View Full Version : When rollbars fail...
-stew-
11-18-2009, 11:38 AM
http://forums.corral.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1172869
Yowza!!
Car Guy
11-18-2009, 11:44 AM
Bolt-in roll cage = WORTHLESS...!!! :thumbsup
That_Guy
11-18-2009, 11:45 AM
bolt in roll bar? seriously ? ugh...
-stew-
11-18-2009, 11:53 AM
And that was a magazine cover car. Another reason I am beginning to find 5.0 Magazine and MM&FF worthless rags.
PureSound15
11-18-2009, 12:01 PM
bolt in roll bar? seriously ? ugh...
Yeah.... maybe thats not the route you should go with the Cobalt :shades
-stew-
11-18-2009, 12:05 PM
Yeah.... maybe thats not the route you should go with the Cobalt :shades
That things full tube chassis, ain't it?
wrath
11-18-2009, 12:57 PM
Not surprised. Probably was bolted to the floor using 2x2 pads made out of 16 gauge steel.
michelle
11-18-2009, 03:57 PM
This is why I was okay with Adam spending so much on a full roll-cage welded in by a professional on his project car and why I appreciate my welded in roll-bar in my car.
turbogarrett
11-18-2009, 05:23 PM
I wouldn't write all bolt-in bars as junk. I have one in my car which bolts to the rear shock towers and has 6x6 plates through a thicker area of floor behind the seats(next to seat belt attachment points). When I eventually do front bars I will have the mounting points behind the seats welded.
Sounds like the bar in that mustang was poorly designed and inadequate for what looks like a pretty serious car.
That_Guy
11-18-2009, 05:33 PM
Yeah.... maybe thats not the route you should go with the Cobalt :shades
don't hate on my race car.;)
Yooformula
11-18-2009, 05:47 PM
now wait a minute, I thought roll bars are designed for a car ROLLING on its side then the roof NOT an immediate bottom to top flip! That puts the entire weight of the car on its roof at once not a gradual weight transfer as in it rolling onto its side then onto the roof there is a big difference in how fast the weight is getting dumped onto the roof. Not to mention asshat cut away portions of his c-pillar weakening the vehicle's structure already. A rollbar IMO is most likely designed to work with the structure already in place in the car not in complete replacement of it.
Sprayaway Fox
11-18-2009, 07:35 PM
The thing pancaked, plus all the windows were replaced with plexiglass ta boot. Without a windshield you took the strongest part of the car away with a flop like that.
Yeehaw
11-18-2009, 07:38 PM
look better go faster
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