robmar Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 see my posting on techtalk here rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bowden Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 Rob, I can not link to your question (work firewall)but I assume it relates to "padding behind tillet"? If that is so, I would not worry. Having a look round the paddock last weekend at a srint meeting, most people did not have a support.As it was put to me, what scrutineer is going to check the load capacity of your head restraint. As long as you have a restaint in one shape or another, I don't think you will have a problem. Having said that I have fitted a restaint directly touching the back of my tillet. 😬 😬 No padding and no support bar. Seems OK to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver 21 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Paul Be careful, scrutineers have been briefed to look at this, this year. Head Restraints were not compulsory for 2003, they are for 2004 so you definately need a support if you run a tillet seat as it is not strong enough, see other postings over the last few months Graham Competition Secretary 2004 Speed Championship - 9 events Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Perry Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Good advice, in my experience, whenever they bring in a new rule of any kind the scrutineers are very hot on it for the first few events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bowden Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 I would agree, you definitely need a restraint, but a support? How's a scrutineer going to check whether your seat meets the x tonnes per square cm or whatever the reg says. Last weekend this was not checked, I suppose you could come up against Hitler’s younger brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Kipper Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Did a BARC sprint at Silverstone yesterday with Mrs Kipper. The scrutineer passed the car with padding on the diagonal of the FIA bar and no other restraint. If a restraint of the type detailed in the Blue Book were to be fitted to the FIA bar, the obvious place would be the rearward strut. However, this is not positioned so that the restraint would then be centered behind the seat. Would you have to offest the restraint? The other thing is that the Blue Book recommends that the restraint be positioned so it sits 5 cms behind the helmet. I have the seat pushed almost right back but Mrs Kipper has the seat in the most forward position. This would leave a gap far in excess of 5 cms! What do you do - adjust the head retsraint when you change over drivers? The only way a scrutineer would pick this up is to ask each driver to sit in the car in their driving position with their helmet on. Kipper Fun is not a straight line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmar Posted March 14, 2004 Author Share Posted March 14, 2004 Paul - the basic problem is that the 2 brakets which I have been supplied appear to be too small, I have the padding sorted out, I cable tied and gaffer taped some pukka roll bar padding and it looks a suitable bodge 😬 rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmar Posted March 14, 2004 Author Share Posted March 14, 2004 Well - looking at the pictures as supplied by Lawrence I have the wrong type to be honest I will run with it on mainly down to not wanting to fail on something so stupid, and b it might just be a little safer rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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