[Land-speed] Coddington's 1927 T Roadster build on TLC

[Ed Weldon]

Bob--
The tall roll cages in street roadsters are a product of the short 27T
roadster cockpit, tall drivers, not enough reading of the rulebook,
inexperience in building racecars and maybe a bit of "we can't learn
anything from anyone else" attitude.
And yes, they don't help "aero" any.  A number of noteworthy street roadster
records have been set by cars with later bodies that have more room to
package the driver.  There are now available stretched 27T street rod
bodies.  I, for one, will scream like a wounded eagle if there is any
attempt to make them legal in SCTA.  That extra 4" of cockpit can result in
a substantial lowering of the roll cage and enough less drag to give a
serious advantage.
Interesting to note is tall roll cages show in some of the lower
displacement SCCA road racing classes.  They look really wierd on the little
roadsters.  It's my understanding that they have to have some kind of loop
at the top so a wrecker crane truck can quickly pick them up and get them
off the race course when they crash or break.
Ed Weldon

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Want1937hd at aol.com>
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Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Coddington's 1927 T Roadster build on TLC
> The Coddington T has got me thinking about roadster rollcages. I don't
have a
> rule book, so maybe it is a rule to have a cage taller than most kids
swing
> set. ....... Bob in connecticut.