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[Double Venom]

Ray,

Do not take offense, but you need to learn a lot about roll bars. I don't care if your hoop is made from solid steel and welded directly to the frame, without lateral support you still have a bar that can fold backwards or God forbid forwards.

OK, the car is on its top, what ever momentum/energy is left over now doing what comes naturally, it is going to slide, OR continue to roll. For the sake of honesty and realistically let say the car is sliding backwards up side down. There's nothing more than a man hole cover sticking up off the pavement by an 1/8 inch or more, with the weight of the car pushing down on the roll bar and probably digging in by now, it will catch that man hole cover.

You know what happens then with no lateral support, yes, it folds on top of the driver bending the driver in half and pinning him like a piece of baloney in a sandwich.

How about the same scenario but now your Cobra is heading for the curb, upside down and backwards.....

CR's DO MEET safety standards - to - a point. The reason they are listed as cosmetic is strictly for liability purposes! K.I.S.S. May I suggest you do not try to make something better that what NASCAR, NHRA, SCCA, FICA, etc. have spent 100's of thousands of dollars on designing and testing.

You can do a search on any racing sanction then go to their roll bar specs.

Building it wrong is a lot worse than not having any!
Talk to Bill, I am sure he can give you some legitimate information.

I'm done....whining about this.
DV
Damn, I sound like a troll, I hate trolls!