[DeTomaso] roll bar

[Mad Dog Antenucci]

Don't worry about my phone book slacker....you just worry about getting your oil cooler and front air dam finished along with new tires so you don't have any excuses in the Spring.
  md
   
   
  "John Bentley (jab)" <jab at cisco.com> wrote:
  I thought you always used a phone book to see over the steering wheel anyway?

JB



-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On Behalf Of Mad Dog Antenucci
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 12:12 PM
To: JDeRyke at aol.com; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] roll bar

Good point....you need to cut your torso in half or mod the floor and seat....I'm no where near 6'2" but with the Hall cage and a helmet on my unhelmeted head was right up against the bar on the front AND the 'side bar of the cage....with the helmet on it was resting against the bar with no padding.....it didn't work for 5'8" so I can't imagine how it would work for anyone taller.

Drenske did a 3-way cut and re-welded the floor to drop the floor down about 2" inches and he also installed an aftermarket race seat....I can barely see over the steering wheel now...may need a booster seat! ;-]

md

JDeRyke at aol.com wrote: In a message dated 12/21/06 9:12:52 AM, teampantera at yahoo.com writes:

<< The major danger with the fabricated roll cages is the overhead bar next 
to the windshield is too close to the drivers head. That problem was resolved 
by Drenske on my last cage by just moving it forward 4-5 inches. >>

I drove a GT5 conversion with Hall's assemble-it-in-the-car 5-point roll cage 
(7-point if you add the bars thru the rear window). At 6'2", my problem was 
not the rear nor the windshield bar, but the side-bar across the driver's door 
opening. If I sat upright and didn't lean AT ALL, my not-overly-large head had 
around 1" of clearance to that very solid chunk of steel. I didn't check the 
passenger seat fit, but a dropped floorpan and far different seats would be 
absolutely mandatory if we owned such a car. My 2¢- J DeRyke



Mad Dawg Antenucci 
Team Pantera Racing 
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