Door Opening "X" Bars as Side Protection

[RexRacer19]

Please don't think I am trying to say my cage is perfect, just trying to give some insight to the thoughts I put into it, especially as I said my biggest fear is being T-Boned.

I don't want to come across as a know-it-all either. As I have told some others, there is more than one way to skin a cat when it comes to these things. Both design types have merits and drawbacks. The important thing is to build/buy a cage that YOU will feel safe in and meets the standards of the GCR. These discussions are generally healthy and provide some insight for folks going through that process.

[spnkzss]

I don't want to come across as a know-it-all either. As I have told some others, there is more than one way to skin a cat when it comes to these things. Both design types have merits and drawbacks. The important thing is to build/buy a cage that YOU will feel safe in and meets the standards of the GCR. These discussions are generally healthy and provide some insight for folks going through that process.

I have to agree. I find it humorous that the first cage I had in my C car worked just how I needed it to. Then when I built the A car I had a whole different mentality of what I that was right and modified accordingly. THen I saw what you and Xian were doing and have another completely different mentality.

[Xian]

I have to agree. I find it humorous that the first cage I had in my C car worked just how I needed it to. Then when I built the A car I had a whole different mentality of what I that was right and modified accordingly. THen I saw what you and Xian were doing and have another completely different mentality.

Very true... I saw some nifty things on Jeff's cage that I liked

FWIW, back to the question about side impact penetration... here is "my" solution to it:




By "my" I mean "Chris Schimmel at Competition Cages" Similar to Kirk's cage, my door bars project out into the door cavity and should end up in compression in the instance of a side impact.

Christian