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Racing seat safety levels
are there different levels of safety for racing seats????
I do D.E. and need a seat, but know nothing about safety standards with seats. helmets have ANSI and SNELL.
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08-09-2007, 07:50 AM
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There are SFI and FIA rated seats. All race seats are not rated though. They are much like harnesses. The rated ones have dates and do expire.
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08-09-2007, 08:04 AM
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Guy named Joe Marko did an excellent safety-equipment presentation at a PCA Zone 1 Tech Tactics that I attended last spring, and I learned a lot from him. He apparently works for, perhaps runs/owns, a company in Massachusetts called HMS Motorsports (hmsmotorsports.com). Maybe it's HMS Motorsport...
Anyway, they sell a wide variety of safety gear including seats and Schroth harness (considered to be among the best), the website has an e-mail for him and he's open for giving advice. I'd seriously urge you to direct your questions to Marko; there's a lot of intuitive but bad safety-gear advice floating around, but Marko knows whereof he speaks.
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08-09-2007, 09:58 AM
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1986 Porsche carrera coupe 3.2
