Legality question

[trueblue]

Is it legal to remove a side window and replace it with plexiglass so I can install a duct for a blower helmet?

[badal]

Originally posted by trueblue:
Is it legal to remove a side window and replace it with plexiglass so I can install a duct for a blower helmet?

It is legal to put a duct in the window area, but removal of windows is only allowed on the driver's side, and only for NASCAR bars, so you could replace a vent window if so equipped. On the passenger side, you have to leave the window in. You can hang a duct in the window area.

[Greg Gauper]

No. Stock rear glass must be retained. Only glass that can legally be removed is driver's side door glass IF and only IF your roll cage door bars protrude into the door cavity.

What some people have done (and this appears to be legal) is to mount a NACA duct to a flat plate that slides into the passenger door between the glass and the door and run a duct from there to your helmet.

I've also seen people just stick a duct out the window ty-wrapped/duct taped/safety wired to the mirror.

BTW, this isn't just an IT rule. Even in Production class where you are allowed to replace the glass with lexan, you aren't permitted to create any new openings in the window.



[This message has been edited by Greg Gauper (edited October 20, 2003).]

[trueblue]

Thanks, I'll have to be creative.