Today, I placed an order for the Wolfe Racecraft Rollbar. I ordered the 5-point mild steel bolt-in bar.

Options I chose include:

Swing-out driver's side bar - a must!
Straight rear bars - the pics on the website show the bent rear bars, but I believe the straight rear bars are a much better design. Plus, I'm not 100% sure if the bent rear bars meet NHRA regulations.
Powercoated black - another must, just look at how nasty the non-powdercoated bar looks in the pics on Wolfe's website

They said I should have the bar in 2-3 weeks. :D The total cost for my setup came to $670. A great deal if you ask me. As for the install, I'm going to call my mechanic tomorrow, and find out how long he thinks it'll take to bolt up. The guy at Wolfe said the install was very simple, with actually getting the bar into the car being the trickiest part.

You can see the bar here: http://www.wolferacecraft.com/pages/c5.htm

Note: on the site, they only show 4 and 6-point bars. But, a 5-point is available if you ask. :yesnod:

Along with the bar, I also ordered a Sparco 6-point harness from R-D Racing ($215) and a fire jacket from Racer Wholesale ($150). A lot of money, but at least I'll finally meet NHRA regulations, and be albe to run 11s without worrying about being thrown out. :D :cool:

I'll let everyone know how I like the bar once it's installed. Oh, and don't worry, I'll be sure to post lots of pics too. :D :D :D

 

I was thinking NHRA required a 6-point rollbar??? :confused:

 

hey billy :cheers: now you need some et streets......... can you imagine what kinda 60 ft you could pull with the new set up........ hang on !!!!!!

 

Nope, just 5-point. :yesnod:

Hey Brent! Yeah, I wish I could do ET Streets, but living 100 miles away from the track, it's a tricky situation. They wouldn't last long if I drive that distance on them. Maybe next year if I can figure something out. In the mean time, I'm hoping to cut some nice Pig-like 60ft times with my 315 BFGs. :D

 

you are more then welcome to leave them at my house :)

 

Thanks Chris! :cheers: Since I just bought the 315 BFGs, I think I'll probably use them for a little while. But next season I'd love to run ET Streets, and I might just take you up on your offer if I do. :)

 

I drive my et streets and skinnines on the street all summer and have 1 thousand miles on them no problem and they still have some decent tread on them. You would be surprised as how easy it would be to drive 100 miles to the track and back on the et streets and skinnines with cruise control set at 70mph, as long as there is no rain in the forecast!:D

Let's not forget that these cheater slicks are DOT approved and run by many bad ar se street cars which can only hook up with an awesome tire like this.

Nitrovette :smash:

 

Nitrovette, thanks for sharing your experiences with ET Streets. At least I know it wouldn't be completely out of the question for me to drive to the track on them every so often if need be. I didn't know you could put so many street miles on them. About how many more miles do you expect to get out of them before they'll need replacing? How much does a pair of the ET Streets cost when it comes time to replace them?

 

hey billy......i drive 60 miles to e town and back on my et streets..... not too bad as long as its not going to rain.......... mine cost 165 each...

 

The nice thing about the bolt in cage is you dont have to drop the fuel tank! I just have no idea how that cage is going to slide into a hardtop. If you could take pictures of how you get the roll cage in the car that would be very interesting! :cheers:

 

Billy just got home from Cartek (4:30 am) and Dave put my bar in, Varramm and CCW's. Yes it was tricky getting it inside the car. We had to remove the center console and shifter. We also had to modify the main loop plates to fit the floor board. The bar is a tight squeeze as opposed to the DRM bar. The bar was kinda of a pain, but I think you will like the end results. I guess I have the bent rear bars, which don't look bad. The swing out is nice and fits perfect. My only gripe was that they could have made the post which connects the swingout, a lil shorter. Also the main loop should be lil lower cause it almost hits the rear window on the FRC. All in all its looks good and is NHRA approved. I ordered my racing jacket and Harness thru Summit and had it overnighted. Dave is going to finish putting in the rear carpet in tomorrow (actually today), so I'll be ready to ROCK'N'ROLL in the QUICK 4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BTW I got the Chromoly one looks awesome and is powdercoated.


[Modified by C5_PIG, 5:32 AM 7/26/2002]

 

Mark,

Is that the Wolfe Racing bar?

I got to mine in next week. Those plates look like they are a wierd shape and could be a pain in the rear. I also did notice that that the side bar attachment point just over your left shoulder looks a little long. How is is with the swing out bar removed?

Did you get the weld in/ bolt in bar or the bolt together/ bolt in?

Any pictures??

 

Hey all, I just called Wolfe and made a change to my order. After some thinking I decided to go with chromoly insteaed of mild steel. The bars won't be quite as big, and I'll save some weight. Not sure how much, but everything helps. The cost changed from $670 to $970. I just decided, if I'm doing something this big, I might as well do it right the first time. Plus, I wanna be like Mark.:D :D :D


[Modified by BillY2KFRC, 10:20 AM 7/26/2002]

 

Well, I guess it's not cheap to be safe.

I'll be checking your car, Mark, to see this bar.

Billy, You are really making me think about this! Nevertheless, very cool.

:yesnod:

 

Thank you all for meeting the safety requirements.

 

:cheers: :cheers: Getting one also :yesnod:
The rules in the parking lot require that I have a roll bar now :( It use to be fun parking on the other side of the fence . By being a cheerleader I thought I could get away with it :lol: :lol: