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Originally Posted by JerzLT1
what did your bar cost you?
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he he he, A good freind of mine is a welder/engineer and was going to put it in his car, then changed his mind. But he still wanted to install one, so I was his guinea pig installing it as he had planned for his car, back rails into the trunk well, the door bars mount into the front, this resulted in them not being very rigid as the weight would actually flex the floor pan so additional plates and riser supports were added up front as well.
It a basic S+W (8-point W/swing outs) with Steve's modifications. I bought it from him for what he paid for it and then I paid for the wire and gas for the welding. (Plus some beer and pizza). So let say i paid a 1/4 of what most people would pay!
It was a fun experience. We actually measured all the door gaps and such, put the car up on stands, let it sit for a week to see if any changed, then proceeded to weld everything in. Took us two weeks working mostly just the weekends.
Steve also did N2ODave's 12 point cage (same cage as mine with the added bars)
http://community.webshots.com/album/263592745zjeYOD
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Originally Posted by 1QWIKBIRD
If your goal is 10.0's then you should build for at least 9.90's and get the thing certified. This way down the road you'll have something of value that you possibly update as you go faster. Sounds like what you really need is a cage not a bar. And if you are gonna do it, do it in chromoly.....don't play around with mild steel at that level. Do it right. If that's not in the budget, then wait til it is.
Chris
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Just remember once you go under 10's you need allot more stuff: Suit, nets, chutes, chassy cert., NHRA license.. Allot of money for parts that expire every couple years. Plus, if the car isn't allot faster then 9.90, once you add all the saftey requires you could be heavy enough to back in a 10.0 car! And Cromoly is also far more dollars for the material and the install. (I always get this backwards?) Steel-MIG, CM-TIG? I CM cage will be near double a Steel one in most cases.