<VV> seat belt install

[Ken Pepke]

True, Scotty ... and that is a requirement for mounting race car seat belts.  The recommended way surely reduces lateral support.  I cannot be sure if it was their thinking but, perhaps the crossing of the belts was to discourage owners from routing the seatbelt through the seat itself where it could have been damaged by the tilting action of the seat back on the 2 door sedan / coupe models.

Ken P
Wyandotte, MI
Worry looks around; Sorry looks back, Faith looks up.

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> From: ScottyGrover at aol.com
> Date: November 2, 2011 8:59:47 AM EDT
> To: Sethracer at aol.com, corvairgrymm at gmail.com, virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> seat belt install
> 
> Seth,
> Did GM know something that the rest of the manufacturers didn't?  All  the 
> cars I have ever driven --prior to the side-mount type that's used now--had  
> the belt ends mounted so as to wrap the belt securely around the driver or  
> passenger with the anchorages configured so that they were straight back 
> from  the side of the driver.
> 
> Scotty from Hollyweird
> 
> 
> In a message dated 11/1/2011 11:01:04 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
> Sethracer at aol.com writes:
> 
> In a  message dated 11/1/2011 8:34:48 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,   
> corvairgrymm at gmail.com writes:
> 
> On the  other hand if I had any  desire to install a center console I'd
> simply  install stronger  mounting points for the inboard belt ends =)
> 
> 
> Ray   R.
> 
> 
> Ray - I don't think it is a strength issue. The problem is the  location.  
> When incorrectly connected to the same-side seat belt  mount, the  seat 
> belt 
> system has inadequate fore/aft restraint for  the rider. In  an accident, 
> the 
> belt which is now installed "around"  the seat and driver will  "straighten 
> out" on the sides, letting the  rider move forward too far. Not  through 
> the 
> windshield, but perhaps  into the dash and most certainly, depending  only 
> on 
> the seats  location, into the steering wheel. With the inside belt  secured 
> 
> across the cars centerline it is designed to rotate a bit under   
> impact,and 
> provide better fore-aft restraint. If you decide to  install  better belts. 
> keep their performance in mind.    
> 
> Seth Emerson