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Old 07-14-2006, 07:00 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Since my car is a convertible, am I required to install a roll cage to race at the tracks? Also, I would feel a little safer if I had one.

Any suggestions of a good roll cage?
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Old 07-14-2006, 07:50 AM   #2 (permalink)
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You need to call or go to their website, they usually will tell you the rules or if you call they will. Were i go, you don't need one, but other places require a 4 point and a helmet if you have a convertible. Also if you keep the top up, they shouldn't ask if you have one.
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Old 07-14-2006, 08:16 AM   #3 (permalink)
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verts faster then 13.99 need a cage. Do most track enforce that? not really.
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Go check because it recently changed for 2006.

and what you want is a 'roll bar' not a 'roll cage' a bar is a 4-8pt that has a bar over your head, were as the cage goes down the A-pillers etc.

i know before this year the rule was for a coupe, 11.99-10.00 needed a 'bar' were as faster then 10.00 needs a cage.

as of 2006 11.50-10.00 needs a bar.

I cant say for sure about the vert though
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Old 07-14-2006, 10:22 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Safety is #1 but your posting in the:wrongforu

What's that black bar behind your head for? I'm not very familiar the Vert's isn't that a rollbarish thing? or a body stabilizer?
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verts faster then 13.99 need a cage. Do most track enforce that? not really.
That's true, they haven't said nothing to me and i go faster than a 13.99
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Safety is #1 but your posting in the:wrongforu

What's that black bar behind your head for? I'm not very familiar the Vert's isn't that a rollbarish thing? or a body stabilizer?
Styling Bar. They do add to help make it more rigid, but it's for looks too.
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Yeah I dont think it would help much if I flipped. Its more for style.


Thats what I meant...a roll bar, where could I find a good one? and can I take it in and out?
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Yeah I dont think it would help much if I flipped. Its more for style.


Thats what I meant...a roll bar, where could I find a good one? and can I take it in and out?
http://www.brothersperformance.com/c...roducts_id/528

U can bolt it in or weld it in, but your rear interior side panels will have to have a hole cut for it to connect the rear part of the roll bar. So taking it in and out is possible but it will be a pain in the a$$ to do it. I would just weld it in and call it a day. and yeah the styling bar, i wouldn't call it a life saver.
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Weld the bar in, dont bolt it in. Thats like bolting in subframes.

Anything with 8 points or less is a roll bar. Anything with more then 8 points is a cage.
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That's true, they haven't said nothing to me and i go faster than a 13.99
Ford Verts it sbeen that for awhile now. Like i said though most places dont enforce it becuase its kinda retarded. Fromw hat i see most places dont care till you in the 12's or 11's in a vert. Coupe they cant say **** till 11.99. This is all of last years rules it could be different this year i havent looked yet.
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