Roll cage sec gen camaro question

[CamaroGuySanJose]

I am working on a sec gen pro-touring camaro. It has a Detroit Speed 4 link, sub frame connectors and front sub frame. I am in the middle of installing a Chris Alston 10 point cage (lots of tig welding :) ). My question is on the main hoop, harness bar through cross brace or cross brace through harness bar??? I am still not sold on the cross brace but it does look BA. This will be a track a car with some street driving. I am giving up the back seat so that part doesn't matter but function and fashion are important.


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My question is on the main hoop, harness bar through cross brace or cross brace through harness bar???

First post so I hope I posted it to the right forum.

[Build-It-Break-It]

I think I understand your question.

The harness bar should be one piece. Then if your adding a crossbar that would be spilt into two pieces. Best picture I could find is below. You can see the crossbar is two pieces.

[raustinss]

Yep..what Ahmad said

[Oregon]

The DIAGONAL brace should be uninterrupted.

You can split the horizontal harness bar.

The diagonal is there to provide support to the main hoop during a roll over and side impacts . I'd want the strength of an uninterrupted tube there.

[NOT A TA]

Chassis shop did mine like this.

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2009/06/The14Carinterior407-1.jpg (http://s240.photobucket.com/user/NOTATA/media/The%2014%20Car%20Safety%20upgrades/The14Carinterior407.jpg.html)

[raustinss]

I was positive that nhra spec is the horizontal bar must be uninterrupted.... Someone with first hand knowledge of proper spec rollback chime in please

[CSG]

What rules are you trying to pass? From what I remember NASA and SCCA the diagonal is one-piece and NHRA the horizontal is one-piece.

[raustinss]

Ahhhh Lil column A Lil column B

[David Pozzi]

Mark Stiielow does not connect his Harness bar to the diagonal. The harness bar is behind the diagonal and is removable with a bolt or pin on each end. The harness bar is notched so it slips over a 1/2" thick solid steel tab welded to the rear of each main roll hoop. The tabs extend rearward about 3" so the harness bar needs no bends.
I would set the bar on the ledge behind the rear footwell for strength on a second gen Camaro. Placing the main hoop rearward a bit helps access to the rear seat bolts and gives room for the shoulder harness to buckle up. For a street car, you could also make the diagonal a bolt-in so doing any upholstery would be an easier task.