BEEF'ed up Harness Truss??

[air-cool-me]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=33725&item=7919382022&rd=1



so for you guys who say dont hook the belts to the bar... what about this bar?

would u still say no?

i would never get this ugly monster... but would you consider it safe?

[JNadal]

chances are, someone will still say no just to act smart or to be a jackass

[efhughes3]

I think the BK truss gets respect around here.

[nostatic]

I'd say it depends on what you're doing. Lower speed AX should be fine, since you're mainly trying to stay in your seat. Higher speed DEs, I got nervous with just a harness bar (my harness was mounted to the rear seatbelt mounts). If you go over, you're strapped in and if the roof goes down, its right on your head with no place to go.

Now I've got a rollbar. Tomorrow is the first DE so I'll let you know if I feel safer...

[Randy Webb]

You realize that -- technically -- static did say "no"....

[nostatic]

does that mean I'm a jackarse?

without "no" I'd just be static...

[Randy Webb]

too much of that already in LA -- you should keep the no

[aigel]

This is not a guide bar. This is a truss that you can strap yourself to. Of course, staying home in bed will likely still be safer, but this is a great alternative for folks who go track twice a year and want the bar out of the car for the rest of the time. The harness will be on the bar, so all you have left is the lap belt and sub belt to take out...

Read on the brey krause web page:

http://www.bkauto.com/porsche/r1025.php

"In response to the many requests from Porsche drivers looking for a harness guide bar that would not only guide their driving harnesses, but allow them to mount their harnesses directly to the bar, we developed the "Harness Truss". The Harness Truss has been tested and certified to handle types of forces required by the National Highway Traffic Safety Admin. DOT and SAE J385 Rev.MAR 95, Motor VehicleSeat Belt Anchorages-Performance Requirements. Strong, yet it weighs only a fraction of what a support of the same strength made from tubular or bar steel would weigh. The Harness Truss is precision water-jet machined for a perfect fit into Porsche factory mounting points.This type of machining is accurate and does not create heat effected areas in the metal which can alter tensile strength.

Strength requirements for harness mounts are considerably greater than those for harness guide bars since they must support the entire load applied to the belts. A mount really can't be relied on unless it has been tested to support the loads required by the National Highway Taffic Safety Administration.
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Cheers, George

[JNadal]

Originally posted by nostatic
does that mean I'm a jackarse?

no, I was just expecting to hear someone try to spew out some bs about it and start reffering to their old highschool physics book to try and act "real smart-like"

[Porschekid962]

looks pretty darn beefy with all those nice triangles on it. I think the rollbar would fail before this did unless one of the bolts used in its assembly was bad. I would feel safe using it. i completely forgot there was a DE today darnit.