Anyone using a scatter shield?

[x-ring]

after hearing what happend to your car... and what happend to the Jenson of Ron's last year, I think that might be a rules creep worth having!

hoop

Rules creep?

9.1.3.D.1.m states, in part

The addition of an external scattershield per GCR 9.3.39., is permitted and recommended.

It looks to me like we can do it now.

After my crank failure last year, which left some shrapnel holes in the transmission tunnel on the passenger side, I added some 1/4" 6061-T6 plate. I was thinking about some Kevlar sheet, but it doesn't seem to be allowed.

[MMiskoe]

I've seen the kevlar blankets, they seem like they would be pretty universal. I'm surprised they couldn't be placed to help protect the driver in a FWD.

I did see an RX7 turn into shrapnell once, or rather I saw the result. While doing something like checking timing in the paddock (not sure what he was up to) the throttle jammed open. Everything stopped only because the flying pcs severed a fuel line, which subsequently caught fire and burned up most of the car. The driver was not so lucky, broken jaw & ankle.

The other moral of this story is that fire & rescue are set up to respond much faster to track incidents than paddock fires.

[markw]

Contact Peter Shadowen at RoadnRace Automotive. Info at roadnrace dot com. He fabricated a nice shield for his GT Rabbit after he split an engine and transmission in half. It utilizes the two upper bellhousing mounting bolts and the cast hole near the clutch cable. It won't keep the parts from coming out the bottom, but should prevent them from entering the driver compartment. I was behind him when his came apart. Quite an explosion.

[dick elliott]

[quote=MMiskoe;276308]I've seen the kevlar blankets, they seem like they would be pretty universal. I'm surprised they couldn't be placed to help protect the driver in a FWD.

I've used the automatic transmission blankets on the inside of the car for years. Keeps you safe and your feet cool and in one piece. Has pases tech several times at the nationals. Buy them at swap meets for $20 bucks or so.