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Some basic simple questions
fuel749:
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--- Quote from: ricardo1967 on March 13, 2017, 05:28:18 AM ---
--- Quote from: Paul New on March 12, 2017, 09:53:24 PM ---Wow big air one other thing I see watching your video tighten those shoulder belts more it looks like you can move around quite a bit!
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Note taken, thanks Paul!
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No problem that is one of my things I notice a friend of mine crashed with his belts a loose and it beat him up pretty good
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Loose belts are a bigger problem than most people think. Snug isn't good enough.
rooman:
--- Quote from: fuel749 on March 13, 2017, 01:58:33 PM ---
--- Quote from: Paul New on March 13, 2017, 12:12:38 PM ---
--- Quote from: ricardo1967 on March 13, 2017, 05:28:18 AM ---
--- Quote from: Paul New on March 12, 2017, 09:53:24 PM ---Wow big air one other thing I see watching your video tighten those shoulder belts more it looks like you can move around quite a bit!
--- End quote ---
Note taken, thanks Paul!
--- End quote ---
No problem that is one of my things I notice a friend of mine crashed with his belts a loose and it beat him up pretty good
--- End quote ---
Loose belts are a bigger problem than most people think. Snug isn't good enough.
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Yep,
ask the guy who crashed his T/D at Brainerd in 2015.
http://markjrebilas.com/blog/top-dragsters-take-twin-tumbles-at-nhra-brainerd/
Check Mark's photos of Kritzky once he got into the wall. Typical of a lot of e.t. racers he had his belts loose so that he could look over his shoulder and to top that he also had a wide shoulder hoop for the same reason. I see a lot of those sort of cars with 24" wide shoulder hoops and that is just plain stupid unless you are the Jolly Green Giant. I am currently building an altered for a 6' 5" / 300 lb customer and the shoulder hoop is 20" inside. He is a tight fit but if anything ever happens that is a good thing as he has no chance of rattling around like Kritzky who suffered quite extensive injuries in what should have been a "walk away" incident.
Roo
fuel749:
--- Quote from: rooman on March 14, 2017, 05:52:49 AM ---
--- Quote from: fuel749 on March 13, 2017, 01:58:33 PM ---
--- Quote from: Paul New on March 13, 2017, 12:12:38 PM ---
--- Quote from: ricardo1967 on March 13, 2017, 05:28:18 AM ---
--- Quote from: Paul New on March 12, 2017, 09:53:24 PM ---Wow big air one other thing I see watching your video tighten those shoulder belts more it looks like you can move around quite a bit!
--- End quote ---
Note taken, thanks Paul!
--- End quote ---
No problem that is one of my things I notice a friend of mine crashed with his belts a loose and it beat him up pretty good
--- End quote ---
Loose belts are a bigger problem than most people think. Snug isn't good enough.
--- End quote ---
Yep,
ask the guy who crashed his T/D at Brainerd in 2015.
http://markjrebilas.com/blog/top-dragsters-take-twin-tumbles-at-nhra-brainerd/
Check Mark's photos of Kritzky once he got into the wall. Typical of a lot of e.t. racers he had his belts loose so that he could look over his shoulder and to top that he also had a wide shoulder hoop for the same reason. I see a lot of those sort of cars with 24" wide shoulder hoops and that is just plain stupid unless you are the Jolly Green Giant. I am currently building an altered for a 6' 5" / 300 lb customer and the shoulder hoop is 20" inside. He is a tight fit but if anything ever happens that is a good thing as he has no chance of rattling around like Kritzky who suffered quite extensive injuries in what should have been a "walk away" incident.
Roo
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Sportsman racers seem to think that they're much safer since they don't go that fast. What they don't consider is that is a tumbling crash being inside that drivers compartment loosely is just about like throwing an egg in a blender..it'll scramble you up quick. Most of my stuff is in the neighborhood of 21" but I recommend poured or bead seats for everybody.
dreracecar:
All the more reason to have somebody belt you in, there is no way a driver in one of these cars pull the belts tight enough sitting in them unless they are equipt with ty-down ratchets.
Curly1:
I always tighten my belts real tight and my arm restraints fairly tight but where I can still easily reach everything. My seat is fairly tight so I will not slap around inside. I do not plan on ever crashing but if I do I want to walk away.
What concerns me and should concern all open wheel front engine drivers is fire. Now it does not happen often but could get real bad very quick.
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