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Re: NHRA amended rollbar / cage rule
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I'm sure the bottom line is a matter of following the money trail. My 87 Mustang street car needs a roll bar if the air is good. (11.40's) I don't want the seat belt hassle, so no roll bar, and I only go when the air is bad. I have no problem with a roll bar and race belts, but just let me use them (race belts) for more than 2 years! I hardly ever run it. But, I digress. I can't help myself when I see these roll bar threads. |
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10-05-2018, 06:56 PM | #22 | |
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10-05-2018, 07:13 PM | #23 |
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Why won't the NHRA rewrite the rule so they're not legally responsible for the seat belt like NASCAR?
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10-05-2018, 07:26 PM | #24 |
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Re: NHRA amended rollbar / cage rule
Exactly! What I do with my street/strip car is disconnect the back carb barrels. slows it about 1/2 sec. or i carry weight, and can also adjust timing, easy peasy! Some use one of the mechanical stops. whatever gets the job done. like many, I just don't want to put a roll bar in a pristine 67 dodge coronet that is still occasionally driven on the street
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Re: NHRA amended rollbar / cage rule
NHRA: "We REALLY don't mind if you get injured." ...............or worse.
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10-06-2018, 01:09 PM | #26 | |
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I have a few more things I'd like to do to the car. It's a toy, and I like getting what I can out of it. It'll probably go low 11's with what I want to do. I've always understood that there has to be a line (et) somewhere where a roll bar is required, and I'll eventually do the roll bar. But now, because a car is quick from the factory, it's safer than mine? |
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Yep.
When I ran 11.80's in N/SA 4 years ago a helmet was all that I needed and my 28 year old seat belts
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A roll "bar" is nothing more than a suppliant to the car, whitch the car is considered a cage of sorts. If being highly safe, a funny car roll cage is your only option, the rest is a money grab, pure and simple.
Fighter jets go longer than two years on belts, mostly after 6-10 gs I think. The dumbest, blow shield re-inspection, 1/4 inch steel goes bad I guess. |
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