Is the Ride Tech Tiger Cage NHRA/IHRA or SCCA certified yet?

[uraceulose]

Well I can feel the back end lift up a little bit when I stage the car by power braking it up to about 2500ish RPM...would be happy if I could even get a 1.75 60 ft for the time being! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlxutPZKTis

That was 2 weeks ago when I could only put down a 12.34 at 116 mph with a 2.1 - 2.2 60 fts...didn't lower tire pressure, didn't remove stereo box, bumper or disconnect sway bar. Literally drove from work to the track and ran the dude in my slacks and tie first run lol.

When I pulled the 2.01 60 ft and ran 11.89 this most recent weekend..it hooked noticeably better than in the video you see there. The shocks I'm running are the non adjustable bilsteins front and rear that are valved by hotchkis to match their 3 in lowering springs/leafs.

It would be nice to just get right down to a 1.80 or below 60 ft and run just above 11.49 for a season, just kills me to have a 119 mph and a 2.0xx 60 ft

PS the video says 12.54 but if you look at the times it actually is a 12.34 to the other guys 12.36 ;)

[HandOverFist]

Lots of tire spin there...to be expected with those hard, short sidewall tires. The rear is squatting tho...not separating as it should. Probably very stiff in the back would be my guess. I'm off to work right now...pm me your email address and we will talk more if you like.

Rich

[1BADBET]

If your not competing in an NHRA sanctioned event then you don't have to have a cage that meets their standards. If this is a local test and tune night thing then it's all about what the track tech guys will let you get away with and from what I've seen its always been way too lenient. Guys don't even have the basic neutral safety switch or hold down for the battery, shoot there's a mustang on YouTube they clicks off an 8 second pass without a roll bar! I'm not saying you shouldn't put one in but you could probably do whatever you want, tiger cage, or no cage and it wouldn't matter. You car really isn't fast enough for most track tech guys to give you any grief. I would just run it till the track officials kick you out for not having a roll bar before I worried about it.

[CampbellshotrodsAZ]

it's all about what the track tech guys will let you get away with and from what I've seen its always been way too lenient.

Not always the case though. Down here at Wildhorse Pass Motorsports Park (Formerly Firebird Raceway), they go through all the cars with a fine-toothed comb. Then I got kicked out for running 11.47 in my non-rollbar equipped 75 Pontiac Astre.

Edit- just noticed this was posted at 11:47 too, kinda freaky/cool, haha.

[uraceulose]

Jordan,
Thanks for the advice. Thinking I'm going to buy a cage and weld in the seat bar after the fact if the track tech kicks me off for going too fast.