just wear sneakers and if there was, there is plenty of room in the car to bring a set.

I knew I was going to have to buy a pair of those new " slip in " types where the Heel pushes down.... Way too old to bend ALL the way down to tie or get my heel in shoes anymore..... LOL

 

[General karthief]

No socks
No shoes
No problem