Guest Phil1934 Posted April 18, 2003 Share Posted April 18, 2003 I'm about to order the S&W roll bar and was wondering who has fixed bars and who has swing out. For the fixed crowd how difficult is entry and exit? Do you give up too much strength with a swing out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie-GNZ Posted April 18, 2003 Share Posted April 18, 2003 My car originally had a SCCA-approved bolt-in 4-pt rollbar and I converted that to a welded-in 6-pt cage. I drive with the seat as far back as the cage will allow and I can tell you I would not have been able to get in/out of the car, at least not w/o hurting or embarressing myself w/o the swingout (I am 6' and 220lbs). As part of the conversion, I added a S&W swingout. Sometimes I regret putting the pivot point at the back, but I can tell you, if the attachment point was reversed, it would be very difficult to reach back and put in or remove the retaining pin once I am strapped in. The drawback to putting the pivot point at the back is that the door has be opened a little wider to get the swingout to swing out. Keep that in mind if you decide to do one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Phil1934 Posted April 19, 2003 Share Posted April 19, 2003 Thanks. I ordered the swing outs. Now if somone will hurry up with the R230 swap details we'll be ready for Reynolds in Sept. Engine swap starts in one week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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