Eastern Members - IHRA peckerheads....

Well, the NHRA relaxes the rule for rollbars to 11.49 and faster, and the IHRA moves the rollbar rule to 13.49 and faster if you run a T-top car....What morons. Bye Bye New England Dragway. WJ :huh:

well isnt that just great :eyes: new england will be forced to close lol

Great... Maybe I can get someone to fill my roof... It's gonna suck when most LS1 cars are going to need a cage for their first mod. :gay:

SOn of a bitch! That is the gayest thing I have ever seen!

o gees. hell no i am not putting in a cage to run 13's, they will change those rules by april thats for sure

I really don't think that will stick.

Oh come on, they're looking out for your safety! Solid roof cars with lap belts and drum brakes all the way around are so much safer than your t-top, abs, air bag cars!

I wonder if the rule only applies for special events that IHRA host's. Even then, who the heck wants a roll cage just to run an event or two every year in a daily driver. I wonder if I can buy stock options in Wolfe :jest:

Oh come on, they're looking out for your safety! Solid roof cars with lap belts and drum brakes all the way around are so much safer than your t-top, abs, air bag cars!

I wonder if the rule only applies for special events that IHRA host's. Even then, who the heck wants a roll cage just to run an event or two every year in a daily driver. I wonder if I can buy stock options in Wolfe :jest:
yea but you have a roof :cry:

Yea I know, I dont care about you jerks with the t-tops. You people thought you were so cool getting t-tops now look at you, you've gotta install a 2 ton cage to run your death defying 13 second runs hahaha

your in on it arnt you ya lil bitch :mad: :jest:

hahahah

That IHRA rule is nuts! but if it's true about un-modded t-tops what does that include everyone mod it to some extent. is it unmodded motor ummodded suspension? Oh well maybe I should just leave my car the way it is and concentrate on finishing my 68 Firebird. I'll put a roll-cage in that, fuck that will need it.

HAHA my cage is justified

mike have any foam left? :devil: ill make it look like theres one :jest:

This has to be a joke?

If you pull down a headliner on a solid roof 4th gen. F-body, you will find that other than the solid roof skin, both solid and T-roof cars are structually virtually the same. 90% of all 4th gen coupes are T-roof cars. Believe it or not, there is very little difference in weight between similar-optioned solid and T-roof cars. IMO, the 13.49 IHRA T-top rule only proves that the NHRA is (and always was) a superior organization.....Usually, the tech people at NED are too lazy to get down and look under our cars to check for a driveshaft loop! They're more interested in seeing if you've got a "snell 95" sticker on your helmet.... Question: If 2 F-body's flipped at speed, going thru the traps, 1 a solid roof car, and 1 a T-roof car, which one would slide the farthest? (Prize for most original answer.) :jest: :D :D :D WJ

My money is on Joe's car.

joes car would slide the furthest due to 400 coats of wax

i new there was a reason i got the cage other than for looks :jest: speed wise my car is to slow to ever need it :cry:

well they finally dropped it

10.00 to 11.49

Rollcage: Add at the end of the section, A rollcage is mandatory on all convertibles running 10.99 or quicker ¼ or 6.99 or quicker 1/8 mile. T-top vehicles follow convertible guidelines.

11.50 to 13.49 section

Rollbar / Rollcage: A minimum of a 6 point roll bar is mandatory all convertibles running 11.00 to 13.49 ¼ mile and 8.25 or quicker 1/8 mile. A roll cage is mandatory on any entry that exceeds 135 mph.

I know the rule sucks, but remember one thing, those "peckerheads" are looking out for your best interest.

It's all about the insurance. We spend more on our cars so they can get cheaper premiums. If they were really worried about us, we would all be running cages no matter what the car was, neck braces and 5 point seat belts.

They should be making older cars convert to better brakes, install better safety restraints and also install cages. I would prefer to get into an accident in my car doing 100 than one of those old death traps doing 60.

Sure, they care to a point about our safety but this is probaly more about their $$$ pockets than anything.

Yeah, Big Mike....They've changed it already to 12.20...... Bet they'll be right with NHRA come spring. They REALLY CARE about our safety.....Right. You have a cage in your cement truck?? :jest: WJ

I know the rule sucks, but remember one thing, those "peckerheads" are looking out for your best interest.I've seen this type answer allot on many other boards & this is the 1st time I'll reply.

So that would mean all cars that come from the factory that can run that quick should come with built in cages or else the driver is at risk of injury?

I don't think so.

It's a conspiricy with the parts mfrs to sell more parts to drag racers!