cert. question

Bryan Gillespie · 07-21-2007, 04:21 PM

can a mild steel round tube chassis car be cert. to 7.50 ?

SC1448 · 07-21-2007, 05:50 PM

Double-check with Tom Goldman (or ???) to be 100% sure but my SFI source tells me that if a mild steel car has a current 7.50 cert on it now, when it comes up for renewal it will not be grandfathered and the new cert will only be good to 8.50.
-Don

Bryan Gillespie · 07-22-2007, 09:26 PM

Thanks Don. So Tom can u confirm this?

Mike Hedger · 07-23-2007, 10:28 AM

Yes you can tag a MS car to 7.50 but it has to have everything the cert needs. If you can get a copy of the SFI blueprints compare them to your car and see if you can add one or two bars to get it to work. You need a FC cage a roof crossbrace, X in the floor and doors, etc. I just finished an update on one and it passed with flying colors. But 7.50 is the limmit no faster. Hope this helps, Mike

Tom Goldman · 07-23-2007, 01:06 PM

What Mike said. ... 7.50 MAX cert for mild steel chassis,provided they have all the proper brace tubes and F/C cage to meet the 25.4 spec. Bryan ,call me at the shop,I have the SFI prints ,we can go over what bars to look for,depending on what cage configuration the car has. ..610-395-5585 after 7:30pm...... Tom

Bryan Gillespie · 07-23-2007, 06:02 PM

Thanks for the info guys,I'm looking for a door car and the price difference between chrome moly and mild steel is off the hook, when probably all I can only afford to run 7.80s/8.00s anyway,is there any other advantige to running chrome moly than the cert.,weight,etc...???

07-21-2007, 04:21 PM	#1
Bryan Gillespie Banned Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 456 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	cert. question can a mild steel round tube chassis car be cert. to 7.50 ?

07-21-2007, 05:50 PM	#2
SC1448 Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Southampton, PA Posts: 226 Likes: 4 Liked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: cert. question Double-check with Tom Goldman (or ???) to be 100% sure but my SFI source tells me that if a mild steel car has a current 7.50 cert on it now, when it comes up for renewal it will not be grandfathered and the new cert will only be good to 8.50. -Don

07-22-2007, 09:26 PM	#3
Bryan Gillespie Banned Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 456 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: cert. question Thanks Don. So Tom can u confirm this?

07-23-2007, 10:28 AM	#4
Mike Hedger Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kemah TX Posts: 93 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: cert. question Yes you can tag a MS car to 7.50 but it has to have everything the cert needs. If you can get a copy of the SFI blueprints compare them to your car and see if you can add one or two bars to get it to work. You need a FC cage a roof crossbrace, X in the floor and doors, etc. I just finished an update on one and it passed with flying colors. But 7.50 is the limmit no faster. Hope this helps, Mike __________________ Mike Hedger S/C 4646 MPH Racing and Fabrication

07-23-2007, 01:06 PM	#5
Tom Goldman VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Allentown,PA Posts: 2,438 Likes: 780 Liked 703 Times in 206 Posts	Re: cert. question What Mike said. ... 7.50 MAX cert for mild steel chassis,provided they have all the proper brace tubes and F/C cage to meet the 25.4 spec. Bryan ,call me at the shop,I have the SFI prints ,we can go over what bars to look for,depending on what cage configuration the car has. ..610-395-5585 after 7:30pm...... Tom __________________ Tom Goldman 1500 SG , 1506 STK Last edited by Tom Goldman; 07-24-2007 at 11:05 PM.

07-23-2007, 06:02 PM	#6
Bryan Gillespie Banned Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 456 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: cert. question Thanks for the info guys,I'm looking for a door car and the price difference between chrome moly and mild steel is off the hook, when probably all I can only afford to run 7.80s/8.00s anyway,is there any other advantige to running chrome moly than the cert.,weight,etc...???