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Old 05-20-2015, 12:03 PM   #8
Gilles
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Originally Posted by thstone View Post
First, do not skimp on a roll cage! Do you really want the "minimum" strength protecting you in a crash? Do you really want a cage built to a "budget"?

Take a look at these photos from a Boxster roll-over at Willow Springs. This was the result of minor contact between two cars coming out of Turn 2 at around 85mph. This car was the innocent driver - he was tapped in the rear, spun off track, caught in the dirt, and rolled 5+ times. It doesn't happen often but it can happen and a cage is there for exactly that worst case scenario.

Most cage builders at this time (2012) thought that the cages they were building were more than adequate - but the pictures tell a different story...

I'll post the exact spec's of the tubing later today (don't have them memorized).
Thstone:

I clearly remember the video of the crash, it's pretty impressive...!

Edit: this is the link.. https://youtu.be/MIjNa4XjbLE




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Last edited by Gilles; 05-20-2015 at 12:11 PM.
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