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Old 01-07-2011, 02:10 PM   #1
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Default Seat & seat belt requirements

With a bit of luck I'll be taking the XT to a few wednesday night street meets this summer. Im hoping the new combo will do 12's or maybe even high 11's.
What are the seat belt & seat requirements for a car doing these sort of times? The car has the standard seats & belts.
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Old 01-07-2011, 02:47 PM   #2
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With a bit of luck I'll be taking the XT to a few wednesday night street meets this summer. Im hoping the new combo will do 12's or maybe even high 11's.
What are the seat belt & seat requirements for a car doing these sort of times? The car has the standard seats & belts.
Cheers Brad
I was told if i did 11.99 or faster i would need tailshaft loop and harness
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Old 01-07-2011, 08:23 PM   #3
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4 point harness is " Supposed " to be fitted once you go 11.99 or faster , or faster than 115mph .
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Old 02-07-2011, 08:25 AM   #4
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I think previous post are correct particularly ANDRA run tracks, what track you going to run at? Their website should advise you?

Although I spent a fare amount of time on Motorplex site and couldnt find any details :(

Stopwith 12 high 11s....your combo more like 11s definite change of high 10s :-)
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Old 02-07-2011, 11:23 AM   #5
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Once you go into 11's you'll have to buy a licence and they'll supply you with the rule book...
From memory the seat has to be capable of shoulder belts and leg / crutch belt.. Which most std seats cannot support...
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Cheers fella's
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And if you get into the tens as suggested, and from reading your posts in the clevo section seems like every chance, you will then need a cage.
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Cage , Fire suit , Boots , Gloves , uprated helmet ( possibly ) , plus more equipment .

IF your just going to run a 10.9 , once you add the weight of the cage and such, sometimes its enough to slow you back down to 11's . So its something to think about .
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