As I read the 2004 Solo Rule Book, Kevin, Section 3.3.2 "strongly
recommends" that all cars be equipped with a roll bar or roll cage and
"requires" that certain cars have either a roll BAR that meets SIIR
Appendix C OR a roll CAGE that meets GCR Section 18. Since all of your
emails on this subject have used the word CAGE, I would think that if
you built a CAGE that meets GCR Section 18 to the letter, it would be
legal and unprotestable in all Solo classes.
I would also THINK that a full GCR-legal CAGE would be much stronger
than just an Appendix C-legal BAR - even if the tubing is slightly
(1/4-inch) smaller in diameter. But I'm no engineer!!!
However, that's only MY opinion. And we all know about opinions.
They're just like *ssholes. Everybody's got one and they all stink!!! 8<{)
John (Old Fartz & TLS #37) Lieberman
KWall73108@aol.com wrote:
> SCCA GCR specifies a 1.5" OD roll cage for cars under 2500 lbs. S1R
> specifies 1.75" OD roll bar hoop and braces for cars over 2000 lbs. Could a
>2100 lb
> car be protested in any of the Solo 2 classes if equipped with the 1.5" OD
>roll
> cage?
>
> TIA,
> Kevin Wallace
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