Re: Harness mounting???

[OorQue@aol.com]

>  But, my concern is this....  I have heard a few people tell me that it is
>  bad to use a mounting point too low for race harnesses because if you are 
in
>  an impact, it can put to much pressure downward on you and actually 
compress
>  one's spine!  This is not good.

Absolutely ... in fact, the SCCA's GCR's have a section that deals with just 
this issue.  The max downward angle they allow is ~15 degrees...

>  But, I have seen enough quattros with the
>  belts mounted in that same place, so maybee it it ok.

For low-speed autocross stuff, sure.  But I certainly wouldn't use them on a 
track like Road America...

>  Just not sure if it is high enough.  I'd really like to know as that would 
be a great place for
>  them, I think.

What about adding some reinforcement to the rear deck and using the 
child-seat brackets?  Or possibly enlarging the hole for the rear shoulder 
belt and tieing them in there ... a little off to the side but perhaps not 
the end of the world.

JG