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I had ordered my fire suit from Wesco Performance and they had it to me in less than a month and I'm very happy with it so far. It is a SFI 3-2A/20 suit, so it is good for anything I might ever drive. They request lots of measurements and by the fit I'd say they use them. I wanted a good fitting suit due to the space limitations in the car. The cost was reasonable at about $760 plus I spend an other $60 on having my name put on the suit plus the horizontal stripes. The helmet and gloves are G-Force and came from Safe Racer . The helmet is a G-Force Proforce Air SA2005 Helmet. I hope to get some ventilation into the helmet some way. Safe Racer is in Missouri and they were good to work with and sent me two sizes of gloves to try on and I sent the ones back I didn't want and they credited my card back. Give them a call. The Shoes are also G-Force and I got them from Summit when I was ordering some other car stuff for my pickup. I'm happy with how all of this fits.
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I got in the car to see how I would fit with the belts all on.
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The far right arrow points to an area that will get full plates to protect my elbows in this area. You can also see the importance of having the controls either made exactly for the driver or having them adjustable like I have. One problem I have is my right leg is 1 1/2 inches longer than the left leg. In the picture you can see how the left leg (middle arrow) lies flatter in the car. I can move the pedal assemblies individually if I want to until I get the feel I want. Also you can see how important it is to have the steering where it feels good to you and so that your arms are in the right position to operate the controls.
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The arrow points to where the helmet air inlet just seems to clear the left
helmet movement limit bar. I might have to work on this area. Also the padding is not on the bottom of the roll
bars in the picture, but I will clear those by a little bit. You can also see how the helmet was fogging and this
was summer time (about 70 in the shop). Blowing air into the helmet air inlet cleared it right up. I'd like to
have it hooked to a cool box while on the starting line and at the last moment (a car back or so) switch it to
a duct on the car that will supply air on the run.
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