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Offline crider

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Safety Gear
« on: January 02, 2020, 12:21:02 PM »
Just bought a new -15 Sparco suit from Biondo to replace my long out of date one that I had been using. Must say it is a lot lighter and feels like it's going to be cooler in the summer as well. Now I need to get new gloves and shoes to go with it. Am I reading the rules correctly that 3.3/5 is the rating needing for those? Car is naturally aspirated but no floor over the transmission

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Re: Safety Gear
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2020, 12:26:19 PM »
No floor automatically put you into a -15 suit.  A blower will, too.

In my opinion, if you are required a -15, you may as well spend a couple more bucks about get the -20.
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Re: Safety Gear
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2020, 12:44:56 PM »
I got a -15 suit. My question was about the gloves and shoes

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Re: Safety Gear
« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2020, 03:01:38 PM »
That his how i read the rule as well.

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Re: Safety Gear
« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2020, 03:22:28 PM »
Thanks Greg. That was what I had read, so -5 is correct then? Just wanted to make sure I was reading it correctly before ordering the wrong stuff