Nuther roll bar question, Wife thinks I'm a nut Options

[Joe Ricard]

So yesterday I went and bought bathroom scale.. WHY? so I can weigh my car parts of course.

The black parts car I picked up had a roll bar in it. fairly standard piece I guess hoop from top of long to top of long and a diagonal brace pass corner to upper driver corner. with a charlie bar going to the passenger floor board.

whole thing is 41 pounds. Pretty heavy tubing and half ass decent welds.

Since I am not wheel to wheel racing I guess it will be just fine.

also ran through a few set of wheels and tires just for kicks.

15 x 7 diamonds (knarly) with hard ass Yoko Advans 43lbs
15 x 8 Diamond Pro R3S04 Hoosiers 39 lbs
15 x 8.5 Centerlines with Hoosier slicks 30.5 pounds (IMG:style_emoticons/default/clap56.gif)

[jhadler]

Check the rules. I'm pretty sure that the GCR's require that the cage be mounted to the -floor-. A rediculous requirement for the 914 I know. But there are ways to do it. Most commonly is that the cage meets the mounting plate on the long, but the mounting plate itself wraps down to the floor and is attached to both the long, and the floor together.

I'm thinking of doing a bolt in 6 point cage. Kindof a modified autopower cage. 4 points behind the driver (floor/long and B pillar), and then some forward extensions that tie into the front of the long as well. Then run a bar across the back as a harness giude.

-Josh2