At 02:11 PM 5/8/2002 -0700, Pete Fagerlin wrote:
>LOL.
>"An acquaintance is considering a specific rollbar for his car"
>Joe, Joe, Joe.
>You know I've already purchased the bar...
Yes. You haven't bolted it in yet, and I was hoping that I could sway your
opinion on how it would be mounted.
>As far as the "bicycle carrier" comments go, how can you make that judgement
>based upon one picture that doesn't offer any detail?
The details are clear (to me) in the absence of any mounting plates for either
welding or bolting. Typically a roll bar's tubes end where they are welded to a
rectangular plate. The bar you are considering has the front tubes apparently
mounted laterally to the chassis via a single bolt through a hole drilled
through
the tube. That coupled with the vendor's claim of vastly improved chassis
stiffness (mounted as shown) made me concerned that the vendor is over his
head when it comes to racing safety.
>Too funny,
>Pete
I hope you understand that I am motivated only by a concern that you might not
know of the sub-par nature of the bar, in my ignorable opinion, but also of a
couple of tech inspectors I asked on your behalf.
Joe
>(Yes, the same Pete that posted the picture of the bar
>(http://home.pacbell.net/psf0/dasbar.jpg) on CFG's Turbo board)
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Joe [mailto:joe@bea.com]
> >Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 12:01 PM
> >To: ba-autox@autox.team.net; pcaggr@topica.com
> >Subject: [PCA GGR] SCCA/PCA specs for rollbar attachment?
> >
> >Hi. An acquaintance is considering a specific rollbar for his car, and
> >the mounting hardware looks to me as barely suitable for a bicycle
> >carrier. He claims the vendor says it's SCCA and PCA approved. Can
> >anyone send me the relevant spec and/or comment on the bar? I will
> >send a jpg of the bar and attachments to anyone who wants to comment.
> >thanks,
> >Joe
>
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