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Old Nov 27, 2013 | 05:34 PM
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MTI Racing is fabricating and fitting a harness bar to the C7 Corvette. These harness bars will be available soon for your C7 Vette.



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Old Nov 27, 2013 | 06:34 PM
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Awesome Is it being designed to function with the stock Competition seats?

From the pic it looks like it may need to be positioned farther to rear to fit taller drivers.
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The harness bar will work with the C7 competition seats and will accommodate any height driver.
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Originally Posted by MTI RACING
The harness bar will work with the C7 competition seats and will accommodate any height driver.
Any updates?
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Old Jan 20, 2014 | 05:37 PM
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Any updates?
Parts will be headed to the powder coater shortly. A couple more weeks.
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interested!
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any option for the reg seats?
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any option for the reg seats?
The harness bar will work with any seat option.
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Finished!! Here are some pictures of our C7 Harness bar powder coated and installed with a set of Schroth 6 point harness.

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Our Harness bar installs without the removal of any interior panels or cutting of any of the panels as well.

Price is $995.00 Powder coated wrinkle black. PM or call the shop to order yours now.
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Here is a quick video showing the difference between an occupant in the C7 with a harness and without a harness.

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Originally Posted by MTI RACING
The harness bar will work with the C7 competition seats and will accommodate any height driver.
I like the idea of not cutting into the panels. Agree it will accommodate any height. Thought I read once, the harness bar should be shoulder height or 10% lower to mitigate spinal compression. Any way to get the bar up in the air some? Maybe its just the angle of the picture taken. The shoulders of the person in the seat look high in comparison to bar location.

Have you guys come up with an attachment location the 5th and 6th point yet?

I do understand unless your running a dedicated racing seat for one driver its hard to cover all the bases. Somewhat surprised Chevy did not cut a slit in their competion seat for the submarine belt(s).

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I like the idea of not cutting into the panels. Agree it will accommodate any height. Thought I read once, the harness bar should be shoulder height or 10% lower to mitigate spinal compression. Any way to get the bar up in the air some? Maybe its just the angle of the picture taken. The shoulders of the person in the seat look high in comparison to bar location.

Have you guys come up with an attachment location the 5th and 6th point yet?

I do understand unless your running a dedicated racing seat for one driver it hard to cover all the bases. Somewhat surprised Chevy did not cut a slit in their competion seat for the submarine belt(s).
We can accommodate this easily by making larger or smaller end pieces to the main bar, look closely where there are the two studs coming through with the nuts. We can machine larger end pieces to raise the bar up higher for taller drivers. And we also have locations for the 5th and 6th points as well. More pictures when those pieces come back from powder coating. As for spinal compression most if not all Sanctioning bodies require the shoulder harness to be at no more than a 20 degree angle.
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Originally Posted by MTI RACING
We can accommodate this easily by making larger or smaller end pieces to the main bar, look closely where there are the two studs coming through with the nuts. We can machine larger end pieces to raise the bar up higher for taller drivers. And we also have locations for the 5th and 6th points as well. More pictures when those pieces come back from powder coating. As for spinal compression most if not all Sanctioning bodies require the shoulder harness to be at no more than a 20 degree angle.
Perfect, thanks for the quick reply! Look forward to seeing the pics.
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Originally Posted by MTI RACING
Here is a quick video showing the difference between an occupant in the C7 with a harness and without a harness.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxU9-8sM6pQ
Will admit, watched the ENTIRE video.

Nice product!
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Originally Posted by ProChargerTech
Will admit, watched the ENTIRE video.

Nice product!
More videos to come of the C7. You will enjoy the recent one at Roebling Road and Road Atlanta.
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I have to ask... where is this tying into? If there's no panel removal or cutting, is it just bolting into the main bulkhead?
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Originally Posted by Theta
I have to ask... where is this tying into? If there's no panel removal or cutting, is it just bolting into the main bulkhead?
I was wondering the same

When should we expect more pictures?
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I only see a 4-point harness in the pics.
Are you running the lower front anti-submarine belts over the seat base and is that legal for SCCA and NASA.
Also, in the Autocross/Roadracing section can MTI confirm the mods on the car that went a :12.7 at Roebling?

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Originally Posted by Theta
I have to ask... where is this tying into? If there's no panel removal or cutting, is it just bolting into the main bulkhead?
Bolts directly to the chassis and to the rear portion of the seat rail on the stock seat.

Originally Posted by Theo Harris
I was wondering the same

When should we expect more pictures?
Trying to get more pictures gathered at the moment.

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I only see a 4-point harness in the pics.
Are you running the lower front anti-submarine belts over the seat base and is that legal for SCCA and NASA.
Also, in the Autocross/Roadracing section can MTI confirm the mods on the car that went a :12.7 at Roebling?

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We do currently have a six point setup. At the time of pictures we did not have the front submarine belt pieces back from the powder coaters. Also I started a MTI C7 build thread and all of the mods are listed in that thread.

Thread is located here: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c7-g...-stingray.html
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Originally Posted by MTI RACING
Bolts directly to the chassis and to the rear portion of the seat rail on the stock seat.

Trying to get more pictures gathered at the moment.
Thanks for clearing that up - I'd love to see more pics when you get a chance. The height adjustability is a big deal for those of us keeping the stock seats.

The other bars out there essentially need the comp seats to have the correct angles.
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