8 Point Roll Cage Certification

I am going to explain the key rules and requirements on building a 10 point or 8 50 and slower roll cage for unibody vehicles per the 2010 nhra rule book.

8 point roll cage certification. From my experience where most first timers run into trouble is when it comes to roll bars and cages. Lavon and lyn miller answering a lot of you questions on setting up you truck for 8 50 s certification cage. This chassis and roll cage example is mild steel. On a mustang if you build the full cage underneath cline says you can take a 25 5 certification 7 50 to 8 49 seconds and upgrade it to 25 3 6 50 to 7 49 seconds just by adding a few bars.

The photo below shows the drivers floor bar placement as per sfi foundation specs for 8 49 7 50 et. However not all cars require them. Welding a 10 point 8 50 cert cage into my project coyote swap mustang sn95. Personally every car i build gets a full five or six point roll cage with rhino bars covering the doors.

The mustang s 8 50 cert roll cage is finished. I could easily write an article five times this size when it comes to explaining how roll cages work in a variety of ets and car configurations.