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06-18-2007, 04:47 PM
JeffConklin wrote:
I think the safest option is probably to get rid of the airbag and get a Hans. The factory airbag system is designed to work with the 3-point belt and no helmet -- I don't think they intended it to be used with a harness and helmet. A few years ago (2004) the SCCA issued a warning that said (basically) that using a full face helmet in an airbag car could cause injuries because the airbag creates stress on the chin part of the helmet, which it was not designed to take. So the recommendation at that time from the SCCA (I searched the Interweb but I don't see any newer statements from the SCCA or PCA) was to use an open helmet on airbag cars.
Take a look at how some of the guys that race have their cars set up.
Quote:The more DEs I do the more my 993 is becoming a track car. The car has Harness / Evo seats and bar. Are there any opinions on wether it's safer / better to have an airbag wheel or non-airbag wheel??
Jeff
I think the safest option is probably to get rid of the airbag and get a Hans. The factory airbag system is designed to work with the 3-point belt and no helmet -- I don't think they intended it to be used with a harness and helmet. A few years ago (2004) the SCCA issued a warning that said (basically) that using a full face helmet in an airbag car could cause injuries because the airbag creates stress on the chin part of the helmet, which it was not designed to take. So the recommendation at that time from the SCCA (I searched the Interweb but I don't see any newer statements from the SCCA or PCA) was to use an open helmet on airbag cars.
Take a look at how some of the guys that race have their cars set up.