Ballast Location and types

[Matt93SE]

Solid "tubing" is illegal IMHO.

It's not tubing, it's a heavy-ass gusset!

[gran racing]

It's illegal and has been tested in the past.

[mossaidis]

Before my EG Civic in ITA had its min weight lowered, I used two of these in the passenger component, bolted to the floor by 2 G9 bolts/nuts for each bar.

http://www.speedwaymotors.com/25-Lb-...last,7014.html

There's a 50 lbs bar just in case you want to get crazy.

http://www.speedwaymotors.com/50-Lb-...last,2164.html

[ajmr2]

That's so cool! Just add 50% shipping and you'll also need "hazardous material" decals on your car!

[quadzjr]

Similar to Chip's.. before weight reduction. In MR2.. factory legal spare tire, 4 loaf pans of lead, accusump, all the factory bits bolted on the underside of the car, etc..

[mossaidis]

That's so cool! Just add 50% shipping and you'll also need "hazardous material" decals on your car!

When I ordered them, the sales guy placed each one into a USPS "if it fits, it ships" box. shrug

[joeg]

A solid bar is just tubing with infinite wall thickness. You can just pick very thick gauge DOM, bigger mounting plates, etc., if you believe that strategy is illegal.

My personal favorite is a thick walled stainless exhaust system. Heavy and down low.

[Chip42]

cage rules require DOM tubing. solid bar is not DOM tubing and doesn't meet the definition of gussets in the glossary especially if used as a cage member, even an optional one.

[mossaidis]

tubing = tubing. Pretty simple.

[lawtonglenn]

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[shwah]

I just bolted a pair of 1"x9"x18" steel plates (maybe they were 1.5".... they were about 50# each) to the passenger floor area per the rules.

I also retained the asphalt sound deadening, sand bag vibration dampers and interior carpeting, since spread all over the floor was an excellent location for weight.