03-26-2005, 07:54 PM
Drag "cages" on most levels... ARE NOT as strick as the CCR.
I've got the 136 pages on my desk at work... i read it to refresh my memory when the network goes down (every day).
most of the main differences come in how many "bends" the halo, hoop, and other "sections" of the cage can have.
also the door bars and bracing are different. I'm sure the piper "X" would work for drag racing... but with Nasa at least you have to have "l l" for the rear bars. Also from what i have picked up here an there with diagnal hoop bars are optional. one thing the CCR is weak on that drag racing cages seem to actaulyl focus on is the foot well protection.
this is all dealing with unibody cars with out tube front halfs... the "pure" race cars (tube frames, both drag and RR) are actually very similar in build from what i have seen.
i just helped put in a cage at BandT for a "drift" car... the customer bought the autopower race roll bar with optional "weld-it" front half. We just do what a customer asks but i REALLY would have liked to tell him to sell the roll bar... take the extra money for the "weld-it" section and go to Piper. After installing the cage i was the only one that could get in the car with a helmet and not bang my head on the halo. Its technically drag and RR legal... but i wasnt real thrilled with it though. I actually started liking Gs kirk cage much more after looking at that crappy 240z kit.
I've got the 136 pages on my desk at work... i read it to refresh my memory when the network goes down (every day).
most of the main differences come in how many "bends" the halo, hoop, and other "sections" of the cage can have.
also the door bars and bracing are different. I'm sure the piper "X" would work for drag racing... but with Nasa at least you have to have "l l" for the rear bars. Also from what i have picked up here an there with diagnal hoop bars are optional. one thing the CCR is weak on that drag racing cages seem to actaulyl focus on is the foot well protection.
this is all dealing with unibody cars with out tube front halfs... the "pure" race cars (tube frames, both drag and RR) are actually very similar in build from what i have seen.
i just helped put in a cage at BandT for a "drift" car... the customer bought the autopower race roll bar with optional "weld-it" front half. We just do what a customer asks but i REALLY would have liked to tell him to sell the roll bar... take the extra money for the "weld-it" section and go to Piper. After installing the cage i was the only one that could get in the car with a helmet and not bang my head on the halo. Its technically drag and RR legal... but i wasnt real thrilled with it though. I actually started liking Gs kirk cage much more after looking at that crappy 240z kit.
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