Roll bar mounted belt points

Pete Munroe · #1 (**permalink**) 05-31-2007, 02:23 PM

Guys,

I would like to move the shoulder belt attachment points higher up...at least as high as my shoulders.

This bar is from Finish Line...on my FIA car the belts would need to be offset to the right to fit evenly over my shoulders.

(Some of the cars have mounted the seat offset to the right, at an angle, to maximize leg room...mine is as far as practible to the left to be more directly behind the pedals/wheel.)

Does anyone make a bolt on bar that allows the belt attach points to be MOVED to the right?

Everything I have seen has the belt attach pts inside the "hoop"...I need it to be in the "center" for the right belt, about and "inch or two" outside of the hoop on the left belt

The photo did not appear in the preview...maybe it will show after I submit the post, otherwise, go to:

http://www.finishlineaccessories.com...ge.php?pID=219

Thanks,

Pete

RedBarchetta · #2 (**permalink**) 05-31-2007, 03:10 PM

You mean like this?

-Dean

strictlypersonl · #3 (**permalink**) 05-31-2007, 04:30 PM

Yes. I've seen the bracket on the SPF and I'm pretty sure that it fits our roll bar. You might ask Finishline whether you can assemble theirs for the driver's side offset.

If you're desperate, I've got all the drawings for it, but as a one-off, it could get expensive.

Kramer · #4 (**permalink**) 05-31-2007, 05:54 PM

Bob, others,

1. Let me know if you find one b/c I too have been looking.
2. If we can't find one, maybe we can go in together and share the cost.

Kramer

Pete Munroe · #5 (**permalink**) 05-31-2007, 08:02 PM

Guys,

Thanks for the response.

I used masking tape to approximate the shoulder harness locations.

The ERA 289 belt mounting bolts are about 8 1/4 inch apart, so I marked the tape with a blue felt pen to give some perspective.

The outer mount is about OK with the bolt on the outer side of the roll bar bracket, but the inner belt mount needs to be about 5 inches over to keep the spacing 8 1/4 and the belts parallel.

A movable mount for the inner belt seems to be the ticket, or weld one on.

Assuming the pic loads, ideas?

Pete

cobrajeff · #6 (**permalink**) 05-31-2007, 08:28 PM

Pete -

Here's how I did the harness mount on my ERA FIA. I used different hardware to mount the inner harness belt:

The cross-bar was custom-made by a friend.

regards,

Jeff

Pete Munroe · #7 (**permalink**) 05-31-2007, 10:10 PM

Jeff,

Haven't heard from you for awhile, hope all is well.

I may have seen your setup before, but that was several years ago and I plum forgot...wasn'tthinking about shoulder harness mounts at the time I suppose

Rather than reinvent the wheel, that looks like what I want...now to either modify something or build it form scratch.

Bob, do you have any ideas on this as to your existing plans?

If the premade Finish Line bar can be used with the harness mount on the outside bolt, and the inner belt fabric looped over the spreader bar, that should do it.

Ideas or experience anyone?

Pete

Lowell W · #8 (**permalink**) 06-01-2007, 05:56 AM

Dean,

I really like the looks of that bracket. Is that from Finishline or where?

Thanks,

Lowell

RedBarchetta · #9 (**permalink**) 06-01-2007, 08:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lowell W

Dean,

I really like the looks of that bracket. Is that from Finishline or where?

Thanks,

Lowell

Lowell, it's essentially a Finishline item that I took a Dremel to. Smoothed all the welds, then hand sanded much of it before having the whole thing triple chrome plated (to match the hoop). My fingers still hurt.

BTW, Pete, I like the way Jeff modified his to fit the ERA layout. I never realized how much further offset the hoop was on an ERA until I saw your photo with the masking tape.

-Dean #747

Lowell W · #10 (**permalink**) 06-01-2007, 10:00 AM

Thanks, Dean: I'll go scope it out.

I wonder whether anybody makes one in stainless. That would save having to send it out for polishing and plating.

Lowell

Pete Munroe · #11 (**permalink**) 06-01-2007, 09:44 PM

Red,

The more I look at your setup, it should work.

If the seat on your 427" SPF is about in the same relative position to the seat as in the ERA 289", then all I would need is the inner shoulder harness belt setup to loop over the roll-bar cross-member.

The outer mount can hang on the outside of the bracket, maybe even get spaced another 1/2 inch or so with out wild bending moments...?

I have been thinking about getting wider shoulder harness belts anyway, so this modification may get me off the mark.

Pete