Roll bars for a convertable?
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Roll bars for a convertable?
A friend of mine is buying a 2003 convertable and would like to track it, but he would need to install a roll bar first. Is there a roll bar made for the convertables that could be welded to the frame, be safe on the track and also be able to put of the rag top as well?
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St. Jude Donor '07
Originally Posted by Mr X
A friend of mine is buying a 2003 convertable and would like to track it, but he would need to install a roll bar first. Is there a roll bar made for the convertables that could be welded to the frame, be safe on the track and also be able to put of the rag top as well?
Thanks!
Thanks!
Hope someone posts some other solutions.... I'd like one also.
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Originally Posted by TripleBlackxTwo
Wolfe Racecraft makes a convertible bar. IMO, the location of the vertical post makes it a little risky to drive on the street w/o a helmet... it's so close to your head. Good quality though... had a vert bar of theirs in an fbody and it was pretty nice.
Hope someone posts some other solutions.... I'd like one also.
Hope someone posts some other solutions.... I'd like one also.
Last edited by Mark33; Nov 23, 2005 at 03:03 PM.
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Originally Posted by TripleBlackxTwo
Wolfe Racecraft makes a convertible bar. IMO, the location of the vertical post makes it a little risky to drive on the street w/o a helmet... it's so close to your head. Good quality though... had a vert bar of theirs in an fbody and it was pretty nice.
Hope someone posts some other solutions.... I'd like one also.
Hope someone posts some other solutions.... I'd like one also.
Several commercially avaible roll bars have failed several HPDE tech inspections for road circuits. Be careful. Need to have 2" of head clearance from the top of the roll bar to the top of your helmet. ALso the roll bar must be padded.
4 point welded to the cars frame, no swing out door bars. main hoop needs one cross bar and one diagonal bar. 1 3/4" mild steel tubing with .120 inner diameter
Equal 5 or 6 point harness system for both seats too.
SCCA Solo I tech rules for auto-x and HPDEs.
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St. Jude Donor '07
Originally Posted by AU N EGL
Several commercially avaible roll bars have failed several HPDE tech inspections for road circuits. Be careful. Need to have 2" of head clearance from the top of the roll bar to the top of your helmet. ALso the roll bar must be padded.
4 point welded to the cars frame, no swing out door bars. main hoop needs one cross bar and one diagonal bar. 1 3/4" mild steel tubing with .120 inner diameter
Equal 5 or 6 point harness system for both seats too.
SCCA Solo I tech rules for auto-x and HPDEs.
4 point welded to the cars frame, no swing out door bars. main hoop needs one cross bar and one diagonal bar. 1 3/4" mild steel tubing with .120 inner diameter
Equal 5 or 6 point harness system for both seats too.
SCCA Solo I tech rules for auto-x and HPDEs.
mark33: Good suggestion on the padding sounds like that's a requirement at some tracks anyway.
Depending on your height, the 2" rule make break the deal. Only so much room to get the top up.
MrX: Your friend should spend some time researching the requirements of the tracks he plans to frequent. Also, different organizations may have different requirements at the same track. That is the case here.
