The Broom stick test

[ike84]

Holy schnikes, talk about a revival!

Robert, what exactly is your setup? Where are your seats mounted? Are you using sliders? Are you using a cushion in your seat?

A few interesting tidbits I've learned about the safety aspects of our cars -

Limited production models aren't required for nhtsb safety testing. Our cars were never formally crash tested before being sold.

The boron tubes in the a pillars don't go to the top of the windscreen, only 2/3 of the way. In this respect, the broomstick test means jack ****************. I can recall at least one pic of a 986 rollover that very clearly demonstrated this point.

The stock hardware used for mounting isn't top grade! I **************** you not. I forget the details off the top of my head but when I tore all this down in my build I remember thinking "none of this would pass sfi inspection and the only reason it's allowed is because Porsche put it there... But Porsche never formally crash tested the car...wtf?).


I did a writeup on this a while ago and got some pretty nasty feedback. I don't remember the title of the post but I'm sure it could be found.

With all that being said, I don't think that the 986 is an unsafe car. But it was not designed to be tracked hard (the manual even states this). If you're deliberately putting yourself in a hazardous situation where a rollover may happen, gut all the stock stuff and do a legit cage/harness install. You'll never have to worry about it again.

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