Scirocco 16v roll cage manufacture ??

[rick@brubakerbox.com (Rick Alexander)]

You are right Neal, I was thinking cage.

Rick Alexander
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Neal Tovsen" <nealtovsen@yahoo.com>
To: <jester@westfailure.net>; "Rick Alexander" <rick@brubakerbox.com>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 6:01 PM
Subject: Re: Scirocco 16v roll cage manufacture ??


> I think you're right Steve. Perhaps Rick was thinking
> of a cage, where that could definitely be an issue.
> With a roll bar above and behind the seat, especially
> with padding, you shouldn't have a problem.
>
> I might be wrong here, but I'd even say that a
> properly padded cage is typically better than no cage
> at all, even without a helmet. If your head contacts a
> padded cage bar, it is probably better than whatever
> un-padded thing (sheet metal, glass, tree, roadway,
> etc) your head would have contacted otherwise...or
> worse yet, what would have contacted your head (as in:
> total roof collapse)! Of course, its possible that in
> a mild-to-moderate accident your head wouldn't have
> reached the door frame, but it did move far enough to
> hit the cage. Everything has drawbacks: airbags have
> been attributed to injuries where none might have
> occured without, but I'd still prefer to have them!
>
> Neal
>
> --- jester@westfailure.net wrote:
> > On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, Rick Alexander wrote:
> >
> > > If this is to be a street car, then I urge you to
> > reconsider. Roll bars are
> > > a racing item where brain buckets are worn. Unless
> > you plan on wearing a
> > > helmet on the street, you are much worse off in an
> > accident with a roll bar
> > > and no helmet.
> > Oaky doaky,
> >
> > I'm confused here. If the roll bar is built to
> > sanctioning specs, it
> > should be at least 6 inches behind the driver. Any
> > accident that would
> > cause roll bar to head contact, probalby would have
> > crushed the car on top
> > of you. And roll bars should be padded... so i guess
> > im not sure why you
> > would say this?
> >
> > could you maybe give an example of how a head could
> > contact the bar (not
> > cage) in a way where you wouldnt have been worse off
> > without
> > it? (assuming, of course, you are wearing your seat
> > belt & dont have
> > passengers in the back seat.)
> >
> > Not saing you are wrong, just that what you say
> > doesn't make sense to me
> > just yet. If they were that unsafe would roll bars
> > come stock on open top
> > jeeps?
> >
> > take care,
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
>
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