Drag Racing Tech - Roll bar question

According to this diagram below. It states that the driver's helmet must be a maximum of 6" from the bar. Well in my case that is impossible :bang:

I'm only 5'0 tall :emb:

So my seat is mounted very close to the steering wheel.

What do I do??

http://www.nhra.com/images/rollbar.gif

Get a boster seat!

Get a boster seat!

I don't have an issue with not sitting high enough genius :eyes:

Get A Bigger Helmet!!!lmao....nah I Was J/k I Think Your Fine!! Technically The Seat Needsd To Be Moved In Near The Trans Tunnel Especially With All You Guys Running Aftermarket Seats In Your Late Model F-bodys!

I've never heard of that before. Any reason why?

It's so your head is protected in a rollover, if you're too far from the bar it won't stop teh car from crushing on you.

You can move the main hoop foreward some, that is your only real option. You need a 6 pt too, that 5 pt is for nhra, epping won't like it.

I've never heard of that before. Any reason why?the late model f-body is so aero dynamic that the body rolling in you need to move aftermarket seats over towards the trans tunnel to put you more in the center of the hoop! to get you closer to that 6'' that they want you to be within.

It's so your head is protected in a rollover, if you're too far from the bar it won't stop teh car from crushing on you.

You can move the main hoop foreward some, that is your only real option. You need a 6 pt too, that 5 pt is for nhra, epping won't like it.

I'm doing the 6pt.

We are moving it alittle bit in but not much. Don won't be able to drive the car if I move it too far :jest:

I'm doing the 6pt.

We are moving it alittle bit in but not much. Don won't be able to drive the car if I move it too far :jest:are you using a after market seat?

are you using a after market seat?

Yes I have this seat

http://static.summitracing.com/global/images/prod/large/sum-g1100_cp.jpg

Mount the seat in the car, adjust it so you can reach the pedals and steering wheel with your head fully against the seat without a helmet, then put your helmet on, then see how far back your head sits, then adjust the main hoop to be within 6" from the back of your helmet to the front of the main hoop bar. There is no rule that says your head has to be close to the top.

The 5" rule they are talking about hight wise means that the two rear bars that go into the hatch area, can not be mounted lower than 5" from the top of the main hoop.

So being short is ok as long as the bar is moved forward.

Problem is no one will be able to drive my car :jest:

Guess that means you have to race your own car then

I'm doing the 6pt.

We are moving it alittle bit in but not much. Don won't be able to drive the car if I move it too far :jest:


Marco, if your only going with a 6 point and don't plan to convert it to a 10 point at any time, then you could probably get away with being more than 6". The car doesn't have to be certed or even gone over that well unless your getting a permanent IHRA number for the year. So they probably wouldn't check it in the general tech lines. If your running mostly at NED, maybe give Joe a call and tell him what the situation is.

Edit: Lol, you could do like my dad used to do circle track racing. He used to tape pink hard foam blocks to his boots in order to reach the pedals. Him and his good friend used to run the same Super Stock car.

Guess that means you have to race your own car then

I am racing my own car, but Don will be driving it to tune it.

Marco, if your only going with a 6 point and don't plan to convert it to a 10 point at any time, then you could probably get away with being more than 6". The car doesn't have to be certed or even gone over that well unless your getting a permanent IHRA number for the year. So they probably wouldn't check it in the general tech lines. If your running mostly at NED, maybe give Joe a call and tell him what the situation is.

Edit: Lol, you could do like my dad used to do circle track racing. He used to tape pink hard foam blocks to his boots in order to reach the pedals. Him and his good friend used to run the same Super Stock car.

I'm gonna do what I was going to do. If they give me a hard time about it, I'll go 10 pt with a halo around my head :D

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That was my ??, if they screw you over, you might have to go all the way. Good luck.

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After looking I'm actually not as far away from the roll bar as I thought. I'm actually real close to it :jest:

Don't mind me :)

I am racing my own car, but Don will be driving it to tune it.

He still doing that? I will never understand what that's all about.

He still doing that? I will never understand what that's all about.

I swear sometimes you are missing something inbetween your ears:confused:

Seriously you've been tuning these cars for how long? I could understand if you didn't have any idea where to set stuff... but you have been doing this shit for years, no way in hell you can't set it and have it be damn right on the first time.

Seriously you've been tuning these cars for how long? I could understand if you didn't have any idea where to set stuff... but you have been doing this shit for years, no way in hell you can't set it and have it be damn right on the first time.

Seriously,I've been fixing a shit ton of cars tuned by your place from this one off tuning.Every car is different,if your fine with one off tuning -good luck.I'd like to see you Speed density a car with no 02's in 1 tune...

And I'd like to see you build something that runs a #, but that hasn't happened either

And I'd like to see you build something that runs a #, but that hasn't happened either


See,you just proved my first post.

Why don't you just stay out of Krazy's post since you really have no input that actually helps.Go spread your wealth of knowledge on the newbie's:nod:

And please show me one car you've built that can run a #.

Oh that's right, you haven't built one. You've built a bunch of dyno queens, and claim they're all "street" cars so there's an excuse when they don't run for shit.

And please show me one car you've built that can run a #.

Oh that's right, you haven't built one. You've built a bunch of dyno queens, and claim they're all "street" cars so there's an excuse when they don't run for shit.

Yup,thats it. Last race car I was working on went 7.94 in the 1/4 a few weeks ago.

Keep typing to show how stupid you really are.There is more than the LSX world.

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