[63corvette]

I think I may have struck a nerve earlier this week by submitting a design and stating I had no interest of producing them.
I do not like the two current designs so I came up with my own and submitted it to Glendora and my Division Tech director.
Seems a little strange we get a new revised rule in the same week as my submission.
My neighbor has a Ornamental Iron works so he may want to start producing the tethers as they are cheap to build and looks like with current pricing of the approved ones there is a good amount of profit to be made.
I built mine in less than an hour for under $30.
Below are pictures of the tethers and part of what I sent to NHRA.
Just My 2 Cents
Rick Cates

The design is just a one piece 3/16" stainless steel rod with eyes forged on each end to length for my Davis C-5 Corvette roadster headers which the pictures are of.
The loops are large enough to fit over the 3/4" wide stainless steel T bolt clamps studs with enough room for expansion of the headers as they heat up. Shown in pictures.
The clamps have a stainless steel aircraft grade nut to hold them under high temperature and vibration. I had to order those so the pictures are of a nylox nut which will be replaced once the aircraft lock nuts come in.
The only attachment points for possible failure are those 1/4" fine thread T bolts and aircraft nuts on the clamps.
This design is much simpler with less connection points than what is currently approved and I would like to have approval for my design for my use.