Indiana Open Wheel - View Single Post - T-Mez: Got this off his FB page. Should be Mandatory in cars

6565 · 8/12/16, 2:07 PM

I have a spike sprint car and the XXX halo that comes unwelded with those cars fits pretty good (I had it laying around the shop). Some minor joint clean up and it was ready for TIG welding.
Since this is turning into a generic safety thread, I would agree maybe we should add a vertical support tube under the halo ends-like the silver crown cars are doing on those long cages. Beaber's big Eldora wreck a couple years ago did cause the halo to bend the cage sides down-but he had a pretty tall halo on that car. That makes the halo ends attach more vertically than the lower profile halos. I know he won't race without one. Maybe Tony will chime in here.

I am a little intrigued by Jeff Swindell's seat mounting system he had a few years ago. Was supposed to be a universal type mount that all the chassis makers could use and he thought it was safer as well. I think the chassis companies will make cars with that style seat mounts if you ask. I have never seen very many pics or a car up close, but maybe that would be a start to being able to have a consistent driver location/mount setup to then build better cages around that. Also makes transferring seats from car to car easy-no more drilling holes for every car. If anyone has experience with this or pics of it-I'd love to find out more about it.

I liked Charlie Fisher's car mentioned earlier with wrap around bars from the 90's. Others have done similar, as did I several years ago. At some point the cars become too stiff, but if everyone has it-that doesn't matter.

8/12/16, 2:07 PM	#27 Re: T-Mez: Got this off his FB page. Should be Mandatory in
6565 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 187	I have a spike sprint car and the XXX halo that comes unwelded with those cars fits pretty good (I had it laying around the shop). Some minor joint clean up and it was ready for TIG welding. Since this is turning into a generic safety thread, I would agree maybe we should add a vertical support tube under the halo ends-like the silver crown cars are doing on those long cages. Beaber's big Eldora wreck a couple years ago did cause the halo to bend the cage sides down-but he had a pretty tall halo on that car. That makes the halo ends attach more vertically than the lower profile halos. I know he won't race without one. Maybe Tony will chime in here. I am a little intrigued by Jeff Swindell's seat mounting system he had a few years ago. Was supposed to be a universal type mount that all the chassis makers could use and he thought it was safer as well. I think the chassis companies will make cars with that style seat mounts if you ask. I have never seen very many pics or a car up close, but maybe that would be a start to being able to have a consistent driver location/mount setup to then build better cages around that. Also makes transferring seats from car to car easy-no more drilling holes for every car. If anyone has experience with this or pics of it-I'd love to find out more about it. I liked Charlie Fisher's car mentioned earlier with wrap around bars from the 90's. Others have done similar, as did I several years ago. At some point the cars become too stiff, but if everyone has it-that doesn't matter.