5 Point Roll Bar VS a 10 Point Cage
Since DVW mentioned the weight penalty about the safety upgrades,
I thought now would be a good time to share what happened with me.
Way back in the early 70's I showed up at US30 Dragstrip near Gary Indiana to race my GTX.
When I went through tech inspection ( yes they had it back then! )
They wouldn't let me race that day because I had removed the seats and installed
a drivers fiberglass bucket seat only.
They informed me that I would need a 4 point Roll Bar!
Well there was no Jeggs or Summit back then so I starting looking and
finally found a bolt in 4 point Roll Bar from a guy that had a Charger.
I installed it and finally got to race.
Years later I added a drivers side bar to foot well 5th point.
So In 2005 I went to my local chassis shop and told them that I needed a 10 point cage.
They told me I could get a steel tube or chrome-moly tube cage.
The labor for either was about the same but they said the chrome moly would be lighter!
That's all I had to hear and went for the chrome-moly 10 point cage.
I asked them to weigh the GTX before and after.
When I went to pick up the GTX the guys were all smiles!
The weight of the old 5 point bar was up there!
The weight of the GTX went from 2984 down to 2956 a LOSS of 28LBS!! WOW!
I am now legal down to 8:50 and up to 150MPH!
MJ