Originally Posted by
quadzjr
so the bars of the cage don't have to meet up, they just have to all attach to the same plated area?
Correct. The plate is considered the mounting "point" (IT cars are restricted to eight total). Further the rules specifically state:Any number of tubes may attach to the plate or each other.
...and...Any number of additional tube elements is permitted within the boundaries of the minimum cage structure.
...the rear brace is welded to a plate on the side of the rear shock tower. What makes this legal is as long as those plates touch or are built as one piece then it can be considered as part of the cage and not a seperate piece?
Yes. There's no restriction that the mounting point be one contiguous (bent) plate versus welded-together plates. In fact, the rules state,Plates may be on multiple planes but shall shall not be greater than fifteen inches on any side.
...explicitly allowing it.
An alternate example. What if yoiu were to have a cage and plate welded to teh cage, then have anothe rplate closer to the top of the strut tower that does not touch the plate for the cage. This would be considered illegal correct?
No. I suggest that any plate that is not welded in some way to the true cage mounting plate (and following min/max side requirements) is likely flaunting the rules.
another example/question.. for the first gen MR2 that I am building right now. IT is almost impossilbe to weld in a bar similair to this design in quesiton becuase it woudl go right through my engien, and would also make working on it more difficult. Since it is an uncessary bar, would you be allowed to add a bar in similiar fashion to your NX200, and then make it removable?
Sure, why not? I'd suggest following the "removable roll cage bracing" requirements (though those requirements are unclear as to if they refer only to required elements and/or all elements). When we were working on the cage design for the SW20, we were going to do basically that, and attach the bar to the rear strut using "PIP" (single action ball lock) pins (though, again, I'm unclear if the PIP pin part is legal. The rules clearly illustrate a minimum bolt requirement).
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