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Roll Bar/Roll cage

Postby Grampy » Fri 08.08.2014, 11:41

Morning,

The plan for the Élan is to hill climb and sprint next year once the front brakes and power has been sorted. I am looking at a road going class so a roll bar is not a requirement. However in the interest of staying alive anybody know of any roll bars available?

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Re: Roll Bar/Roll cage

Postby epipete » Fri 08.08.2014, 12:05

This is a real 'can of worms' but there is a thread:

viewtopic.php?f=85&t=21894&p=289912&hilit=Cage#p289912

Enjoy !!!
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Re: Roll Bar/Roll cage

Postby Grampy » Fri 08.08.2014, 12:08

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Re: Roll Bar/Roll cage

Postby Enright » Fri 08.08.2014, 12:54

And here is another which demonstrates just what a "can of worms" it can be!

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=23337

(Just typing "rollbar" into the search box above right and clicking "Search" brought it up straight away :wink: )
Striking fear into the hearts of duplicate posts everywhere...! :P

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Re: Roll Bar/Roll cage

Postby epipete » Fri 08.08.2014, 19:46

Oh yeah, that was the one :clap:
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Re: Roll Bar/Roll cage

Postby norman lovie » Sat 30.08.2014, 15:34

To date - this is far as i've got - it is a copy using info kindly supplied by the original manufacture ( ok it looks daft but its accurate)
i'm about a yr away from making this - however - TBH its not a big job to build them, if you have access to someone who has a proper pipe bender - once you have the dimensions to work from
The strength is where cost versus weight comes in - at present its looking like x 3 the price for the tube for half the weight

to extend this to the front - using the chassis to subframe / tub mounts would be easy

but if I was serious about this - ref: your hill climbing - I would recommend dropping the chassis so you can
a) fabricate in the centre frame mounts ( maybe add a spreader plate under the main box section
b) check for internal corrosion and then plate up - especially if you go for the front mounts
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