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important area of safety on the car. The first issue is that the seat was installed on a single locking slider mechanism which is a major safety infraction. If that single locking seat slider were
to fail, the seat could slide one way or another, causing serious injury to the driver (i.e., harnesses become loose, driver loses control of car, etc). In the picture below, you can see that one slider has a locking mechanism (handle) and the other simply moves fore and aft, freely allowing that side of the seat to slide. The other major issue is the sliders are mounted to the floor with 6mm bolts which are too small in diameter, and
too low of a load rating to be
safe. This is how the early 944’s came from the factory, but they were updated in later years to large bolts with a higher tensile strength.
See Pic 3
All race series require seats that are on sliders that are dual locking, meaning both sides lock, giving a double security to the driver. Notice the handle in the middle going to locks on each slider.
See Pic 4
The next safety infraction
in this install is the 6 point submarine belt. As you can see, both strap ends of the belt are bolted to one hole in the floor for support, which obviously isn’t centered to the seat this way. The submarine belts of these 6 point
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All race series require seats that are on sliders that are dual locking, meaning both sides lock, giving a double security to the driver. Notice the handle in the middle going to locks on each slider.
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