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| | | | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 24 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 24 | Ok, most drag race tracks require a roll cage for vehicles running under a 12 sec quarter mile. With 650-700hp and slicks the 58 should be under 12 sec. My question is: Has anyone here built a roll cage for a truck cab before?
I think it should be fairly easy, especially with this cab, there seems to be a fair amount of room for tubing near the A-pillars and plenty of room overhead for roof structure. If it turns out to be more trouble than its worth I guess I'll have to keep the speed down a little bit. Thanks.
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| | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | Check with the off road suppliers. Many street driven 4x4's that actually see off road action have roll cages in the cab. There may be a kit that can be adapted. Speedway would also be a good place to check, they have a cage kit for circle track racing trucks.
Bill Burmeister
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 181 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 181 | It depends on if you need a full cage or just a 6 point. With a pipe bender, tubing and some welding it is realitively easy. Check out what some of the other guys have done. There is a lot of info on the web. Also check out a company called CSC. They sell kits for circle track cages. | | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,832 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,832 | Built a much warmed over 472(.030 over 460) Falcon for a customer and the rules he brought to me, since I'm not a drag racer, went strictly by speed, not e.t. I guess they don't care if you turn a 4 flat if your only doing 50mph(impossible). Anyway, it required a roll bar at say 100mph, a 4 point at 110, 6 point at 120, and anything over 125 was a 10 point cage. These figures are probably way off since it's been years but the idea is speed is what causes bad things to happen in a hurry when things go wrong. If you can get a test run in, knowing you will improve, it will let you know what you will need and you can shop around from there. There are several circle track car builders in this area and most likely in every part of the country that could do the job if no ready made kit is available. I had one of them build a 10 point cage for the Falcon and they did a good job especially considering the close space between the steering wheel and windshield post on these cars.
Evan
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