Which is more likely, rolling the car at an event, or getting hit on the way to the event by cindy highschooler texting while driving?
'99 Emerald Green - 2015 NASA Texas TTE Season Champion (showing up is really 100% of it)
I was building this car with my friends, Stephen, Harmon and Fielding before we ran out of time and money. That's the sparco seat that is in your garage, Trey.
http://lemcomotorsports.com/svm/g64/
Blackbird welds the front hoop to the A-Pillar. I think his street cage looks very well built, and looks relatively safe for a street driven cage. I agree that it's not as sturdy as having the cross supports at the corners, but it's far from a fail...
SOLD - '91 BRG
SOLD -'99 Signal GreenLooking for my next car...
The A-pillar is worthless on it's own. But The way it's done on his cage increases the moment of inertia and increases its resistance to bending. Go back and look at post #6 on the miata.net thread (reposted below) and try to tell me that that A-Pillar setup is going to collapse in a roll. It's not.
http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=486975
SOLD - '91 BRG
SOLD -'99 Signal GreenLooking for my next car...
You might ask Gary at TDR who built his Lemons car cage.
1990 White NA - SOLD
1994 Black NA - SOLD
2006 Red NC - GT with limited slip, HIDs, all OEM.
I'd check with Janco Products in Wylie. He is a local Axer and does really nice work. Ask for Kurt and their number is 972-442-6558
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