Blackbird fab "90%" cage, what sayeth you?
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Blackbird fab "90%" cage, what sayeth you?
Tell me this is a good design so I can put it in my turbo car.
Green Glory Hole will never be a racecar, will always been driven on the street 10-20x per year, and always be driven to and from the track.
Green Glory Hole will never be a racecar, will always been driven on the street 10-20x per year, and always be driven to and from the track.
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It appears to be well designed with good bracing but it looks like you would want to kill yourself trying to get in and out of it for street use considering the f'ing huge panel on the driver side. Only having one angle of the cage doesnt really allow you to see exactly how it fits. Can you provide other pictures?
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I'd put the forward-most bars on a plate in the kick-panel, contour the front roll hoot to the shape of the windshield, and weld plates from the front bar to the windshield frame.
This could be a good option for the green car because I fear for my life in it.
This could be a good option for the green car because I fear for my life in it.
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It appears to be well designed with good bracing but it looks like you would want to kill yourself trying to get in and out of it for street use considering the f'ing huge panel on the driver side. Only having one angle of the cage doesnt really allow you to see exactly how it fits. Can you provide other pictures?
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Eh, I'd put those T-top bars on the outside like a standard cage. It's the high door bars that make cages difficult to get in to anyways.
The broom stick test is used between a roll bar main hoop and windshield as a worst case, straight line scenario. Imagine your helmeted head in the car and do a mental broom stick test between the T-top bar pictured and the door bar.
The broom stick test is used between a roll bar main hoop and windshield as a worst case, straight line scenario. Imagine your helmeted head in the car and do a mental broom stick test between the T-top bar pictured and the door bar.
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Eh, I'd put those T-top bars on the outside like a standard cage. It's the high door bars that make cages difficult to get in to anyways.
The broom stick test is used between a roll bar main hoop and windshield as a worst case, straight line scenario. Imagine your helmeted head in the car and do a mental broom stick test between the T-top bar pictured and the door bar.
The broom stick test is used between a roll bar main hoop and windshield as a worst case, straight line scenario. Imagine your helmeted head in the car and do a mental broom stick test between the T-top bar pictured and the door bar.
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Plan on your head only going left in every foreseeable accident? Seems like its 6 of one vs. half a dozen of another because your head is going rattle around like a penny in a coke can in an accident. I am with Curly on this one, just get the standard halo done to limit the level of intrusion if the top comes off.
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Plan on your head only going left in every foreseeable accident? Seems like its 6 of one vs. half a dozen of another because your head is going rattle around like a penny in a coke can in an accident. I am with Curly on this one, just get the standard halo done to limit the level of intrusion if the top comes off.
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I dont like the t-top bars. Rather see a standard halo setup instead. Use the real quality sfi rated roll bar padding, yes its hard as a motha but its like heavens pillows when you hit your head hard on it. Hardest I've hit it is spinning around quick while standing in the seat with my head contorted around in the head rest area trying to plug the fuel injectors back in. But it hurt a heck of a lot less than hitting the bars at about the same speed un-padded.
If hitting your head really worries you, run a full containment seat. They have removable head container flap thingies for most brands of sheet metal seats.
If hitting your head really worries you, run a full containment seat. They have removable head container flap thingies for most brands of sheet metal seats.
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No matter what kind of top bars you have you'd be nuts to drive it without a helmet on. All I have is a roll bar and I can still hit my head against it if I try hard enough.
Also, the reason for standard halo bars isn't just for intrusion protection, its also for structure. The top corners of the front hoop are completely unsupported in that design.
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No and no.
No matter what kind of top bars you have you'd be nuts to drive it without a helmet on. All I have is a roll bar and I can still hit my head against it if I try hard enough.
Also, the reason for standard halo bars isn't just for intrusion protection, its also for structure. The top corners of the front hoop are completely unsupported in that design.
No matter what kind of top bars you have you'd be nuts to drive it without a helmet on. All I have is a roll bar and I can still hit my head against it if I try hard enough.
Also, the reason for standard halo bars isn't just for intrusion protection, its also for structure. The top corners of the front hoop are completely unsupported in that design.
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Here you can see the halo bars, and how they help reinforce the structure of the cage. They would be easy to add if go with the blackbird cage and decide later that you want full protection.