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I have a tech question I'm hoping someone on this forum knows the answer to...
I previously gutted my C6Z to put in a full roll cage for dedicated track use. That necessitated getting rid of all the electronics inside the doors as I have the roll cage bars extend out into the hollow door area for maximum protection. (There's no glass left in the car either.) I've gotten used to opening and closing the door using the emergency handles since the regular door handles don't work since I've removed all the electronics. I've been advised that this may not be safe. If a corner worker needs to get to me and I'm not conscious in the car, who is there to explain that they need to reach in to pull the emergency door handle on the inside to open the car door? Worse yet, if the car is on fire do you really think they're going to reach in and try to find the release latch?
So in this situation, what does everyone do when there's no electronics in the door to open it from the outside?
There are two door release actuators for the driver. Since the floor mounted release is impossible to reach when you are harnessed in, and to your point not easily accessible to someone outside the car, I routed the second release (located in the trunk above the driver’s side rear wheel well) forward and mounted it to my roll cage. I used a black tie-wrap as a tether to the actuator and it hangs just above my left shoulder completely accessible to me, or someone outside the car. What I haven’t done is placed a vinyl label (similar to what most do for tow hooks) on the halo that says something like “door release” for corner/emergency workers. Hope that helps.
I agree with about, I drilled a few holes and have the extra release coming out where the electronic handles used to be.
You could extend either cable to somewhere more obvious is you wanted to, but keeping the OEM stuff was my personal preference. I ran the mechanical gas door release out the back of the car also for convenience, it hangs out of the left-most brake light area.
a C6 caged track car i drove over the weekend had 2 on the drivers side
it had the stock floor "manual pull" mounted to the nascar bars for driver to open door from the inside
then on the b-pillar it had a bellcrank pull (using door pull located in trunk i assume) for exterior entry/ marshals
you can just see it here, its blown out, but says "Door Latch" on the b pillar. the bellcrank is the red thing with ball on it. worked great.
Like the guys above, I moved the secondary release that goes in the trunk area and mounted it to the B-pillar so that it sticks out into the window opening.
On my land speed car, I was finding the door net falling on the driver pull release (plus it was awkward to begin with being down low), so I ebay'd a passenger handle and mounted it next to my right thigh.
I also trimmed the housing and spaced the lever up a bit to make it easier to operate with gloves (I wear sfi-20)
I've seen guys put a magnetic sticker on the door with verbiage for the track workers stating the door release handle is located on the floor board. They also put bright red tethers on the release handle so it's easier to find.
11-30-2018, 10:23 PM
Door Safety Question for C6Z Track Car
