Cop Car

iTrader: (14)

i am looking into getting a cage made.. and i was just wondering if the main hoop (that goes from the floor pan up around your head) can be leaned back or if it has to stay straight vertical... someone told me that the main hoop has to be straight up and down and it cant lean back at the top if i want to pass NHRA sanctions.. any help?

chrismorales75

it can be leaned back some

Fireball

iTrader: (21)

it can lean. I know 25.5 says it can be as much as 20*

Cop Car

iTrader: (14)

is there any rule book online that will tell me... its not that i dont trust you guys.. its just that i want to make 100% sure about this before i go and start spending money on this cage...

car_fixer

how fast are you wanting to go? your best bet would be an nhra rule book, they put the new ones out in the middle of january or so, or if you plan to 8.49 or quicker go to the sfi website and purchase the spec book for what you need., they dont really post rules on the internet like scca and nasa do, i wish they did too.

Dan / Wolfe Race Craft

iTrader: (3)

It can lean back!

Caveman

iTrader: (2)

I never new you guys went 4.79 with that car , holy **** that is fast.

Well so is the 7.40 1/4.

Fireball

iTrader: (21)

I just looked at my rule book, it didn't specify, but I know my SFI 25.5 book said 20* layback permitted, I wouldn't go any further than that

chrismorales75

20* is a lot I wouldn't see any reason to even go 20*.

BTW what's the difference from 25.5 and 25.2 is it just the weight limit? Or are there other additional bars?

JUICED96Z

iTrader: (2)

I would never lean it back, if you were to put in on the roof that bar being straight would allow the roof to colapse a little less and would be stronger. Might just be a little but a little is a little.

I am about your height and my last car and a 10 point in it with the main hoop being straight up and my head was never close to it, it was only an issue with the overhead bars. If you are going for looks then safter is more important.

Fireball

iTrader: (21)

Alot more bars. roof is "X"ed (instead of a diagonal in 25.5), 3 x's under the car, some bars are larger diameter and alot of joint gussets

JRracing

iTrader: (35)

I would put it straight as possible. Maybe a little angle to it. who is going to do the work for you?

Cop Car

iTrader: (14)

not sure who im going to have do it. or if im going to buy a kit to do it myself. im wanting to do a 10 point or so...

this is going to go in my datsun.. so the car is really small.. there isnt a lot of room in there. so i am not sure whats going to go on with it.

car_fixer

what kind of datsun, most dont have a drag kit available, if you use crome-moly tubing it can be smaller diameter so it will save a little room, no matter how you slice it its going to be tight, use lots of padding, cuse by the time you get in you wont want to drive from the headache lol

Fireball

iTrader: (21)

WRONG!!!

chromemoly allows you to use thinner tubing, but the same outer diameter rules apply between mild steel and chromemoly

chrismorales75

LOL car_fixer at it again huh. Just yesterday that guy told me to go FWD and mini tub my front end

Cop Car

iTrader: (14)

car is backhalved... so i dont think any kit would fit in it..

JUICED96Z

iTrader: (2)

Not sure on the Dautson but on the F-bodies you would just have to move the to back bars in.

Custom cages fit and look a lot better.

JRracing

iTrader: (35)

I agree, that's why I'm having Norman do mine. I could'nt buy it from wolf and pay someone to tig it in there any cheaper. And he is doing through the floor SFC's.

I did a wolf in my camaro last year and it turned out great. But in the end, I could of paid someone what I had in doing it.

JUICED96Z

iTrader: (2)

Same here on my WOLFE, would have cost just as much to have someone do one from scratch.