[MR2] 5 point harness

[Steve]

Yes, a system is only as strong as the weakest link.

Here is a bit of helpful information:

http://mr2.com/TEXT/sabelt.html 

On Mon, 2011-01-24 at 22:02 -0500, David Hillman wrote:
> It is astonishing to me that we have people on here suggesting that 
> strapping yourself to a stock seat is safer than a 5-point harness bolted 
> to the firewall.  What are you guys thinking?  Stock seats are not very 
> strong in the first place, and not at all built to support you in a crash.
> 
>     The firewall is not the strongest thing in the world, no, but it is 
> pretty stout and, more to the point, quite a bit stronger than your neck.
> Unless you are wearing a HANS, your neck is going to break before your 
> harness causes structural failure in the firewall ( or probably any other 
> part of the chassis ).
> 
>     Yes, I race my mk1 w2w with a harness bolted to the firewall.  The car 
> has about 175 races on it now, and the firewall is, not surprisingly, 
> intact, despite the fact that we've been hit hard enough to bend the 
> chassis into a ).
> 
> --
>   David Hillman
> 
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