370Z Harness Bar

ChrisSlicks

The bolts that go through the mounting plates and hold the brace are about 8", but replacement braces do not use these bolts, instead they bolt to where the mounting plates attach on the side of the chassis. Those bolts are only about 1" long.

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BGTV8

Whiich is exactly why a mechanical engineer did the load calc's - and yes, you are correct about spike loads, but the Monash University Road Safety Research Unit her in Melbourne are world leaders in accident analysis - Victoria was the first state globally to introduce mandatory fitment and wearing of seat belts and this is a subject very well understood around here.

F16 pilots are usually a lot younger but more importantly, a lot fitter than me, and the conventional wisdom is that a susutained load (greater than 80 millseconds) of 8G will prove fatal to 75% of the normal driving population.

Yes, spike loads of 30-80G can be tolerated by the human body, even in old farts like me, but not for much more than 5-16 milliseconds according to the folk at Monash Uni.

Not wanting to divert from the original post, though .... I will simply say that a full harness wil always be better in any sort of accident on a track than a lap-sash harness, and the bar I;ve fitted is well able to absorb the energy/loads involved.

ALso why I hav ebeen at pains to make sure that fixtures for lap belts are similarly attached to points in the bodyshell that are engineered for the loads.

As I said, these are all installed at the owners risk .. 'nuff said.

RB

TrackRat

I sincerely hope everyone on here reads this last point over a few times before deciding to go with this product. Would love to see a picture of a professional harness setup with similar mounting points... although I doubt that will happen.

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Mike

Actually, while the design is slightly different, it is anchored to the same mounting points as the Brey-Krause harness bar I had in my C6 corvette. I really don't see any problems with this design, and will probably be ordering it myself soon.

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jay666

Anyone know if Brenton from Meridian is on this forum? I have been waiting for an E-mail response from him for a while now. I want to buy this ASAP and I can't get a response.

edconline

Another thread revive, any news on meridian from AU guys? I want to buy the harness bar from them but not getting any response from email, and their site says they are closing.. have I missed the boat on the only good option for a harness bar here?

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jay666

They never replied to me either. I ended up getting the one from outerpwerformance. They responded to me right away and shipped in a few weeks.

They have both a roll bar and a partial roll cage. Comes tack welded. Quality is very good.

binary0x01

Links don't work man, post again.

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JARblue

You can't post links from that site on this forum. You'll have to type the URL directly into your address bar.

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edconline

Do you have a picture of it installed or details of where it bolts to, etc? Also I'm assuming the roll bar allows for harness mounting the same way the one from meridian did?
Thanks!

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sfearl1

jay, your links are broken

Mozen

Guys ill nip this one now. The site auto censors any links from that site. For more info you will have to ask AK.

Bottom line i walked away with when i made the mistake and linked stuff from them (a while back in a similar thread) is that if they have been blocked by AK for whatever reason then their business is not worth my time. Just a heads up.

In addition their bar is part weld in part bolt in. So you weld in the supports and then the bar or cage bolts on to it. For a full weld in option you can check out some of the pictures in my profile. My cage and theirs is almost identical with the exception mine is all one-piece.

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jay666

Whoa, wait a sec. I learned about the Outperformance one on THIS forum, from THIS thread. Roll Cage anyone??

Now you're telling me it's crap? Under what basis.

Mike

And is that name spelled correctly?

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edconline

Thanks for the info, I noticed that too after tracking down the actual manufacturer. If you mouse over the link and look at the end of the garbage, you can see the manufacturer name. It does say on their site that most applications are bolt in only, requiring no welding but I can see some of the cages needing welding perhaps. The 370Z is not listed on the site, however the 350Z has the full range of products available so I assume they make them all for the 370 as well.

I have zero interest in having one custom made for me, the only option that will work for me is something pre-made, and entirely bolt in so I'm hoping that if the one from Meridian is no longer available, these guys will come thru.

Definitely need more info on it like installed pictures, whether it is entirely bolt in and price. Weight would be nice too, obviously being a roll bar and not just a harness bar it will be heavier but by how much.

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