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I have a daily driver, but I've been meaning to put padding on the cage. Those previous pictures are scary, from the looks of it the Crushco roll bar held up pretty well.
I have a daily driver, but I've been meaning to put padding on the cage. Those previous pictures are scary, from the looks of it the Crushco roll bar held up pretty well.
I have a daily driver, but I've been meaning to put padding on the cage. Those previous pictures are scary, from the looks of it the Crushco roll bar held up pretty well.
Nice that's what I want to do also when I install my 5pts I will remove my soft top also
1. The Cusco and the Cusco Safety 21 cages have the same design, the only difference is material. So the bar routing and locations will be the same between the two.
2. The Cusco cage is chromoly and the Cusco Safety 21 cage is made from a cold drawn seamless steel. (yes seamless, NOT stainless)
3. Either cage does not meet U.S. specifications for MOST events. The Cusco Safety 21 cage comes close, but due to the conversion of metric to standard the difference causes problems.
4. In Japan, the Cusco 6pt with door bars are D1 approved.
5. In Japan, the Cusco Safety 21 cage's meet FIA and many JAF regulations and are used in race events. Unfortunately these regulations are not worldwide.
6. We have sent Cusco the SCCA regulations for cages and they have said that due to the slightly different size requirements, sourcing the material for U.S. cages would be expensive and drive the cost of the cages up. Therefore, at this time there is no plan to produce a U.S. specific cage.
In closing I would like to say that I am happy to hear that the driver of this car came away with minor injuries. I can't imagine how bad it was, even through pictures.
Not trying to start an argument here (I'm actually on the side of the fence that says that the Cusco cages are better than nothing at all if the driver has a helmet and padding on them), but since you're "clarifying" it would be good to have some of the facts straight.....
On #3, please don't insult consumer's intelligence. Metric to Standard conversion has nothing to do with the Cusco/Safety21 bars not meeting guidlines like those in the SCCA safety regs. Width of tubing is width of tubing despite what unit you measure it in. The reason the bars don't conform to regs is due to the positioning / angle of the rearward supports, thickness of the tubing walls, and thickness of the mounting plates. There may be others (such as the rear supports bolting on), but those three jump to mind.
And on your point #5 (and I'm going out on a limb here), but the FIA is the F
Originally Posted by J_inDA_s2k,Apr 27 2007, 05:58 PM
alejo sick set up, you didnt happeen to weigh all the stuff you removed from behind the seats did you? I ripped all that crap out too but didnt weigh it. I'm guessing it was 60-70 lbs with the stock roll bars and that cross beam member thing that was back there.
[QUOTE=1AP12NV,May 2 2007, 11:06 PM] Not trying to start an argument here (I'm actually on the side of the fence that says that the Cusco cages are better than nothing at all if the driver has a helmet and padding on them), but since you're "clarifying" it would be good to have some of the facts straight.....
On #3, please don't insult consumer's intelligence. Metric to Standard conversion has nothing to do with the Cusco/Safety21 bars not meeting guidlines like those in the SCCA safety regs. Width of tubing is width of tubing despite what unit you measure it in. The reason the bars don't conform to regs is due to the positioning / angle of the rearward supports, thickness of the tubing walls, and thickness of the mounting plates. There may be others (such as the rear supports bolting on), but those three jump to mind.
And on your point #5 (and I'm going out on a limb here), but the FIA is the F
glad you're ok.
