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Originally Posted by SSLance
The forward cage bars and containment seat is the line I believe. At this point, one needs to be wearing a helmet in the driver seat which won't happen on street duty.
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Well, crap, I'm 100% committed on these aspects for safety because of the speeds this car can run. So your calling it race car....
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Originally Posted by SSLance
...not being able to see around a full containment seat on the street would be a deal killer for me.
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Yep, I agree. I talked with Butler Seats, and he tells me that if the containment is in your line of sight, it's not designed for you. I'm thinking of having a shorter halo (like a GTLM car) for street and AutoX, and a standard for road course. I think the padded halo, even the shorter one, is a required necessity for a caged car on the street. Killing two birds with one stone when I attend Ron's workshop in Concord next month. Stopping by Butler to get measured and have seats made...yep seats. My wife wants to run Cam-T and local AutoX. Then just swap seats side to side.
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Originally Posted by SSLance
..but in reality...you won't take the time to install and then uninstall them for each track event. You'll most likely just put them in and leave them in so consider that.
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Yeah, that's why I decided to just do the full cage. Door bars are about seat bolster height, pretty much a GTLM cage.
Wearing the harness may be the only compromise to being a race car...just have to make sure I can reach the cup holder when belted in!