Subject: Roll cage, seats, harnesses, and gauges, What are you running?
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posted on May 14th, 2005 at 06:51 AM
Roll cage, seats, harnesses, and gauges, What are you running?
Hi all.
Curious as to the distances between front and rear hoops on roll cages out there (for side entering cabins) and also seat widths for various seats
used and if your running 5 or 3 point harness.
Would also appreciate it anyone had cheap contacts for racing seats and harness’s on the east coast (preferably QLD), my local shop is a bit exy in
price. (Apart from ebay) the best priced componentry shop I’ve found was the edge products .
Also gauge wise has anyone found anything wrong with the Murphy gauges?? (The ones with the adjustable metal arm that you can set to where you want
and alarm where you want.) They are pricy but when a big red light starts glowing you cant really miss it.
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posted on May 14th, 2005 at 01:21 PM
hoop behind front seats and a hoop behind the rear seat (four seat). bar going front to back in the middle linking them. I'd put one round the
windscreen if I did it again, but i'm done now.
Cobra classic lowback solid buckets front (Got them from revolution racegears years ago now), cut down Mitsubishi express middle seat in the back.
tacho, petrol, oil pressure, water temp (subaru motor), all VDO from memory...I'll go and check.
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posted on May 14th, 2005 at 01:32 PM
im going the autotechnica seats with a stock seat in the back of the bug, vdo gauges all the way as well. not running harnesses but the normal
retractable seatbelts in my street bug
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posted on May 14th, 2005 at 04:19 PM
hoop just behind the front window, hoop behind front seats with a cross bar so the 3 point harnesses don't snap your spine in a accident, and a bar
joining the two hoops together across the top. I also run SAAS solid back race seats (soon to be replaced by OBX recliners, vdo guages. in my manx.
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posted on May 15th, 2005 at 04:27 PM
Thanks all who have posted.
Has anyone got dimensions for the distance between the front and back cockpit uprights for a race / class 9 buggy? (side entering).
I know VDO gauges are good but maybe the extra budget stretch for the Murphy gauges could be worth it, especially for off-road, a Oil temp and
pressure gauge with a fair size alarm light attached would be a good thing in the dust (dozer experience proves). In case you have had no Murphy
gauge exposure here is a link .
Cheers dub.
[Edited on 15/5/2005 by Dub-Buggier]
[Edited on 15/5/2005 by Dub-Buggier]
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posted on May 25th, 2005 at 01:16 PM
Dub,
You mentioned in another thread that your first buggies going to be "fun" only, so this may not apply. However, if you're going to go racing in a
motorsport category that's CAMS controlled, then you'll need to stick to what CAMS define in terms fo dimensions. To compete in a CAMS controlled
event, the buggy must be registered and have a CAMS log book. Registration of a buggy to compete in CAMS events involves engineering certificates and
the like. In addition every vehicle is scrutineered before each event to ensure conformance to the current CAMS requirements.
The overall buggy size (width, length and height) is free - however, there are very strict rules and regs regarding the overall construction of
frames, minimum dimensions of the "cockpit" area, the manadatory tubes/bars, tube/bar diameters, tube/bar wall thickness, etc..
Once a year, CAMS publish a set of regs (covering all forms of CAMS controlled motorsport) applicable for that year - The Manual Of Motor Sport - and
publish updates on a regular basis. The manual comes "free" with a competition licence (which naturally you have to pay for), but you can buy a set
of the regs for about $50 without having a licence - go to //http:www.cams.com.au, or visit your local CAMS office. It's not an easy read, but it may
give some good ideas about what bar work to put in, as (apart from defining the various categories of "car") they essentially focus on occupant
safety which is the way to go.
