[s-cars] Seatbelt's food for thought

[Trevor Frank]

This talk about the procon 10 system got me thinking, I was told that in
a typical race harness, if you tighten the harness, then loosen by
lengthening each belt by 2-3inches and that is how much it will give
during an accident.  That is on 3" webbed nylon.  I wonder how much it
is on a street car?  It is also a reason to crank down on your race
harnesses till they hurt.

-----Original Message-----
From: s-car-list-bounces+tfrank=symyx.com at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-bounces+tfrank=symyx.com at audifans.com] On Behalf Of
Gabriel Caldwell
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 11:59 AM
To: Jerry Scott; s-car-list
Subject: RE: [s-cars] Some info for those wanting to swap to a B5 S4
6-speed

Procon ten is a system of cables wrapped around a bracket on the
transmission and attached to the base of the seatbelts.  If you are in a
collision that is hard enough to push the transmission backwards, that
movement will provide extra tensioning on the seat belts.  In European
cars (specifically ones without a driver's airbag), a cable was also
attached to the steering column to pull it out of the way.  The procon
ten system was abandoned after all cars came with driver's and passenger
airbags as standard equipment in all markets.  In my opinion, losing the
bracket in any '93+ car (dual airbags) is no big deal.  If you have a
'92 and value your passenger then you might want to think about keeping
it.

Gabriel Caldwell

-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry Scott [mailto:jerryscott at earthlink.net]
Sent: April 25, 2005 11:49 AM
To: s-car-list
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Some info for those wanting to swap to a B5 S4
6-speed

What function does the Procon ten bracket perform on the trany?
Jerry

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