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I run with a HANS, 6pt harness, and Reverie seat all properly installed and fitted. No cage (yet). These were my first mods to the car and, along with the RTD brace, the only major mods I've done so far.
Question: How effective would the HANS have been in this particular case? It is most effective for head-on impacts, much less so for off-axis impacts like this one (based on HANS test data). In fact wasn't the first impact made going backwards in this case? Seems like head bolsters on the seat and or nets would have helped, but the HANS not so much. Thoughts?
Regarding protection in the car after impact: wouldn't harness belts be stretched out enough that they wouldn't offer much more protection than stock belts? Not saying you should or shouldn't exit (sounds like you shouldn't from the experienced racers on the thread).
I was thinking cage/nets as my next mod, but maybe just picking up a spec miata might be a better way to go... per above suggestion. Or maybe just renting a spec racer Ford?
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