Strut Tower Bar

Nope, roll cage must be inside the passenger compartment.

But.

Foot protection bars. I sit on the left side of the car. One foot protection brace near my left foot, one near my right (right in the center of the dash). I'm trying to protect my feet, not the passenger's. In the middle of the dash makes a lot of sense, don't want that nasty engine/trans coming through the firewall, right?
 
"C. The forward part of the cage shall be mounted to the floor of
the vehicle. In addition, if the two optional braces referred to
in 18.2.1.B are utilized they shall be mounted, one on either
side, from the forward section of the cage to the firewall
or front fender wells (see GCR Section 18.2., Figure 1)." (2006 GCR, italics mine)

(Cool - they didn't copy-protect this version!)

There's no mention of protecting feet. A bar to the center of the firewall doesn't seem to me to be "on either side" of the cage.

K
 
Originally posted by joeg@Dec 2 2005, 03:51 PM
I like it Dave.

You could even make the Dowels a press fit, requiring one side to be heated and the other super-chilled to effect mating.

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Ok, well to continue the discussion, if you have a cross car tube, you could indeed bend it to rub against the firewall. Mine in fact does just that, in an attempt to thread it through the heater ducts, steering column and so on, as I didn't want it in the space between the dash and myself. (A 6'3" guy in an RX-7 doesn't mind a little knee room, especially when things get ugly)

So, if the stayrod assembly is adjacent to the cross car tube in the same location, the mating would be easy.

To be legal, any holes need to be pre existing, and the dowels must be slip fit...not an interferance fit as could be done. I have done that on my 911, and it is a great technique, but...how would it come apart? IMHO, that crosses the "attached" line, as it can not be asembled and disassembled at will. Adding some threaded adjusters would help tweak it tight...

In certain cases, this could work, but I imagine those cases are rare.
 
***QUOTE(Bill Miller @ Dec 2 2005, 06:43 PM)
Yeah Kirk, but Tim's racing a Prod car.***

***Boo! Hiss! Get the pitchforks and torches, men...!***

Ya, but, ya need to remember the car started life as a IT car at Watwerford. & those folks from MI have a hard time understanding diagonal from horizontal (side joke) when building a roll cage. <_< Ya expect them to understand one on either side, from the forward section of the cage to the firewall. :D

***I'm trying to protect my feet, not the passenger's. ***

Ya Tim, it's all about safety. ;)

***Nope, roll cage must be inside the passenger compartment.***

How about if the press fit is on the engine bay side of the firewall & the slip fit is on the drivers side of the firewall. The pins are traveling through OEM holes. Keep in mind I am PLAYING WITH the devils advocate (more often know as Jake).

***So, if the stayrod assembly is adjacent to the cross car tube in the same location, the mating would be easy.***

***IMHO, that crosses the "attached" line, as it can not be asembled and disassembled at will.***

Come on devils advocate, please don't use the word "stayrod assembly" because the rule spec is "stayrod". I wouldn't want to be illegal because of a word. Also, my stayrod will become free by removing two bolts & by pulling the stayrod one inch in the forward direction & the stayrod including the two pressed pins will be "disassembled at will". :happy204:
 
Don't have that arrangement in my IT built car. Just wanted to throw that out. I've heard the argument, sounded pretty good.
 
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