Just posted this in Handling section but maybe yall can help me better. Mods if its too much or dont want a double post feel free to delete. Hey guys i really need some help, When im done i know ill be running faster than a 9.99 Im going to be buying a roll cage here soon and my question is how many point roll cage do i need???? Also I can weld i did my relocation brackets and SFC's but someone told me that the NHRA does an inspection and if theres one bubble in it i cant race!! Is this true? Help!!!!

 

Enjoy.
http://www.nhra.com/contacts/tech_faq.html

 

thank you man. I searched the site for a few mins and couldnt find ****. Im at work so i get a few glimses here and there then i gotta go do ****! Appreciate it!

 

10 point cage, certified by NHRA official, as well as licensed driver.

tig welding is the only legal way to do it. you have a tig welder? and do you want to risk the cage with your skils? i have no idea of your experience.

 

My skill is pretty good but i wasnt sure they did a hardcore inspection like that so NO i will not risk it. Thanks for all the info guys.

 

Gator i thought if you get mild steel you can mig weld a cage. The whole reason i was getting a mild steel cage was so i can MIG weld it. Chromoly i thought you have to TIG weld!

 

Correct.

 

correct. i just assumed you had a CM 10 point and not a mild steel

 

o whew. Cool. Well i decided to get a 6 point. If i go under 9.99 then i will get kicked off and then ill decide what to do from there.

 

member me Ifryrice!!!

what ya got going under da hood?

 

Depends on how strict the track is. a 6-point bar will keep you legal to 10.00. Hit a single digit pass in Gainesville and they'll show you the gate. Not sure how the other tracks in the surrounding areasare, but I hear certain ones let stuff slide

Upgrading from a 6-point bar to a cage is easy. Just add in the halo, front down bars and you're done!

Derek

 

sweet yeah i remember you SOM. Sweet *** car. Well im currently building a turbo kit alot like Speed inc Eliminator kit. im still currently putting in the suspension. I have everything except the Mini tubs, roll cage, and springs for the back which i will be ordering tomorrow. I wont be done for a while cuz im in the NAVY and we dont get paid for ****. So i have to buy everything piece by piece. Wish i was in Orlando id move in. hehe.

 

personally I'd get myself a NHRA rule book so you know all the rules. I know your tubing is going to be larger on a 6pt than if you went with a 10pt cage

 

Same size no matter bar or cage to 8.50 e.t.

CM tubing uses a different size than mild steel tubing, but that's not related to a bar to cage difference.

Derek