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Old Jan 12, 2007 | 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Phate
Look at the bottom-most picture, at the bottom right hand corner, and look at that hub spacer... unsafe doesnt even describe that...
Unsafe? Explain please.
Old Jan 12, 2007 | 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by MeenZ28
Unsafe? Explain please.
hes talking about the wheel spacers...

steve said i would need the roll bar for the gfx so that they wont crack if i mold them. im still trying to decide weather or not to do this... probly not but its a possibility. the car doesn't really have much power but as a unibody car + being a vert means the car has no structure. trust me the car is not very rigid at all. so maybe sfc's and a 6 pt cage later.... when im done with my motor im aiming for around 400 hp at the crank. would that be enough power to need a cage?
Old Jan 12, 2007 | 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by gray89vert
hes talking about the wheel spacers...

steve said i would need the roll bar for the gfx so that they wont crack if i mold them. im still trying to decide weather or not to do this... probly not but its a possibility. the car doesn't really have much power but as a unibody car + being a vert means the car has no structure. trust me the car is not very rigid at all. so maybe sfc's and a 6 pt cage later.... when im done with my motor im aiming for around 400 hp at the crank. would that be enough power to need a cage?
IMO yes, that would be. Believe me, I've drivin 3rd gen verts and i know how weak they are structurally. Even had one guy pass it off as "all convertibles are like this". LOL So i undersand. I just happen to think visually, unless you have the ***** to back it up, a roll bar is a statment of "I'm better than you". And if you aren't, sorry bro, thats rice. But if shooting for 400+ then you got *****.

BTW I know he was refering to the spacers, I'm just trying to understand how it is unsafe.
Old Jan 12, 2007 | 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by MeenZ28
IMO yes, that would be. Believe me, I've drivin 3rd gen verts and i know how weak they are structurally. Even had one guy pass it off as "all convertibles are like this". LOL So i undersand. I just happen to think visually, unless you have the ***** to back it up, a roll bar is a statment of "I'm better than you". And if you aren't, sorry bro, thats rice. But if shooting for 400+ then you got *****.

BTW I know he was refering to the spacers, I'm just trying to understand how it is unsafe.
so do you think i should just get sfc's for now and a roll bar when i get my motor done?

the spacers are unsafe b/c they put stress on the lug bolts or w/e you call them and its possible for them to snap and a wheel to fall off. (i think)

also what do you think about the 91-92 gfx? yay or nay?
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Very yay. If i still had my 88' i would have changed them eventualy.
Old Jan 12, 2007 | 12:53 PM
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you can get a good welding shop to make a set of sfc's for cheap (and any 8 point cage for $180 is for looks only the metal is more than that) the sfc's I had on one of my camaros cost me a total of $50 (I did not use pre fab ones)
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