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You have som experience in the field. That is good. Makes the discussion more intersting =)
I can partially agree with you on the seat-bolts. You should sand down the area first. That should go without saying really.
As to the belt fastening points, I see no reason to not use them. From an electrical point of view (i am an electronic engineer after all), given that you sand down the area, and don't use a painted bolt (which I cannot remember to have encountered in any of these two positions), should give you as solid a ground as you can get in a car without welding or soldering.
Given time, rust and corrotion(or whatever that stuff that piles up on you battery poles is called in english) can make the connection weaker, but on these places things should be fastened so thightly that the forces forcing the threads together should stop any grit and grime from getting between them.
I can se a couple of resons not to use them, seen from a major chains point of view. If they mess up, and the seat belt or seat loosens in a crash, then they would be in for a major lawsuit. So better keep your hands off them. As long as you use common sense, the belt and seat fastening points should do just fine for grounding.
I do see the problem with painted bolts. Does cars tend to use that now? I have never seen that in the mentioned places before.
Getting that world championship is a lot of work, and believe me, all due respect for that. I am a bit curious about the US definition of world champions though. It seems to me that most of these world champion titles are won without much outside competition. Some US sports also seem to do this, even though only US teams are part of the competitions. Is that just a misunderstanding from my part? I do realize that "outsiders" are allowed to compete, but give that US has less than 10% of the worlds population, are more than 50% of the competetors from outside USA? Some input from one who actually has competed in these competitions would be very interesting, if you don't mind =)
I know that European competitions usually allows outside competetors, but the titles are usually European Champion, or German Champion. It might seem a bit weird that a englishman can be German Champion, but it happens sometimes. After all, a world champion is also the champion of France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Russia, India and China.
-Ko_deZ-
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