How-to: Autopower bolt-in rollbar install
#31
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Originally Posted by marksae
WarmPepsi,
How come your roll bar has hinged joints for the horizontal and diagonal braces? vtluu's bar has these joints welded.
How come your roll bar has hinged joints for the horizontal and diagonal braces? vtluu's bar has these joints welded.
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Originally Posted by feldguy
Any removable front bars, running past the driver/passenger seats. as in removable pieces and bolt to the floor pan? Just curious.
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Originally Posted by johnnysixer
What is the flat bar connecting to the diagonal bar for?
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Originally Posted by vtluu
I'm told it's a headrest support/brace. NASA/SCCA roadracing rules require that a seat be braced from behind (granted, they also require a rollcage) unless the seat is FIA homologated and mounted accordingly.
I've seen it on non-reclining ones also, but more likely than not, it's the recliners.
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Originally Posted by whiterexman
Can you still use the back seat for transporting a set of race tires with this roll bar?
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Originally Posted by whiterexman
So how do you take an extra set of race tires with you to the track with this roll bar?
Everything is prep'd before hand, no frantic unloading of the car, wheel/brake swaps, etc. I do it 2 days before, and leisurely put it back to normal the following day.
makes the whole day a lot more enjoyable i'd say.
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Originally Posted by WarmPepsi
i don't drive to the track. the evo gets a free ride, i unload, drive, load, and drive home.
Everything is prep'd before hand, no frantic unloading of the car, wheel/brake swaps, etc. I do it 2 days before, and leisurely put it back to normal the following day.
makes the whole day a lot more enjoyable i'd say.
Everything is prep'd before hand, no frantic unloading of the car, wheel/brake swaps, etc. I do it 2 days before, and leisurely put it back to normal the following day.
makes the whole day a lot more enjoyable i'd say.
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I still need the back seat for race tires.
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Originally Posted by nothere
you need to take out the front passenger seat to put tires in the back seat area, if you need the passenger seat you will just have to take it out and in over and over again.
That's a great idea. I totally forgot I have seem people do that with their Miata and S2k where they removed their passenger seat for the race tires.
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Went to Willow Springs (350 miles so I didn't want to drive on the race tires) a couple weeks ago; after taking out the passenger seat I was able to one tire behind my seat (in the rear left footwell), one tire in the rear right footwell, and two side-by-side where the front passenger seat used to be. These are 275/40-17s. Before taking out the front passenger seat, I used to carry two tires in the trunk (with the spare out), two in the front passenger seat. The new arrangement lets me carry six 5-gallon gas cans of race gas in the trunk.
I'm going with WarmPepsi's plan though--shopping for a tow rig... With no A/C, all the interior out and a full cage the Evo's become impractical (if not a bit unsafe) for all but the shortest road trips.
I'm going with WarmPepsi's plan though--shopping for a tow rig... With no A/C, all the interior out and a full cage the Evo's become impractical (if not a bit unsafe) for all but the shortest road trips.
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Originally Posted by vtluu
Went to Willow Springs (350 miles so I didn't want to drive on the race tires) a couple weeks ago; after taking out the passenger seat I was able to one tire behind my seat (in the rear left footwell), one tire in the rear right footwell, and two side-by-side where the front passenger seat used to be. These are 275/40-17s. Before taking out the front passenger seat, I used to carry two tires in the trunk (with the spare out), two in the front passenger seat. The new arrangement lets me carry six 5-gallon gas cans of race gas in the trunk.
I'm going with WarmPepsi's plan though--shopping for a tow rig... With no A/C, all the interior out and a full cage the Evo's become impractical (if not a bit unsafe) for all but the shortest road trips.
I'm going with WarmPepsi's plan though--shopping for a tow rig... With no A/C, all the interior out and a full cage the Evo's become impractical (if not a bit unsafe) for all but the shortest road trips.
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