Home brew cars

[Bryan Gillespie]

most of the pain in the as@ rules don't start till you hit 135mph.

[sst3447]

be careful of the tubing used for the cage have it checked for thickness , my car was done in the early 80's and the tubing was only 114 thick . the rules state that it nees to be 118 and i had to recage the car to pass certification to run faster than 10sec or 135 mph i would also go with disc brakes on all 4 corners ,i run wilwood it works great and very reliable

[Robert Swartz]

Thanks for the replys guys. Yeah, I've started to ponder the cage for awhile. Mine is even more of boondoggle. It originally started out as a 5 point, old lakewood rollbar, circa 1979. Then in 1983, I had it converted into a full 10 point cage.

As far as times, we have alot of 1/8 mile tracks, So, the 10 flat/9.99 barrier seems to be the point at which one hits the wall rulewise. One of the local tracks told me, once your car runs a 6.39 (1/8 mile), we'll start looking at teching you, until then, you're fine. I do have my barometer.