New Roll Cage rules

#1

How is everybody dealing with 15.6.12 in the 2007.18 NASA CCR requiring 2 door bars on cars logbooked after Jan 1? My NE NASA director says it needs to be 2 feet above the ground at your seat and a single piece of bar. Have the MA and SE guys said the "X" as depicted on CCR page 63 meets the spec?

#2

even if an X made up of 3 pieces of tubing isn’t allowed (I don’t know, but would be surprised if it isn’t since SCCA allows them), you can make an X with two pieces bent as V’s and use taco gussetting to reinforce them. I believe there are pictures of this on this forum.
cheers,
bruce

#3

I just re-read the rules and did not see anything that tells how the 2 door bars must be installed. Also, take a look at the pic in the rules. it has the standard X bars most all are using.

Don’t know where the 2’ above seat came from.

Michael O.

#4

leggwork wrote:

[quote]even if an X made up of 3 pieces of tubing isn’t allowed (I don’t know, but would be surprised if it isn’t since SCCA allows them), you can make an X with two pieces bent as V’s and use taco gussetting to reinforce them. I believe there are pictures of this on this forum.
cheers,
bruce[/quote]

Here’s how we did ours…

#5

Can someone clarrify this? I also do not see this in the rules anywhere. My car is currently at the cage builder though, so any chance that I have to change the plan is quickly dwindling. Any help is much appreciated.

#6

just follow the CCR - the 2’ mentioned above is off the ground, not the seat. That is one tech inspector’s opinion but I have never heard that before. The X should just be naturally placed where it makes sense to your roll cage builder and you. I have heard no indication from my local NASA Reg Dir that a door X made up of 3 welded pieces will not be allowed. They know these cars cross over from SCCA, and SCCA allows that.
cheers,
bruce

thbrewst wrote:

#7

Scott, that looks very nice.
I got the Kirk Racing cage, so I’ll go the same route GRM did. I hope socal tech inspectors read this article.:wink: