khaoskustoms
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Does anybody have pics or built a roll cage in a quad cab dodge that retains the back seats? Is it even possible to build a NHRA legal cage which keeps the back seats? Thanks.
Lavon Miller had the one for his quad cab made to removable, and retain the back seat, but it's a 10.0 roll bar, and not a complete 8.50 cage.
Don't have any pics handy of Lavon's but it is fully removeable. To my knowledge the only thing that isn't to spec is the disconnects in the back braces, I think that is supposed to be a one piece pipe. I don't feel they are a safety concern and have never had tech say anything about them. Five bolts and less than ten minutes to remove it. Come check it out at Schied.
I have a cage in mine, I daily drive it so it would be nice to have a removable cage but I've been told any kind of removable is not allowed. Just depends on the tech you get that day
Cages, as in 8.50 certified cannot be removable. Roll bar, as in 10.00 or slower can be removable. Anyone running low 10's with just a roll bar on a heavy pickup is playing with fire, if you need it due to a rollover at speed, you're gonna wish you had a welded in cage!
Semi-related,
Cage requirements aren't truck specific, correct?
So "overkill" for a nhra cert may be barely cutting it, or am I being paranoid?
Also, would you guys risk dailying a with a cage (obviously with padding)?
This is correct.
I know your involved in the new 8.50 cert for these heavy trucks. What's your opinion on what I'm trying to do? Is it even worth trying to build a cage for a truck that might run a 9.90 and still be used for 10,000miles per year on the street? Or should we just scrap the daily driver idea and go full race?