At the dyno day tech Al noticed that my bling carbon fiber seat had expired and I needed a seat back brace. The roll cage cross bar is too high to mount the IO Port brace normally. This might work however:

From the side:



From the back:



The centerline of the brace is about even with the bottom of the harness holes. Al said that the seat back brace is not just for rear impacts, but side impacts also. For that reason, I think that any strength lost from having one of the mounting bolts between the harness holes is gained by having the brace bar so short.

My questions, not necessarily in order of importance:

1. Will this pass tech?

2. Is this a good idea?

I'm not sure if I can get an extra cross bar welded to the cage on this short notice, so if this doesn't pass tech (or is a really bad idea) I'll have the miss the weekend.