without going into the long drama of cages in street cars and not being safe and blah blah blah.
-yes it’s a street legal car, but it will be used more for HPDE, PDX and Redline Time Attack next season. Id much rather take my chances getting in a crash with a cage on the streets at 40mph then hitting a wall at over 80mph without one.
-yes its dumb to have a full cage in a car on the street, you risk hitting you head on it like you said on a crash... hence why only a 6pt roll bar is going in.
-the seat belts will remain in the car for street driving, means that at least the belt would take some of the energy
-by putting the resistor in, it will keep the passenger airbag active. I agree that I wouldn’t want to be responsible to hurting anyone riding with me... HENCE WHY IM KEEPING THE BAG ACTIVE! As far as removing the drivers one, thats just a risk that I'm willing to take with myself.
-see your right hand thumb? now sit on it.
so you've gotten this information from an inkling? or real R&D and crash data?
you must not have read what I posted the first time very carefully.
(I'm not saying you're dumb or anything, just misinformed.)
-if you use a harness on the street with no neck brace, you'll snap your neck in a collision.
-if you use a roll cage on the street without a helmet (no matter the seat belt situation), you'll crack your skull in a collision.
-if you modify your SRS system and your passenger is injured, you'll get sued and lose.
-in order for the passenger to reach the airbag upon a collision, and have their inertial energy aborbed by it, they'd need to be wearing a stock seatbelt. but wearing a stock seatbelt with a cage can crack your skull, so they wear a harness and snap their neck, never reaching the airbag that could save their life.
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placing a $.02 resistor in your airbag circuit is NOT the answer to any of these problems.
(in fact it's prolly just ammo for the prosecution to use against you that you willfully tampered and modified the SRS without any training or cerifications)
trusting your life and your passenger's life to your own handiwork is something hot rodders do all the time, not always sucessfully.
Learning about safety and making it a priority is something any veteran car modifier or car builder will tell you to do. Safety always comes first.
Like I said before, if you paid a reputable shop to do this, they'd either tell you to go somewhere else, or make you sign a waiver that the car is NOT safe for street use.
Having a fast dangerous car isn't cool. it's the making of a disaster, and rationalizing the danger, doesn't make it go away.
don't complain to me when your girlfriend is paralyzed and you're sued for it, and lose.
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I'm telling you as a I-CAR Platinum Cartified Technician, who is certified in basic, and advanced passive safety restraint systems that the combination of a roll cage and harness is ONLY OK with the use of a helmet and neck brace... full race setup
You cannot blend race safety, and street safety.. they are NOT compatible... either use your full SRS system (which is 5 stars!!), or go FULL RACE setup all the time.. there is no safe combination of the two....
now you have been informed of the dangers you're imposing upon yourself and your passengers.
you should inform any passengers of the risks of riding in your car before they hop in and assume it's safe..
(ps. with a roll cage, passengers in the rear seat are definately not allowed without helmets!!)
