In my SCCA EP race car, I tied the cage to the frame in 10 places - front
shock towers (2), low front hoop (2), main hoop (2), rear spring towers
(2), and the frame rails behind the rear spring towers (2). The chassis
was very stiff, but I kept the suspension rather soft. The car handled
very well.
Also, I used a 12 gallon cell. However we used to have some long races
(like a 15 lapper at Road America - 60 miles). Most of the vintage races
I've seen are much shorter.
At 12:06 PM 3/7/99 EST, you wrote:
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>Fellow Triumphers-
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>Working on the "Duke of Oil" today (so aptly named by the ever popular Ms
>Ellie (Hardy's wife)), and while everything seems fine to me, just maybe a
few
>rules have changed since the last time I donned Nomex...
>
>What's the hot lick for installing a good roll bar in the independent cars ?
>Does everyone tie into the top of the rear spring carrier, or try to
attach to
>some other part of the frame. There doesn't look to be much in the way of
>options back there. The bar that came with the car bolts to the frame way up
>forward on the floor section and I am too tall and need to move the seat
>further back so the bar has got to go.
>
>And how big a fuel cell is adequate in this car. Is 8 enough, or is 10 (or
>even more) a better idea?
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>What ever happenned to "run what ya brung"?
> Nick in Nor Cal
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