I need to tune my car badly. I have gotten a hold of a wideband O2 but it doesn't display RPM or record data. So that means I need to have someone watch and remember where to tune, or write down the AF as we go along. We're gonna be doing WOT and some 3/4 throttle hits and such...and the strip is the only place we feel most comfortable taking the car to 120+MPH. So have any of you seen or heard someone taking a passenger down the quarter?

BTW...at what point do you need a 5 point restraining harness? All I have is the factory seatbelts and the car should be in the 11s.

 

Yes you can

 

When you get a full roll cage, unless you want to die if your car rolls. The 5 pt harness will hold you rigidly upright. If you don't have a rollcage, the roof will collapse through your body if you roll the car

 

i know i've done it, just call the track and ask...never hurts

 

Not moroso motorsports park in Palm Beach, FWIW.

 

NHRA Rulebook, Sect. 16 General Requirements 10:9

5-point harnes is required when a roll bar or roll cage is required. "Roll bar" and "roll cage" have different definitions.

 

take it on the interstate at night

 

I'll move this over to the Drag Racing forum...

I think your best bet is to call the track. Some tracks more follow the rules than others. I rode in my bud's low 10 second car at one track without them saying a word. I then had a passenger in my Camaro and ran a 13.3 up in Gainesville (NHRA track) and they told me "don't do that again" when I picked up my timeslip

 

I have an 8pt cage installed in the car already, but just factory seat belts for now. Thanks for the replies.

 

find a laid back track and they might let you. also you might be able to on your first run. i think they need proof that you run faster than 14.00 before they can say no. you could always slam on the brakes 3/4 of the way down the track and pull times slower than 14.00.

 

That kinda stinks...

I've always been tempted to walk up to a 'big dog' and bribe them to give me a ride down the track!


Ryan