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te72
te72 HalfDork
10/19/24 6:38 p.m.

Gorgeous, and I'm not even really a BMW guy. Makes me wonder how many pieces that cage is... not likely it was welded in and painted in the car?

 

Also... why go back to the D-pillar with the cage? Don't wanna crush the groceries in an accident? =P

codrus (Forum Supporter)
codrus (Forum Supporter) UltimaDork
10/19/24 7:24 p.m.
te72 said:

Also... why go back to the D-pillar with the cage? Don't wanna crush the groceries in an accident? =P

That way you can have rear passengers with head injuries as well?

 

grafmiata
grafmiata UltraDork
10/19/24 7:32 p.m.
codrus (Forum Supporter) said:
te72 said:

Also... why go back to the D-pillar with the cage? Don't wanna crush the groceries in an accident? =P

That way you can have rear passengers with head injuries as well?

 

Plus, in the case of a roll-over, it'll create a nice pass-thru to pull the bodies out of the front seats after the a-pillars collapsed.

te72
te72 HalfDork
10/21/24 1:03 a.m.
codrus (Forum Supporter) said:
te72 said:

Also... why go back to the D-pillar with the cage? Don't wanna crush the groceries in an accident? =P

That way you can have rear passengers with head injuries as well?

 

How courteous of them! I dunno about you guys, but when bars are near my head, I tend to be wearing a helmet...

te72
te72 HalfDork
10/21/24 1:04 a.m.
grafmiata said:
codrus (Forum Supporter) said:
te72 said:

Also... why go back to the D-pillar with the cage? Don't wanna crush the groceries in an accident? =P

That way you can have rear passengers with head injuries as well?

 

Plus, in the case of a roll-over, it'll create a nice pass-thru to pull the bodies out of the front seats after the a-pillars collapsed.

I'd think the A-pillar itself should be strong enough to hold themselves up more or less, considering how much roof there is? Guess this is a car from the 90's...

codrus (Forum Supporter)
codrus (Forum Supporter) UltimaDork
10/21/24 12:16 p.m.
te72 said:

I'd think the A-pillar itself should be strong enough to hold themselves up more or less, considering how much roof there is? Guess this is a car from the 90's...

In general, A pillars are substantially less strong than a properly-constructed roll cage's front hoops.  They will support the car if you pick it up, turn it over, and set it down on the ground gently, but the dynamics of a rollover crash are usually a lot more violent than that.

 

 

te72
te72 HalfDork
10/22/24 10:48 a.m.

In reply to codrus (Forum Supporter) :

Makes sense... *looks at his Miata suspiciously*

Slippery
Slippery UltimaDork
10/22/24 11:24 a.m.
Keith Tanner said:

That intake is something else.

Factory CSL intake or at least half of the system as the bottom part does not look to be present.

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