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jbrown97ls

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Samurai_Blue said:
This should be good enough for nhra too. The cage builder at Kontrolle said they've seen some ghetto stuff from the drag guys
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I believe it. I'm going to upgrade mine eventually. It's good for now but when I go faster I need to make it a full cage.

Also, a lot of drag guys don't use 4130
 

Samurai_Blue

Yolo Whippin'
jbrown97ls said:
I believe it. I'm going to upgrade mine eventually. It's good for now but when I go faster I need to make it a full cage.

Also, a lot of drag guys don't use 4130
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im not sure whst that is. Roll bars to my knowledge are all supposed to use DOM tubing and the sizing is based on weight of the car.
 

jbrown97ls

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Samurai_Blue said:
im not sure whst that is. Roll bars to my knowledge are all supposed to use DOM tubing and the sizing is based on weight of the car.
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Correct. It's a higher quality steel. I went with 1.75" OD annnnd I cannot remember the wall thickness. Maybe 0.063? I could be way off.

Sadly a lot of guys get some shit material and bird shit weld it in. My local track does a terrible job at inspection. It scares me.
 

Samurai_Blue

Yolo Whippin'
it seems to be a thing with NHRA. And everyone wonders why people die drag racing. The guy who just died in the crx, after seeing his cage i wasnt surprised. You cant have that much power and be protected by a janky cage. I also went with the 1.75" x .095" which "saved about 7-10lb" off my original roll bar which was 1.57x.12" lol
 


jbrown97ls

Active Member
Samurai_Blue said:
it seems to be a thing with NHRA. And everyone wonders why people die drag racing. The guy who just died in the crx, after seeing his cage i wasnt surprised. You cant have that much power and be protected by a janky cage. I also went with the 1.75" x .095" which "saved about 7-10lb" off my original roll bar which was 1.57x.12" lol
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I witnessed that wreck. I don't think the seat was properly attached either. Very unfortunate.

Dang! That's surprising. I thought it would have been around the same with you adding so much to it!
 

Samurai_Blue

Yolo Whippin'
My roll bar was 70lb and i think they got it down to like 65lb and not sure how much everything else weighs. We plan on corner balancing it soon.
 

HRubss

I'm a gearheAd
Samurai_Blue said:
My roll bar was 70lb and i think they got it down to like 65lb and not sure how much everything else weighs. We plan on corner balancing it soon.
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So is this like a career of yours or do you just track for the fun of it? I was just curious :lol:
 


Samurai_Blue

Yolo Whippin'
HRubss said:
So is this like a career of yours or do you just track for the fun of it? I was just curious :lol:
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its just for fun. I am technically in the industry. I do graphic design/track support for a Spec E30 team and am 'lead mechanic' over a PTE classed miata while at the track. I will be doing NASA TT next year.
 

HRubss

I'm a gearheAd
Samurai_Blue said:
its just for fun. I am technically in the industry. I do graphic design/track support for a Spec E30 team and am 'lead mechanic' over a PTE classed miata while at the track. I will be doing NASA TT next year.
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Well that's cool. I see that you guys spend a lot of money for modifications so I figured that it must because you either have a lot of money or it's your career :lol:
 

Samurai_Blue

Yolo Whippin'
HRubss said:
Well that's cool. I see that you guys spend a lot of money for modifications so I figured that it must because you either have a lot of money or it's your career :lol:
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I havent spent a lot of money on mods in a while...not sure what you mean.
 
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