Rollcage wreck pics!
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Rollcage wreck pics!
Thought some of you might want to see this. Taken from : http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4198394
Originally Posted by bulldogger72
for those wondering about extra bars- its not just rally cars that can use them. here is a track car that had a bad off, notice there is no A or B pillar bar, nor anything in the roof plane...
so again i will state- if you are looking to build a cage, at least look over FIA article 253, and build as much cage as you can.
so again i will state- if you are looking to build a cage, at least look over FIA article 253, and build as much cage as you can.
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Re: Rollcage wreck pics!
And to poster of the white civic, this is why I strongly believe in cages for anyone who drives hard on the street. I have one in my Jetta, and it has never, ever been on a track.
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Re: Rollcage wreck pics!
FYI: The driver was medivac'd to hospital, survived, and is currently rebuilding that car with a new chassis. There's a lot more information over on BimmerForums; sorry, but I don't have the link right now.
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Wow! Thanks for posting that , and props to him for posting the pictures! Too many road race guys are too embarrassed to post crash pictures.
I wonder if that was ERW
I wonder if that was ERW
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Re: Rollcage wreck pics!
DOM. Here's a post I made about this elsewhere:
Driver survived after being airlifted out, then went back to rebuilding the car in a new chassis. Cage was completely constructed of "1.750” x 0.120” seamless mild steel (DOM)".
http://www.motorgeek.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=21475
http://www.nasaforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=22187
http://www.nasaforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=22198
The build thread for that car seems to be here (on page 10, he posts up about the accident, and page 11 has the pictures you posted above):
http://www.motorgeek.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=16273
Page 12 and 13 is where he starts talking about the cage, and posting more pictures. A couple of pictures of the cage with the roof removed:
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...e/IMG_1675.jpg
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...e/IMG_1676.jpg
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...e/IMG_1677.jpg
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...e/IMG_1678.jpg
I got a link to some of that from BimmerForums discussion of cages and crash results:
http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum....php?t=1160110
http://www.motorgeek.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=21475
http://www.nasaforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=22187
http://www.nasaforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=22198
The build thread for that car seems to be here (on page 10, he posts up about the accident, and page 11 has the pictures you posted above):
http://www.motorgeek.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=16273
Page 12 and 13 is where he starts talking about the cage, and posting more pictures. A couple of pictures of the cage with the roof removed:
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...e/IMG_1675.jpg
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...e/IMG_1676.jpg
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...e/IMG_1677.jpg
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...e/IMG_1678.jpg
I got a link to some of that from BimmerForums discussion of cages and crash results:
http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum....php?t=1160110
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what are your thoughts on what a caged car will do to a non-caged car? I would put a cage in my car but if I smash into someone and their car gets destroyed because it absorbs all of the impulse and my car absorbs none which results in them getting obliterated im going to feel pretty bad.
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what are your thoughts on what a caged car will do to a non-caged car? I would put a cage in my car but if I smash into someone and their car gets destroyed because it absorbs all of the impulse and my car absorbs none which results in them getting obliterated im going to feel pretty bad.
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Wow...glad to hear the driver is ok. I was actually going to ask based on where that roof bar ended up...there isn't a lot of room for a head between the bar and the seat 
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There is a lot of space between that car's unibody and the frame some gussets would be a great add on that way they work together -_-.
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what are your thoughts on what a caged car will do to a non-caged car? I would put a cage in my car but if I smash into someone and their car gets destroyed because it absorbs all of the impulse and my car absorbs none which results in them getting obliterated im going to feel pretty bad.
https://honda-tech.com/forums/drag-racing-36/why-we-have-drag-stripes-2521369/
it ends up pretty bad for both of you