RE: chassis stiffener vs. roll bars

["Brian Shorey" <bshorey@domain.elided>]

> Okay, now I'm intrigued.
>
> Some people are advocates of the chassis stiffeners and others roll bars.
> But, does anyone have experience with both (i.e. driven both and can give
> more insight).

i've got both, and then some.

the roll bar, by itself, won't make any difference in chassis stiffness.
for that, you need a fore/aft brace.  when i added a fore/aft brace to my
spider it made more of a difference than the chassis stiffener did.

the only problem with the 'cage' approach is that you start to seriously
impede on passenger comfort.

for a street car i'd go with the chassis stiffener, for a track car i'd go
with the cage, or a roll bar with a fore/aft brace.  mine is removable so i
can convert my spider into a comfortable, cushy street car as needed ;)

as an aside, switching my street bar to the race height bar and adding the
fore/aft brace makes it look more like a real racer, to the point where i
get lots of folks honking and waving.  so i guess i'd modify my street car
recommendation to cover your marital status..

fwiw,

bs

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