Street Legal
#1
Posted 01-21-2012 11:32 PM
Is there any reason I should keep registering the car other then to impress the noob (like me) that I sell it too in the future?
#2
Posted 01-22-2012 01:04 AM
Don't worry about camber and heat cycles at all. Street wear is literally nothing in terms of wear or heat, compared to track time. Don't count street driving as a cycle, and wear isn't an issue unless you plan to drive cross-country. The big thing about driving to the track is saving on towing cost -- and in my case, the impossibility of storing a truck and trailer. If you've already GOT a truck and trailer, then by all means use them; but if you don't, driving to the track is a perfectly good way to go.
#3
Posted 01-22-2012 09:55 AM
Cnj
#4
Posted 01-22-2012 02:14 PM
#5
Posted 01-22-2012 03:44 PM
Cnj
#6
Posted 01-22-2012 05:46 PM
Yes, I leverage a similar cogent argument to persuade my mother that racing is really quite safe. Totally sells her.
Exactly. If you're gonna race, you have to be comfortable with some level of risk, which you manage with your driving. It's not for everyone.
#7
Posted 01-23-2012 09:12 AM
From a safety standpoint using a 5 or 6 pt harness without a helmet and a hans is inviting a neck injury and unlike the street 3 point system and air bag combo that is designed to decelerat your upper body slowly, the harnes system pins the upper torso to the seat and all the energey is transfered to your neck in frontal, Not worth it to me, i feel safer driving on the track than the street.
Frank
TnT Racing
SCCA Ohio Valley Region
#8
Posted 01-23-2012 10:05 AM
#9
Posted 01-25-2012 04:39 AM
I do not know what state you live in but if you have a cage and harnesses, but not the OEM 3 point, a disabled air bag ect. you are not street legal anyway. Seat belt laws may be written to exlcude your car.
From a safety standpoint using a 5 or 6 pt harness without a helmet and a hans is inviting a neck injury and unlike the street 3 point system and air bag combo that is designed to decelerat your upper body slowly, the harnes system pins the upper torso to the seat and all the energey is transfered to your neck in frontal, Not worth it to me, i feel safer driving on the track than the street.
Still, it's probably at least as safe as the old muscle cars I used to drive on the the street; 30+ year old lap belts, with an interior of hard metal surfaces and big, rigid steering wheels (some without a collapsible columns). I see a lot less risk in driving one of these on the street than the majority of collector cars out there...
"America is all about speed. Hot, nasty, bad-ass speed," -Eleanor Roosevelt
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