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12-11-2012, 11:33 AM
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Congrats Joe!!!
Wow, talk about "MEGA-upsell"!!
...the Toronto car prepped by SCB?
I wondered when you'd jump into this deep end! The water is just fine BTW!!
Now then, will Lou be looking to upgrade soon....??
Wow, talk about "MEGA-upsell"!!
...the Toronto car prepped by SCB?
I wondered when you'd jump into this deep end! The water is just fine BTW!!
Now then, will Lou be looking to upgrade soon....??
04-10-2013, 11:45 PM
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Thanks Bob for the comments on the full cage - all makes sense.
Just FWIW to anyone that cares ... my recent off in the GT3 (and the videos I've seen of Jim's at the CMP race) taught me a few things that are adjusting my plans going forward.
1) if the there had been a significant curb or grade change where my car went off the track and on the the grass, I could easily have been rolling
2) a roll can happen at lower speeds than I'd previously thought ... although admittedly more a risk in racing than in DE
3) my decisions to add the bucket seat and harness in my DE car "encouraged" me to drive faster ... even if they helped keep me safe in the impact
4) I can plan to drive at 7/10 or 8/10 or whatever but I can also make mistakes - in judgement, plan and execution (in car video can be brutally honest in this respect ...) - and mechanicals of course can happen without warning
5) I was not wearing a Hans - if it were not for the fairly straight-on initial impact and the driver's airbag, my neck would not be in good shape - adding after-market seats can disable some of the airbags on these cars
So ... for me ... the next track car will absolutely have a roll bar and I will use a Hans with it ... - I'm on the fence re. the cage ... I may also take my street car to DE as well occasionally - but it will be bone stock with 3pts only.
Dave
Just FWIW to anyone that cares
... my recent off in the GT3 (and the videos I've seen of Jim's at the CMP race) taught me a few things that are adjusting my plans going forward.1) if the there had been a significant curb or grade change where my car went off the track and on the the grass, I could easily have been rolling
2) a roll can happen at lower speeds than I'd previously thought ... although admittedly more a risk in racing than in DE
3) my decisions to add the bucket seat and harness in my DE car "encouraged" me to drive faster ... even if they helped keep me safe in the impact
4) I can plan to drive at 7/10 or 8/10 or whatever but I can also make mistakes - in judgement, plan and execution (in car video can be brutally honest in this respect ...) - and mechanicals of course can happen without warning
5) I was not wearing a Hans - if it were not for the fairly straight-on initial impact and the driver's airbag, my neck would not be in good shape - adding after-market seats can disable some of the airbags on these cars
So ... for me ... the next track car will absolutely have a roll bar and I will use a Hans with it ... - I'm on the fence re. the cage ... I may also take my street car to DE as well occasionally - but it will be bone stock with 3pts only.
Dave
I also didn't know that race seats often disable the airbags. Other than euro GT3 seats, Are there seats that let you still use the airbags?
What about race seats with the 3point harness routed through them? Not as solid as 5pt harness, but should be more supportive than my stock 996 seats.
04-23-2013, 12:01 AM
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Chris ,you are a bad influence ... been eating Kraft dinner ever since you got in my car at the ground school a few years ago 
Damn slippery slope this DE stuff ... lol
Cheers !
Phil
Damn slippery slope this DE stuff ... lol
Cheers !
Phil
04-23-2013, 03:40 PM
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