Rollcage! - whatz the go?

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02-08-2005, 11:14 PM
SlobberGoat

I quite like the autopower crx cages myself, but am unsure whether they do a RHD model for us aussies...

http://hondatuningmagazine.com/featu...ht_crx05_z.jpg
03-08-2005, 07:14 AM
online

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Originally Posted by VT3C

ONLINE: our needs were only to meet CAMS Rally requirements, obviously sub-10 second Drag cars would need something a lot more serious... we cant afford to build a sub 10-second drag car but if we could, $3000 for a serious cage would not be an issue I imagine.

A cams rally, circuit or Andra Drag racing.. it's all the same.. that $2500 to $3000 is because of the material you use to build it.. Bond Roll bars do a Alloy and steel cage for quite cheap.. my 9sec Del Sol's cage would be more like $30,000. :thumbsup:
03-08-2005, 08:57 AM
blackdc2

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Originally Posted by online

A cams rally, circuit or Andra Drag racing.. it's all the same.. that $2500 to $3000 is because of the material you use to build it.. Bond Roll bars do a Alloy and steel cage for quite cheap.. my 9sec Del Sol's cage would be more like $30,000. :thumbsup:

So do we know if it is legal to run a cage on the street?

Do you know if we require an engineer’s certificate?

Thanks
03-08-2005, 09:04 AM
weezer

In Melb its legal. Here are the specifications it has to meet:

http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/vrpdf...e/vsi%2028.pdf
03-08-2005, 09:43 AM
SINISTR

there are actually two types of 'roll' bars - as seen here http://www.autopowerindustries.com/

Roll Bars - which run behind the seats
Roll Cages - which is an actual cage

Not too espensive either... but as [SloberGoat] said - depends if they make a RHD version.

I don't see why they would be illegal if they are built to specifications??
03-08-2005, 09:50 AM
ekslut

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Originally Posted by snowman95

keep hondas on the track :D

also with race harnesses, i would be careful that they are being used properly. I have read stories with people hitting their head on the steering wheel after not having their harness not properly fitted (no airbags too) and another guy snapping their neck (no helmet, was on the street).

Thats why if you are going to run harnesses, make sure they are good ones. I had a cheap one and it felt like I could slip though it. It felt like if I had a accident my shoulders would just dislocate and I would go though the window. I now run takata harnesses, and feel extremly safe in them :thumbsup:
03-08-2005, 10:01 AM
SINISTR

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Originally Posted by ekslut

Thats why if you are going to run harnesses, make sure they are good ones. I had a cheap one and it felt like I could slip though it. It felt like if I had a accident my shoulders would just dislocate and I would go though the window. I now run takata harnesses, and feel extremly safe in them :thumbsup:

See - I'd never put a harness in myself tho. Even if its a good quality brand one.

I'd pay the money and have it engineere certified. CAMS actually require that there is a beam located in the back of the car - that the harness is attached to and secure.

Not sure how you have yours setup - but I think a couple of bolts in the back might not be safe - as I've seen in some cars before.
03-08-2005, 10:04 AM
SINISTR

Woohoo - AUTOPOWER make them for the 84 CRXs :)
03-08-2005, 10:23 AM
ekslut

Quote:

Originally Posted by SINISTR

See - I'd never put a harness in myself tho. Even if its a good quality brand one.

I'd pay the money and have it engineere certified. CAMS actually require that there is a beam located in the back of the car - that the harness is attached to and secure.

Not sure how you have yours setup - but I think a couple of bolts in the back might not be safe - as I've seen in some cars before.

I actually have a bar in the back that they run over, and I ran this setup for a while on my EK4 on the street. But I am in the process of looking for a full rollcage to put into my current car, the civic ED6.
03-08-2005, 10:42 AM
SINISTR

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Originally Posted by ekslut

I actually have a bar in the back that they run over, and I ran this setup for a while on my EK4 on the street. But I am in the process of looking for a full rollcage to put into my current car, the civic ED6.

Very Smart :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

A bar is whats needed!!!
03-08-2005, 10:47 AM
Kawasaki

Are full roll cages legal in NSW?
03-08-2005, 12:20 PM
joyride

for NSW some are legal but you need an engineer to look over it if its cusom made.
full roll cages have to have foam covering the cage and also at the front, the cage has to go inside the dash, not wrap around the dash like jap spec ones....theres more to it

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