Harness into CSL

[drhildr]

Anyone fitted a harness to a CSL - new seats for sure but how do you rig the harness in the absence of a roll cage? Harness bar or fit to rear seat belts perhaps?

[m12_nathan]

Speak to simpson motorsport http://www.simpsonmotorsport.com/ or Bexley http://www.bmsport.com

Cheers

[drhildr]

Thanks - Thorney have a really neat solution I am told!

m12_nathan said:

Speak to simpson motorsport http://www.simpsonmotorsport.com/ or Bexley http://www.bmsport.com

Cheers

[houlbt]

Existing seats in the car aren't harness compatible so initially you are talking about swapping these out.

Then you need either a harness bar or a rear cage... All ends up being a lot of hassle.

[houlbt]

Yes Thorney offers a solution... for £685. Looks neat but I think it's expensive...

[m12_nathan]

not sure about having the harness bar that far back either? doesn't that allow a lot of stretch in the harness?

[drhildr]

Agreed - new seats for starters then either a link to teh rear seat belt connectors (as per Simpson) or this Thorney option. Neither perfrct!

houlbt said:

Existing seats in the car aren't harness compatible so initially you are talking about swapping these out.

Then you need either a harness bar or a rear cage... All ends up being a lot of hassle.

[houlbt]

Don't agree with using rear seatbelt mounting points... not a great plan.

In fact... don't bother with all this. Either do it properly or don't do it at all.

[johnny senna]

If you are going to use harnesses, you need a cage as well. If you wear harnesses with no cage, when the car rolls, you will be held rigidly upright by the harnesses and your neck will snap. I think this fact makes the Thorney harness bar a white elephant. It needs to be new seats/roll cage/harnesses......or nothing at all.

[drhildr]

This seems to be wise advice! Saw John Thorney's car at Silverstone yesterday and he has a full cage built in and proper racing seats / harness rig. Didn't seem to be much destruction interior wise either. I am going to follow this up.

johnny senna said:

If you are going to use harnesses, you need a cage as well. If you wear harnesses with no cage, when the car rolls, you will be held rigidly upright by the harnesses and your neck will snap. I think this fact makes the Thorney harness bar a white elephant. It needs to be new seats/roll cage/harnesses......or nothing at all.