Recommendations regarding a half-/roll-cage in a 993?
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Looks stronger and has perfect mount for 6pt harness.
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Alternatively you can mount a separate harness bar (cant recall who makes it but a well known supplier) which fits in perfectly with the Heigo roll hoop. Picture below. The advantage of this set up is you can remove the hardware leaving just the Heigo hoop in place if you ever need access to rear for touring or carting stuff...
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i would definitely go for the crossbar; beside the additional strength, it's also easier to 'adjust'* the position of the rollbar. The optional harness bar should also be a must. I have one but in the picture not the new harness installed yet.
in regard to bill's comment 'the bigger the bar the better' yes, but similar to i.e. Germany, this is the only type of bar which would be accepted at registration check up (in the UAE).
*The first picture in#28 shows exactly my setup (unfortunatelly i didn't get the cross bar), except that its for an RHD car. if you give pressure on the diagonal bar, the main setup will move to the right car side, therefore, with a crossbar, you can fix the position better.
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i'm running standard setup, w/o the heater blower, w/o AC; believe it or not despite temperatures above 45 deg Celsius i had never overheating problems even when pushing the limit for more than an hour. **
Holger
** Edit+clarification: I have real overheating problems... but the car is fine ...
i would definitely go for the crossbar; beside the additional strength, it's also easier to 'adjust'* the position of the rollbar. The optional harness bar should also be a must. I have one but in the picture not the new harness installed yet.
in regard to bill's comment 'the bigger the bar the better' yes, but similar to i.e. Germany, this is the only type of bar which would be accepted at registration check up (in the UAE).
*The first picture in#28 shows exactly my setup (unfortunatelly i didn't get the cross bar), except that its for an RHD car. if you give pressure on the diagonal bar, the main setup will move to the right car side, therefore, with a crossbar, you can fix the position better.
Re: second oil cooler
i'm running standard setup, w/o the heater blower, w/o AC; believe it or not despite temperatures above 45 deg Celsius i had never overheating problems even when pushing the limit for more than an hour. **
Holger
** Edit+clarification: I have real overheating problems... but the car is fine ...
Last edited by Holger3.2; 05-07-2013 at 03:06 AM.
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Holger. Thanks for that. What harness bar did you get? The Heigo one or a separate piece?
Oystein. That is what you need but remember 516.043 is for a non sunroof car. 516.042 is for a sunroof car.
Oystein. That is what you need but remember 516.043 is for a non sunroof car. 516.042 is for a sunroof car.
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Yup, I guess that'll come in handy with my 187cm.
BTW; my Recaros haven't yet arrived from Design 911 UK, so I'm a little curious about how easy this fitment/installation will be. They are Pole Positions and I have ordered Recaro alloy side mounts and slide rails as well. Does anyone know if I will need some sort of adapters or similar to make this fit?
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Oystein
BTW; my Recaros haven't yet arrived from Design 911 UK, so I'm a little curious about how easy this fitment/installation will be. They are Pole Positions and I have ordered Recaro alloy side mounts and slide rails as well. Does anyone know if I will need some sort of adapters or similar to make this fit?
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Oystein
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Macca, i got the original heico harness bar. it has to be ordered in the original order for the whole setup coz otherwise some needed welded brackets would not be there. the bar itself is then screwed to the main bar. detachment is impossible without removing the complete setup from the car!!
However, heico has also a 'stand alone' harness bar which might be a second solution as you would maintain the chance to remove the 'inner parts (cross or diagonal bar). However, due to the main connectors, sitting in the bag is under normal circumstances impossible.
Oystein, Recaros fit normally perfect, no additional mounting needed...
Not like my cobra seat (cheap but light **** from Britain) fits like the hood on the e-type ...
btw. even you want to order through another company, fvd, as linked earlier, has a full description on any part in English on their website!
However, heico has also a 'stand alone' harness bar which might be a second solution as you would maintain the chance to remove the 'inner parts (cross or diagonal bar). However, due to the main connectors, sitting in the bag is under normal circumstances impossible.
Oystein, Recaros fit normally perfect, no additional mounting needed...
Not like my cobra seat (cheap but light **** from Britain) fits like the hood on the e-type ...
btw. even you want to order through another company, fvd, as linked earlier, has a full description on any part in English on their website!
#42
In over 20 years of attending trackdays Ive never seen a car end up on its roof. Granted I know that it can happen and have seen youtube footage of it happen but you're more likely to take a side impact than a roof impact.
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I've seen about half a dozen rollovers, IIRC, in the past ten years. A few of them were 911's without any rollover protection; I was impressed with the integrity of the occupant space but that could have been due to the unique forces of that particular accident.
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Regards,
Oystein