Re: 4ksq roll cage

[audidudi@mindspring.com (Jeffrey J. Goggin)]

>Much of cage construction in this contry scares me. Low level British 
>national enteries are state of art compared to all but top 10 cars in 
>North America. Most of we create is their design of prior years.

I beg to differ ... mind you, I've never seen a British race or rally car in
person but from the photos I've seen in various magazines, *I* wouldn't be
comfortable running one of their legal cages in MY car.  In fact, even the
SCCA-mandated cage designs aren't adequate to make me comfortable ... anyone
running a bolt-in cage where the rules allow welded-in cages is a fool,
period!  

>There is may be 4 or 5 shops in this country that even bother to keep 
>track of new stuff and concepts.

Again, I would argue this point -- I can name several just in the Phoenix,
Arizona area -- but in general, I think you're correct that a lot of folks
with a tube bender and MIG welder incorrectly consider themselves a fully
qualified rollcage designer!
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