Scottie-GNZ Posted May 21, 2000 Share Posted May 21, 2000 The machine shop just completed modifications to my 4-pt bolt-in rollbar. The rollbar was removed, the bolt-in pads expanded to 6"x6" and the rollbar welded in. After it was welded, they added 2 sidebars with a swingout on the drivers. These mods were done for the requirement track safety and my own piece of mind. First thing I noticed was that the doors now close with a "thud". You can feel the extra stiffness, which does not say much for the rigidity of a stock Z chassis, hehe. Scottie Here is the rollbar just before the bolt-in pads were modified. Here you see the sidebars with the drivers side swingout locked in place. Note the pin towards the low side of the sidebar and the pivot point towards the high side. Here you see the pin removed and the sidebar swung out for getting my big butt in and out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Scott Posted May 21, 2000 Share Posted May 21, 2000 Looks cool Scottie. Hope you never need it! When are you going to the track? JS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie-GNZ Posted May 21, 2000 Author Share Posted May 21, 2000 Now that I have the car back, if my job will let me stay put in town for awhile I can find and fix this low-speed "vibration". With any luck the car will make its debut in about 2 weekends. I dont want to race it in case the vibration is a balance problem. Scottie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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