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I was going to put a roll bar in mine, but the seat will have to move forward some and I'm 6'3", so that idea went out the window. Plus I wasn't a fan of how it looks with top down!
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Local guy here had one built like 10 years back, always liked that one. I believe Allthrottleandsomebottle bought that car a few years back. May have some good info/pics. I'll see if I can dig up some old pics of Joe's car. I may have some from during build.
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I was thinking of just a single bar so it would be legal to run at the track
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The 5-point in that blue car was removable. Bar will do bad stuff when hit, helmet or not. It's very hard to get adequate clearance in any of these cars, top down vert with a tall cross bar being an exception. Seating position needs to be a bit forward, not so comfy for long drives. The design of that particular bar was a pretty good compromise for how the car would be used. This is a hard problem for a multi-use car.
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Wolfcraft has some pictures of converts with their rollbar.
Check it out.
I am not sure what hard-core is as far as the track is concerned.
A rollbar is pretty cheap compared to chaseing horsepower.
I have never understood big hp and no rollbar/cage. Bragging
rights or something like that.????
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actually to get around the NHRA rule on roll bars in convertables. I am qyit sure the car will go faster than 13.99 so I need a roll bar technically, but I used to run my 66 vert with just the convertable hard top and never got any crap at tech inspection. Just wondering if the C5 would slid on this as well. and yes it would keep the rain off
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Depends on the tech, track, and event. You would probably get by for most non-sanctioned events if you aren't modded much. It does suck that bone stock you need a bar if they choose to enforce. Local track here seems to start looking more closely if you make a sub-12 pass. YMMV.
I'm not wild about cages or bars in street cars due to the safety considerations.
I'm not wild about cages or bars in street cars due to the safety considerations.
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I'm sure you've seen the cage and pictures from Wolf.
I personally think a vert with a bar and racing seats/harnesses looks awesome. I plan on installing them on my vert by the end of the year.
I personally think a vert with a bar and racing seats/harnesses looks awesome. I plan on installing them on my vert by the end of the year.
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looks very cool does top still go up and down with these?
