 NHRA Targa Top Vs Conertible, Is a Targa Top considered a Convertible by NHRA Standards |
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| wallys914 |
 Feb 26 2010, 08:34 PM
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In life you don't get what you want, you get what you negoia  Group: Members Posts: 190 Joined: 10-October 08 From: Garden Grove, Member No.: 9,631 Region Association: Southern California  |
I want to run my 914-v8 at the track, but the rules state that a convertible must have a roll bar if it is faster than 13.49 sec in a quarter mile. Is a car that has a targa top considered a convertible by NHRA standards?
This is my last hope before I call a NHRA tech... |
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| SirAndy |
Feb 26 2010, 09:47 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,622 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(wallys914 @ Feb 26 2010, 06:34 PM)  I want to run my 914-v8 at the track, but the rules state that a convertible must have a roll bar if it is faster than 13.49 sec in a quarter mile. Is a car that has a targa top considered a convertible by NHRA standards? This is my last hope before I call a NHRA tech... Not sure about NHRA, but most other organizations accept our build-in rollbar ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) Andy |
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| Randal |
Feb 27 2010, 11:07 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,446 Joined: 29-May 03 From: Los Altos, CA Member No.: 750 |
QUOTE(wallys914 @ Feb 26 2010, 06:34 PM) I want to run my 914-v8 at the track, but the rules state that a convertible must have a roll bar if it is faster than 13.49 sec in a quarter mile. Is a car that has a targa top considered a convertible by NHRA standards? This is my last hope before I call a NHRA tech... With drag slicks your car has got to be under 13.49, more like 12's if it hooks up - and if your going that fast put in a cage, just for safety. |
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| wallys914 |
Feb 27 2010, 05:57 PM
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In life you don't get what you want, you get what you negoia Group: Members Posts: 190 Joined: 10-October 08 From: Garden Grove, Member No.: 9,631 Region Association: Southern California |
I have a cage in it, but I built it to SCCA Spec and not NHRA. SCCA requires a 1-1/2 DOM vs NHRA 1-5/8 DOM. So I dont know if they are are going to be dicks in tech, plus I need to add the Hoop cross bar for the cage to pass tech ...
Thanks guys.... |
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| Andyrew |
Feb 27 2010, 07:09 PM
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Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,376 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California 
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You tell them it'll run 14 seconds, Then if you run faster than they will let you you wont be able to do any more runs...
Pretty standard for fast convertible street cars. |
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| camaroz1985 |
Mar 1 2010, 01:07 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 90 Joined: 17-December 08 From: Bressler, PA Member No.: 9,857 Region Association: None |
I've been told it is not classified as a convertible.
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| wallys914 |
Mar 1 2010, 11:12 PM
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In life you don't get what you want, you get what you negoia Group: Members Posts: 190 Joined: 10-October 08 From: Garden Grove, Member No.: 9,631 Region Association: Southern California |
Thanks guys
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