W2W 25.5 cage pics
Looks great..You going to add more rear bars?I know you dont need them to pass cert. but i like having them.I made my chassis guy add a few to the upper shock mounts and stuff on my 25.2 car.
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Naturally the cert is what they consider minimum for driver safety, not chassis rigidity. My main concern was main hoop mounting and not having anything but tempered glass over my head. Since I doubt I'll even ever run 8.50 with the car I'll take the simple approach.
I've gotten mixed answers about going to the rear frame vs. over the seat with these cars... but it seems like most 25.5 cars go over the seat, and if thats good enough for 25.5 than its good enough for my 10 point.
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I have seen many 25.2 and 25.5 cars with just two rear down bars welded to the floor.
I have also seen 10pts with 40 bars in the hatch/trunk area and all stock sheetmetal in the rear.
You pays your money and you makes your choice..
I have also seen 10pts with 40 bars in the hatch/trunk area and all stock sheetmetal in the rear.
You pays your money and you makes your choice..
I gotz my 8.50 cert so I'm ready to kick 'er sideways and put lay down a number. Hopefully the block is up to the task.
Kurt gonna cert it for you? Did you pull the dash too?
Kurt gonna cert it for you? Did you pull the dash too?
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It will have a 7.50 tag on it when I pick it up. I pulled 90% of the dash out with just a few screws holding it, I left the shell on so they could put the new bars near the holes that were there already. Its no big deal to pull the dash, the aftermarket guages take the most time to unhook to pull it.
Cars looking real good and somewhat familiar. 
They do some perty good work up there.
Were hoping to have to worry about that this season. I hope they come up with something for cars over 3,200lbs. Cause a 25.2 doesn't do you any good if you have to be at 3,400 for a race. 
They do some perty good work up there.25.2 is good to 6.0 ET, 3200lbs max and has more bars/gussets, especially under the car. Look at Big Mikes, 25.5 will only have a couple bars under the car but nothing like Mike has.
25.5 is good to 7.50 ET, 3600lbs.
Supposedly SFI is going to come out with a 6.0 ET 3600lb cert pretty soon sice a lot of cars cant do the 3200lb minimum.
25.5 is good to 7.50 ET, 3600lbs.
Supposedly SFI is going to come out with a 6.0 ET 3600lb cert pretty soon sice a lot of cars cant do the 3200lb minimum.
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Cars looking real good and somewhat familiar. They do some perty good work up there.
Were hoping to have to worry about that this season. I hope they come up with something for cars over 3,200lbs. Cause a 25.2 doesn't do you any good if you have to be at 3,400 for a race.
They do some perty good work up there.Were hoping to have to worry about that this season. I hope they come up with something for cars over 3,200lbs. Cause a 25.2 doesn't do you any good if you have to be at 3,400 for a race.
They will probably come out with the new spec right after you get the 25.2 cage done and they change the rules to 3200lbs lol.
Kevin, it is looks pretty good and will look even better when it is done. What really made you decide to step it up? I thought you were pretty much going to stay on cruise control after clipping into the 8's.
Looks great Kev
and no i haven't forgotten I still have your cam in my motor lol. car has been sitting all winter under a cover obviously and I just had my baby this week so I'm a bit distracted
and no i haven't forgotten I still have your cam in my motor lol. car has been sitting all winter under a cover obviously and I just had my baby this week so I'm a bit distracted
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lol..see what happens when you aren't in the mod lounge anymore.
yeah..just had a baby boy named Colin..getting married at some point here. all happened kinda fast haha...
don't sent me any poop in a box over the cam or anything
yeah..just had a baby boy named Colin..getting married at some point here. all happened kinda fast haha...
don't sent me any poop in a box over the cam or anything
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Good luck with the baby, honestly I forgot about the cam, thats how concerned I was.
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Hopefully I can get a little closer to mid 8s this year. If I get a tenth or two a year I'm happy, otherwise I'd be bored with it if it ran quick right off the bat..
KP,
Here is the deal when you go to pick your car up drive 3 miles out of your way and take my car with you and drop it off and if you don't mind just go ahead and leave them a check when you tell them to do the same thing to it they did to yours.
Not that I will ever go that fast but you know me I am trying to do this stuff as safe as I can!!
When I did my cage I went to the back of the car with the bars for one reason if the car gets truned around and I start into the wall backwards I want those bars to start working right off at the bumper support! It may make no difference at all but it made since to me when I was setting there fitting the cage and deciding how I wanted it to look and how I thought it would react in something I never want to be in which is a crash!!!!
Looks like they are doing a great job! I look forward to seeing it when you get it back. It may give me some ideals to add to my setup!
See you soon!
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Here is the deal when you go to pick your car up drive 3 miles out of your way and take my car with you and drop it off and if you don't mind just go ahead and leave them a check when you tell them to do the same thing to it they did to yours.
Not that I will ever go that fast but you know me I am trying to do this stuff as safe as I can!!
When I did my cage I went to the back of the car with the bars for one reason if the car gets truned around and I start into the wall backwards I want those bars to start working right off at the bumper support! It may make no difference at all but it made since to me when I was setting there fitting the cage and deciding how I wanted it to look and how I thought it would react in something I never want to be in which is a crash!!!!
Looks like they are doing a great job! I look forward to seeing it when you get it back. It may give me some ideals to add to my setup!
See you soon!
N2