Roll Bar

[HarryPotter]

Holy shit on mah balls.

[HighOnLife]

Jesus these are good ideas! I'm writing this stuff down.....

[87e30]

:rofl:

[Danny]

Jesus these are good ideas! I'm writing this stuff down.....

Thanks man.

[ck_taft325is]

This kid.

[HarryPotter]

I feel bad really, but who can talk shit when you have a PVC roll cage in your track car?

[e34john]

What kinda tubing is this?

The schedule is the thickness of the PVC I would go with the 40 cause its light, the walls are thinner but it will actually flex less than the thicker schedule 80 which is made for high pressure situations which you won't encounter. Get the thinner pipes but then you fill it with Great Stuff foam because that will add rigidity back, and it will be a good sound deadener too because the road noise won't travel up from the floor boards and through your pipes.

[619E30]

The schedule is the thickness of the PVC I would go with the 40 cause its light, the walls are thinner but it will actually flex less than the thicker schedule 80 which is made for high pressure situations which you won't encounter. Get the thinner pipes but then you fill it with Great Stuff foam because that will add rigidity back, and it will be a good sound deadener too because the road noise won't travel up from the floor boards and through your pipes.

Okay. Do I fill the whole tube or just near of where it's going to be secured?

[Yeee30]

Jesus these are good ideas! I'm writing this stuff down.....

+1

love the info here... :up::up:

[Danny]

The whole thing if you can afford it.

[Rennsport]

Omg, I'm so embarresed that I have a steel bar, that shits coming out tomorrow and being replaced with light weight PVC.

[!kid]

PVC roll bars ? :crazy:

[E30_(1st Musk)_]

I want to try this for the heck of it.

anyone have pics ???

[Lof8]

I want to try this for the heck of it.

anyone have pics ???

Heres a locost that my Uncle built. He used a PVC roll bar to keep the center of gravity lower.



And heres a pic from my old track car. I was able to form it by just heating the PVC to the magic temp. (~345*C) with a harbor freight heat gun.


Its super light and works great!

[619E30]

But seriously. What kind of steel should I use? mild tubing?