Re: Superfuel anyone?
Originally Posted by HDDP
Just met with the guy who's going to build my cage... It's going to be a project to say the least... I have to put the safety fuel cell in first because he can't build the cage before the old tank is removed.
How much weight is that cage going to put back on your Crossfire HDDP?
And now for a short war story - Back in 84/85? I drove the Army's FAV (dune buggies with big guns mounted on top) and our attack cars had a cage, but seems to me the cage was made from steel, and it was formed as in square tubing of some sorts, it was rear wheel drive with Porsche engine (hopped up VW engines) fitted with headers, it had a seat type harness (look to me like something from an aircraft, had straps that came down over both shoulders, across mid section, and up from between out legs, fastening to a quick release type latch that would pop all the belts loose at once if struck with our hand best I can recall) you would be proud to have it in your car.
Now back to question I started out with - I see on another thread you had achieved a great deal of weight lose by removing a lot of luxury parts from the car, so I was just wondering if you’re backing up with the cage. I do understand the feelings of not pushing the car due to "I am going to die without a cage" fear factor, but did you feel safer before you stripped the car down in your earlier races? The reason for the war story was with our cages we felt there was nothing that could harm us and we drove like it. hooah
Last edited by FirebaseD; May 14, 2006 at 01:15 AM.