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04-13-2006 10:35 PM #1
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ok one more question what about these kits,
http://www.detroitspeedshops.com/cgi...&page=category
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04-13-2006 10:40 PM #2
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Hmmm....
Originally Posted by muteboy49
Where's the main hoop?
Summit shows it and says in the description that it is included.PLANET EARTH, INSANE ASYLUM FOR THE UNIVERSE.
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04-13-2006 10:42 PM #3
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ech nevermind its sold seperately and all together its more than the summit kit.lol
thanks for all your help tech i appreciate you helpin me out this early in the mornin
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04-13-2006 10:44 PM #4
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Aww heck, you're welcome. It's just a little after 10 PM in Phoenix.PLANET EARTH, INSANE ASYLUM FOR THE UNIVERSE.
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04-13-2006 10:48 PM #5
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ahhh you lucky man livin out west racing all year right? haha man i dont even know that the track out here can hold yet. doesnt matter to me im putting the SF connectors and cage in a few months then i get to mess with my motor and trans all winter for next summer. but i do get tired of seeing stock vettes and cobras run...
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04-13-2006 10:53 PM #6
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We are going to need to get the terminology correct.....what you are considering installing is an 8-point roll bar, not a cage. A cage has another main hoop that installs at the windshield and halo bars that connect the hoops along the roof of the car. Originally Posted by muteboy49
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04-13-2006 10:54 PM #7
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yeah but for some reason everyone around here calls it a cage lol.
ok ill be putting in the SF connectors and rollbar in a few months
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04-14-2006 04:40 AM #8
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muteboy: We already did the subframe connectors in my kids Capri, and they are really easy. There are two styles, weld in and bolt in, we went for the weld in, because we just felt they had to be stronger by the nature of being welded in.
After we were done it is amazing how much they stiffen the unibody. When we jack up one corner of the front, the entire car lifts straight up now. Before, it would twist like a pretzel. We also welded in "battle boxes" to reinforce the control arm boxes. Fox Mustangs are notorious for tearing these loose when you start hammering them off the line, especially with HP and slicks. They were a real bear to install, to get them right, and do the welding up in that little hole, upside down. I didn't do it, my kid did, but he was cussing the whole time.
As for the thing about making a second weld if you screw up the first one on the roll bar, tech can answer that better, but I think they just want to see an unground weld, so you could probably do that. But like he said, have a pro welder do the final welds, not only will you get turned away if they are not right, but your very life depends on it.
A lot of people think mid 11's isn't quick.........it is, and lots of things can happen at those speeds'
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