Which roll bar to purchase?
05-01-2010, 02:13 AM
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Which roll bar to purchase?
Autopower or hard dog?
So here's my situation. I'm stuck between the autopower single diagonal w/ harness bar (3 friends currently use it and I like the way it looks) and the hard dog hard core single/double diagonal.
Through a local shop, i was quoted $595 for the autopower bar shipped with tax. vs ordering myself and costing $485 for HardDog single and $520 for the HardDog double diag.
I already have a bucket seat with an autopower 5 point harness currently attached to the stability bar behind the seat (car is a 95 na8) which is NOT safe w/o a roll bar. I have my seat pushed all the way back because i'm around 6'2". I installed the seat just so i can comfortably fit in the car without slouching to see out the windscreen, but if i flip i'm pretty much dead with this 5 point holding me in place like a child seat.
Is the hard dog the obvious choice and i'm on the fence only because my friends use autopower? or is the autopower bar a better built bar?
any opinions are welcome, as long as they're constructive, i've seen how some of you guys on miata turbo are
So here's my situation. I'm stuck between the autopower single diagonal w/ harness bar (3 friends currently use it and I like the way it looks) and the hard dog hard core single/double diagonal.
Through a local shop, i was quoted $595 for the autopower bar shipped with tax. vs ordering myself and costing $485 for HardDog single and $520 for the HardDog double diag.
I already have a bucket seat with an autopower 5 point harness currently attached to the stability bar behind the seat (car is a 95 na8) which is NOT safe w/o a roll bar. I have my seat pushed all the way back because i'm around 6'2". I installed the seat just so i can comfortably fit in the car without slouching to see out the windscreen, but if i flip i'm pretty much dead with this 5 point holding me in place like a child seat.
Is the hard dog the obvious choice and i'm on the fence only because my friends use autopower? or is the autopower bar a better built bar?
any opinions are welcome, as long as they're constructive, i've seen how some of you guys on miata turbo are
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05-05-2010, 04:36 PM
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I have been trying to decide also but im wondering about autox requirements?
from what I could tell, the main issue is thickness of tubes, height above helmet (2") and some rearward bracing. but alot of places I looked only mentioned Hard core bars as being legal for autox. Is a clearview bossfrog legal too? because I also read something about the diagonal bars having to reach at least half way across the main hoop (which the boss frog clearview does not)
am I missing something? or are they both equally autox approved?
from what I could tell, the main issue is thickness of tubes, height above helmet (2") and some rearward bracing. but alot of places I looked only mentioned Hard core bars as being legal for autox. Is a clearview bossfrog legal too? because I also read something about the diagonal bars having to reach at least half way across the main hoop (which the boss frog clearview does not)
am I missing something? or are they both equally autox approved?
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05-06-2010, 12:41 AM
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SCCA Solo 1 rules (which is basically time trials, not autox) specify things like height, tube thickness, attachment points. Most bolt-in Miata rollbars meet these specs, but there's no "approval" process.
Autox is SCCA Solo 2, which has no requirements for rollover protection in most classes that you'd run a Miata in.
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