hey whats up everyone
Another lovely day in OH-IO. Going to detail the car out. Yesterday we went up to Detroit to do a few things and we saw the Test mules again this time it was daytime Caity and I got some better pics of them. I found out one of them is putting down 1200 hp and you would never know it by looking at it. I made a phone call and heard it from my source at ford. I am really liking the new stang.
I saw a you tube video going over the 2010 cobra jet. Pretty cool. From the factory it comes leaned out with a roll cage and all the "luxuries" removed to make it a out of the box dragster. Pretty cool stuff
My step aunt and uncle do the great american race with Jack Roush right before I moved to Florida I went to his museum and he gave us a personal tour I rode in one of their 9 sec 2 seater dragsters down the road probably one of the coolest things ever.
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It seemed like a good idea at the time…
October 27th 2009 by Gary Grant — thegarageblog.com
What you see above is the hot looking 2008 Car FX Mustang put together by the folks at Car FX. You can read all about it at 5.0 Mustang & Super Fords. The short version is that this beast has all sorts of performance goodies, full track suspension, interior upgrades and the like. Names like Roush, Paxton, Fidanza, Ford Racing, Tokico, Corbeau and more. A 4 point Autopower roll cage is also listed. It puts out 600 horsepower. In other words, this is one wicked beast.
A word about roll cages: a 4 point cage is actually a simple roll bar, nothing more. A quick glance at just about any road race or rally rule book will show that a cage must be mounted upon steel plates that are then mounted to the floor. it has been a long time since I’ve built a race car, but the standard size used to be 1/4″ thick plate that measured roughly 6×6″ and welded or bolted through the floor to prevent it from puncturing the floor in the event of a roll over.
Have a peek at the sequence after the break captured by ThienNam Ninh.
Apparently this incident happened at the Hallett Motor Racing Circuit in Oklahoma and incidents at this section of track are not uncommon.
Look really closely at the underside of the car. That’s right, those are the roll bar main tubes, complete with puny little plates that have punched right through the floor.
Believe it or not, both occupants walked away from this. They are very, very lucky.
So what is the moral of this story? If you are building a spare no expense track day monster, use your head and install a proper roll cage that will protect you when you run out of talent!
It seemed like a good idea at the time…
October 27th 2009 by Gary Grant — thegarageblog.com
What you see above is the hot looking 2008 Car FX Mustang put together by the folks at Car FX. You can read all about it at 5.0 Mustang & Super Fords. The short version is that this beast has all sorts of performance goodies, full track suspension, interior upgrades and the like. Names like Roush, Paxton, Fidanza, Ford Racing, Tokico, Corbeau and more. A 4 point Autopower roll cage is also listed. It puts out 600 horsepower. In other words, this is one wicked beast.
A word about roll cages: a 4 point cage is actually a simple roll bar, nothing more. A quick glance at just about any road race or rally rule book will show that a cage must be mounted upon steel plates that are then mounted to the floor. it has been a long time since I’ve built a race car, but the standard size used to be 1/4″ thick plate that measured roughly 6×6″ and welded or bolted through the floor to prevent it from puncturing the floor in the event of a roll over.
Have a peek at the sequence after the break captured by ThienNam Ninh.
Apparently this incident happened at the Hallett Motor Racing Circuit in Oklahoma and incidents at this section of track are not uncommon.
Look really closely at the underside of the car. That’s right, those are the roll bar main tubes, complete with puny little plates that have punched right through the floor.
Believe it or not, both occupants walked away from this. They are very, very lucky.
So what is the moral of this story? If you are building a spare no expense track day monster, use your head and install a proper roll cage that will protect you when you run out of talent!
First off who ever put that in the car should be shot and then the tech for not giving it a proper inspection should probably be shot to.... I love it when a roll cage or bar is made from PVC pipe was it held together by bathroom calk? What is sad is I know someone here in Toledo that thought they were bad *** for having a cage in an MR2 let me tell you the cage was made from what I described above.
actually it was a well made cage - it held up really well to the flip. but like was quoted, a 4 pt "cage" is just a roll bar with extra supports. the main problem is the small surface area of the mounting plates on the floor which punched through the floor so dont be so quick to judge.
