Which is totally illegal and part of the SCCA problem with the FranAm lawsuit. I am personally involved in a modified SRF and we were required to put a new hoop in the car. Enterprises being the manufacturer of the SRF granted themselves an exemption.
steve --- Richard Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim, > > How did you raise the height of the roll bar ? My > reading of the GCR says > that the main roll bar must be one piece from the > bottom of the frame to the > top of the hoop. > > ? > > Most interesting though is I have seen SRF cars with > welded additions to the > top of the roll bar. > > > Richard > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Libecco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 8:18 PM > Subject: Re: [F500] to hans or not to hans > > > > Depends on what you think is adequate. It is a > two inch MINIMUM. I had > two > > inches, but I could envision a way that I could be > upside down and > stretching > > the belts allowing my head to hit the ground. I > raised things a few > inches > > to really help get things higher. > > > > A lot of people can clear tech inspection > > but are not only violating the two inch rule when > on track, but a even > above > > the hoop overall when on track. I didn't want to > fool myself into safety. > I > > don't think it costs me too much in drag (as sleek > as an F5 is already). > > All a matter of comfort. I am paranoid. I don't > want to give away my > life > > insurance yet nor cash in my disability payments > yet. Most people seem to > be > > fine in most production F5s. At 6'3" plus, I was > interested in a little > more > > room. (And it is not a winter without cutting the > car at least in half > once). > > jim > ________________________________ > FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula > 500 > The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car > Racing > Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or > 519-624-2003 > _________________________________ > > > > _______________________________________________ > F500 mailing list - [email protected] > To unsubscribe or change options please visit: > http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 > *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the > mailing list! *** > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Cheap talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. http://voice.yahoo.com ________________________________ FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula 500 The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car Racing Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or 519-624-2003 _________________________________ _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
