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Will my car be 9's capable? Trying to decide if I want to spend the money on a 10 point cage, or just get an 8 point. So .... Will my car be capable of 9.99 or better quarter mile: Full weight 1999 TA plus 600 lbs for big battery, roll cage, stereo, sound deadener, fluid coolers, rear end, and me. I am hoping for 625-650 RWHP on Ethanol. 345/40r17 drag radials |
Is it an auto or m6? It’ll be close but I don’t think you’ll break 9s with that weight. |
Originally Posted by brutalzo6
(Post 20550269)
Is it an auto or m6? It’ll be close but I don’t think you’ll break 9s with that weight. |
Roll bar is good down to 10.00...no need for a cage. |
Originally Posted by joeZ96
(Post 20550514)
Roll bar is good down to 10.00...no need for a cage. I am going 8 point roll bar with swing out door bars |
Why 8 and 10? I'm old and maybe out of date, but it was 6-point roll bar to 10.00 and 8-point roll cage to 8.50. I'm a little less horsepower and little less weight than you, and I'm a 10.0 car all day. But I'm also auto with 1.3x 60'. |
Last I knew was like above... 6 point good to a 10.0. I think 9.90's "might be" ok at some tracks when the weather's good and some techs might turn a blind eye ? Once you're talking 9's or faster... now you need your cage cert'd, get a comp license, just for starters. |
Originally Posted by Doug G
(Post 20550716)
Last I knew was like above... 6 point good to a 10.0. I think 9.90's "might be" ok at some tracks when the weather's good and some techs might turn a blind eye ? Once you're talking 9's or faster... now you need your cage cert'd, get a comp license, just for starters. |
Originally Posted by FCar2000TA
(Post 20550733)
8 is a 6 point with sub-frame down bars. Just more structurally sound. 6pt Roll Baris NHRA legal in a hard top car from 11.49 to 10.00 qtr mile times at the time of this writing and would add a driver and passenger side diagonal door bar to a 4pt bar. 8pt Roll Bar Same as a 6pt with the addition of two (NHRA D bars) commonly called kickers by many. The addition of kickers to a roll BAR are not required by NHRA and don’t allow you to run any faster than a 6pt BAR. Kickers do add additional cage and chassis structure especially when attached to frame connectors or some type of undercarriage tubular structure in a unibody or full frame car. |
Originally Posted by Doug G
(Post 20550759)
I thought the 8 had kickers off main to trans tunnel ? Quick look around...see what you're saying. |
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