GRP Harness bar install

[Tracked Emira]

Painted Magma red to match the car and installed by www.gabrielsportscar.com

 

[Tracked Emira]

Schroth 4 point track/street legal seat belt recommended by Greg

 

[kitkat]

Looks great! Going to buy one of these for my car soon too.

Install was pretty straight forward?

 

[RoryBellows]

Is the seat pass through wide enough where they arent rubbing into your neck?

 

[crainp]

Would suggest that if you run harnesses, you run a roll bar. With a rollover pushing the roof down, with harnesses your head is held without the ability to move down like with factory belts. You can also cinch the factory belt by moving your seat back, jerking on the belt until it locks, hold it in the locked position, then move the seat forward till it gets really tight. Plus there is a chest strap available that is used in autocross that you can combine with factory belt. This strap does not prevent your head form deflecting down in a rollover, but holds you an additional amount over and above the cinched factory belt.

 

[jp129]

In addition, it is necessary to use a Head Restraint system like a HANS device to prevent basal skull facture should an impact occur. The racing harness will keep your body secured, but your head can move forward if not restrained. This is the reason why all racing orgs mandate Head restraint systems when using 4/5/6 point racing harnesses.

These things are meant to be used together as a system (racing seats, harness bar, roll bar, harnesses, and head restraints). Just a PSA!

 

[crainp]

The mark on the wall at Daytona does get your attention when you drive by it--Dale Earnhardt supposedly just gently kissed the wall with no HANS, end of story. Not sure what the actual impact was, but the crash was on the straight, so wasn't like he hit at a corner.

 

[GRP]

Would suggest that if you run harnesses, you run a roll bar. With a rollover pushing the roof down, with harnesses your head is held without the ability to move down like with factory belts. You can also cinch the factory belt by moving your seat back, jerking on the belt until it locks, hold it in the locked position, then move the seat forward till it gets really tight. Plus there is a chest strap available that is used in autocross that you can combine with factory belt. This strap does not prevent your head form deflecting down in a rollover, but holds you an additional amount over and above the cinched factory belt.

The car has a built in roll bar already, its hidden under the B pillar trims and the roof liner. If it was a metal unibody car like a Porsche it would make sense to add one but in the case of the Evora and Emira it would be redundant and not really needed unless its a full blown track or race car.

 

[virtualmacho]

Will carry-on luggage still fit under the horizontal bar?

 

[GRP]

Not the greatest picture but you can see the roll bar in this shot.

 

[crainp]

Can't tell how substantial it is. Any more details? Or better pics? Glad to learn it has one tho.

 

[Tracked Emira]

Would suggest that if you run harnesses, you run a roll bar. With a rollover pushing the roof down, with harnesses your head is held without the ability to move down like with factory belts. You can also cinch the factory belt by moving your seat back, jerking on the belt until it locks, hold it in the locked position, then move the seat forward till it gets really tight. Plus there is a chest strap available that is used in autocross that you can combine with factory belt. This strap does not prevent your head form deflecting down in a rollover, but holds you an additional amount over and above the cinched factory belt.

I will be wearing a Hans device. Will that suffice?

 

[Tracked Emira]

Is the seat pass through wide enough where they arent rubbing into your neck?

Haven't sat in the car yet

 

[GRP]

Maybe someone else can chime in with more pictures possibly.
Its pretty substantial and is tied right into the aluminum chassis at the b-pillars and then has supports that run through the firewall into the engine similar in principal to a roll cage.
I dont think Lotus could pass a crash test without it, being that the car is all fiberglass and plastic above the aluminum chassis. They have been using this similar design since the S1 Elise came out.

 

[Tracked Emira]

Can't tell how substantial it is. Any more details? Or better pics? Glad to learn it has one tho.

More pictures on GRP website. Greg who does track designed it

 

[Tracked Emira]

Will carry-on luggage still fit under the horizontal bar?

Will let you know when I pick up the car 5/3

 

[Tracked Emira]

Looks great! Going to buy one of these for my car soon too.

Install was pretty straight forward?

Straight forward bolt on

 

[crainp]

I will be wearing a Hans device. Will that suffice?

If it has a roll bar you should be good. Adjust the harness so the lap belt fits as low as possible. That will hopefully keep the pressure off your organs if you should need the harness. It's hard to do with a 4 point, but with effort you can do pretty well. And make sure that you get the straps centered on the HANS so it holds if you need it.

 

[jp129]

The car has a built in roll bar already, its hidden under the B pillar trims and the roof liner. If it was a metal unibody car like a Porsche it would make sense to add one but in the case of the Evora and Emira it would be redundant and not really needed unless its a full blown track or race car.

This is excellent data and I'm very glad as that was my main reluctance in running a harness. I suspected that Lotus would've integrated a roll bar as this car was designed for track use, but didn't have any data to back that up. Thank you for confirming, Greg.