Huntley racing
Roll Bar / Cage System
As is traditional with H.R. products, when
it came time to equip our project cars with roll bars and cages we
couldn't help but improve on existing designs. Safety is a prime concern
of course but the side benefit of strengthening the chassis can't be
overlooked. Typical roll bars mount a hoop to the floor area behind the
front seats with one or more cross braces and two down braces attached to
the rear fender wells. Two potential problems stem from the placement of
the rear braces. The fender area is one thin layer of sheet metal with
little structural strength and the bolts protrude into the inner fender
very close to the vulnerable tire. On cars with very large wheel and tire
combinations, risk of shredding a tire is > always a concern. In the
case of a hard roll over, the question of strength of the wheel wells
becomes a real concern. The H.R. roll bar is cold rolled steel or optional
chromoly. The bar meets or exceeds all PCA, POC and SCCA regulations
(always check the latest rules for your sanctioning body). The big
advantage of our bar is the placement of the down bracing. We run our
braces from directly over the driver and passenger head area to the upper
rear seat firewall area for bolt ins and to the rear frame rails for weld
ins. The placement of the down bracing requires removal or modification of
the rear seats (save weight!) for the bolt in. This arrangement adds
significant protection as well as chassis rigidity. The down bracing is
located very close to the rear upper shock mounts adding strength to this
weak area. The bar adds significantly to the cars ability to resist
flexing under severe cornering loads. The bar has a diagonal brace as well
as a horizontal brace which doubles as a harness bar and seat brace (we
can provide a bracket to hard mount your seat back to the seat brace). We
also offer full competition cages installed at our location in San Diego.
Because of the fine fitting, intricate welding and special modifications
necessary to install our cages they are not for mail-order. Our cages add
door hoops which mount through the dash vents to ease ingress and egress
from the car and have door bars and an overhead cross bar as well. We also
fabricate multi bar 'Nascar' style door guards, semi-tube frame front and
rear ends, and full tube frame chassis. Call for a quote!
Steel Bolt-in roll bar - $500
Chromoly Bolt-in roll bar - $750
Steel Weld-in roll bar - $550
Chromoly Weld-in roll bar - $800
Cages - $Call for quote$ |
