Harnesses - What are you running?

Alex · Postby **Alex** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 6:43 pm

PASHN8 wrote:Ok, so the transmission tunnel mount will need to be drilled and fixed with a backing plate? Do you need to get in there from under the car?

I would jack up the car, look for a spot, and then drill from the inside, can't remember how it was done for mine but here is a pic.
You will need a backing plate

Mactype · Postby **Mactype** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 10:25 pm

Alex wrote:
PASHN8 wrote:Ok, so the transmission tunnel mount will need to be drilled and fixed with a backing plate? Do you need to get in there from under the car?

I would jack up the car, look for a spot, and then drill from the inside, can't remember how it was done for mine but here is a pic.
You will need a backing plate

you should find a factory ready seat bolt hole already in the tunnel if you lift up the carpet in the NA's not sure on the NB's

PASHN8 · Postby **PASHN8** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:08 am

Ah understood, thanks

What is the other eyelet at the bottom of the pic used for?

Mactype · Postby **Mactype** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:36 am

Would be the two bolts on the floor for the crotch strap on a 6 point harness.

Alex · Postby **Alex** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:51 pm

Mactype wrote:you should find a factory ready seat bolt hole already in the tunnel if you lift up the carpet in the NA's not sure on the NB's

Yea, not on NB's which meant more holes

the other one is for the lower 2 points, watch out when drilling these as you don't want to hit the fuel lines

greenman · Postby **greenman** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 8:53 pm

Dragging up an old thread from using a search function.
Looking to buy my first racing harness.
My question is..... Can a 6 point harness be used as a 4 point.
My current race seat only allows for a 4 point.
Looking at possibly upgrading my race seat to accommodate a 6 point in the future.
Advice please..... And cheers in advance.

timk · Postby **timk** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:00 pm

I have a 3" 6 point Willans harness and it will buckle up without the 5th and 6th belts.

As for drilling for them, I would recommend doing a pilot hole from underneath the car first as the brake lines run around that area. You would be pretty pissed off to find you had drilled through one from inside the cabin!! :oops:

Cheers

timk · Postby **timk** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:04 pm

greenman wrote:My current race seat only allows for a 4 point.

Is it a Sparco Sprint (non-V) by any chance? I am using one of these fine with a 6 point harness and I didn't even have to cut through the foam. All that was required was some unpicking between the two sections:

See my build thread for further info.

Cheers