front cage - hitting your head
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front cage - hitting your head
Got a lovely safety devices cage sitting here for my 3 door sierra. I took it out before I hard fitted it since I had concerns about my head hitting it in a street crash. No helmet.
How big of a concern is this? Does roll bar padding really cut it in this situation?
How big of a concern is this? Does roll bar padding really cut it in this situation?
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Sell it and get a cage made to suit Your NEEDS.
Padding will Help but in all honesty in a big crash hitting your head on anything is not good! Maybe find a local chassis shop over there and ask for there advise, There ios also various types of padding available.
Padding will Help but in all honesty in a big crash hitting your head on anything is not good! Maybe find a local chassis shop over there and ask for there advise, There ios also various types of padding available.
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Yeah that's my take. Fit the rear cage, keep the front door bars for any future use I may find for the cage. A rear cage is more for looks and rollover. There is some chassis stiffening I'm sure. Fitting the front is really my best bet for chassis stiffening.
I'm just too damn tall in the torso and my hair has always rubbed on the headliner even with the seat way down. Now with Sparco race seats it's much better, but the cage still has no clearance.
Adapt it? Man it was specifically made for my car. Can't get much better than that.
I'm just too damn tall in the torso and my hair has always rubbed on the headliner even with the seat way down. Now with Sparco race seats it's much better, but the cage still has no clearance.
Adapt it? Man it was specifically made for my car. Can't get much better than that.
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If your running the standard seats then you will have problems,normaly a race car has a rollcage and then the bucket seats are normaly fitted a lot lower than factory seats,my mk1 escorts seats were low so i didnt have that problem(just looked like a midget)
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no problems in my nova with the SD cage in my nova... pipe insulation is good for padding without a helmet, and stops gentle knocks - like getting in and out... as the FIA stuff is designed with helmets in mind... but as said above, if you fit harness's and buckets then you dont have a problem and you head shouldnt move that far!
remember if you are wearing harness's properly they will leave a mark on your shoulders after getting out!
remember if you are wearing harness's properly they will leave a mark on your shoulders after getting out!
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Ive recently ordered a new full cage with double "X" rear diagonal and door bars from www.rollcentre.com Its around £470 delivered, but its a 6 week wait though
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Its still a concern I have with mine too actually but as its now a sprint car its unlikely ill be using it without a helmet. Without crashing at 90mph I guess we wont know if there is enough room.
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