 Tall guy roll cage, Pics please |
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| r_towle |
 Oct 25 2014, 07:17 PM
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Custom Member  Group: Members Posts: 24,562 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States 
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sir Andy ( please post a pic again, sigh) or others...
Please post a picture of a roll cage that allows a tall person to push the seat all the way back. I would like a single thread to show Foley, who i am certain has many ideas of his own, cause he is not short. I will have foley do this for us, so I am just looking for some details on the horizontal bar for the harness, and how the seat fits at the end of the project. Rich |
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| SirAndy |
Oct 25 2014, 08:13 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,606 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
This one probably shows it best...
Rear before door crossbeams:  Door crossbeams and front:  |
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| GregAmy |
Oct 25 2014, 08:23 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,267 Joined: 22-February 13 From: Middletown CT Member No.: 15,565 Region Association: North East States
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Go look at my ex-ITA race car in his storage shed across the parking lot...that's a cage he built many moons ago and the seat should go all the way back. Have him remove the seat back brace (I'm replacing the seat anyway), move the seat around, see how you fit.
GA, 6' 1"... |
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| ChrisFoley |
Oct 25 2014, 10:34 PM
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I am Tangerine Racing Group: Members Posts: 7,909 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Bolton, CT Member No.: 209 Region Association: None
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QUOTE(r_towle @ Oct 25 2014, 08:17 PM)  sir Andy ( please post a pic again, sigh) or others... Please post a picture of a roll cage that allows a tall person to push the seat all the way back. I would like a single thread to show Foley, who i am certain has many ideas of his own, cause he is not short. I will have foley do this for us, so I am just looking for some details on the horizontal bar for the harness, and how the seat fits at the end of the project. Rich You could have asked me first. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) A harness bar like Andy showed has been standard in my 914 cages since 1994. |
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| r_towle |
Oct 26 2014, 08:29 AM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,562 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States
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Just wanted to see ideas.....I know you will make me fit somehow, but I can't even deal with the seat up one notch.
It's my lower body and long legs that are the issue.... |
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| ChrisFoley |
Oct 26 2014, 08:58 AM
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I am Tangerine Racing Group: Members Posts: 7,909 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Bolton, CT Member No.: 209 Region Association: None
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If you could stop by this coming week I'd have you try sitting in a customer's track car that's ready to go home very soon.
He's taller than you are. |
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| EdwardBlume |
Oct 26 2014, 09:23 AM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 12,338 Joined: 2-January 03 From: SLO Member No.: 81 Region Association: Central California
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This is from Patrrick Motorsports...
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| jeff |
Oct 26 2014, 09:36 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 252 Joined: 17-January 04 From: thousand oaks,ca Member No.: 1,570 |
Look at the floor..
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| PanelBilly |
Oct 26 2014, 11:43 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,797 Joined: 23-July 06 From: Kent, Wa Member No.: 6,488 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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That's a fantastic idea. I might just need to cut my car up and copy this
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| jeff |
Oct 26 2014, 02:34 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 252 Joined: 17-January 04 From: thousand oaks,ca Member No.: 1,570 |
I wonder if lowering the floor like that would have any significant effect on downforce at speed? I'd hate to accidentally due something that could make the car uneasy at 120 mph +.... ? Thoughts?
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| r_towle |
Oct 26 2014, 05:32 PM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,562 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States
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Headroom for tall guys....
Once the helmet is on, it's darn close to the roof. |
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