MINIUSA Drag Car Revealed

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#26

10-29-2004 | 08:38 AM

ukbyoung

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Originally Posted by agokart

actually draging racing has lots of flips, even at speeds of like 50 MPH!. you get some oil on the track and it hits the wall and you can flip. seen it many times. they do not have a roll cage or parachute because i am sure the class they are running doesn't need one. once you reach 11's you have to have a 6 point cage and shoot i believe. the doors do save lots of weight and it very normal to have lexan windows in any and all drag cars. many of then replace all there windows with them. but i think you have to have a window net to keep you in the car if you do, but again not totally sure. from what it says it is not done and was put on the back burner, so they may have not gotten that far, but they should have started there. but it would be nice to see the car out on the track a few times, just the promotion alone would be worth it

True, but if it flips at 50 mph and there is a need for a roll-cage becuase the car cant handle it, there probably needs to be a recall. I am not against the idea, in fact I think its necessary at high speeds. like goin440 I am more worried about the harness than the absence of a roll-cage. A roll-cage would fix the harness issue and help in the case of a rollover. I am just not one to believe that a MINI is capable of rolling at the low speeds it produces nor its inability to reel in 50 mph oil causing slide unless the oil was continuous. This is to say that the driver is a completely compentent driver.
If I were to build a drag car with a MINI, yes a rollbar would be on my list.

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10-31-2004 | 01:41 PM

04yellowS

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ANY car can roll on the drag strip. Yes, 11s require a 6 point cage, 10s an 8 point I believe. 13s a helmet, 12s a helmet and driveshaft loop if applicable.

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#28

11-01-2004 | 06:41 PM

TomM

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The plan was to make the car as fast as possible without requiring a roll cage.

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#29

11-01-2004 | 06:47 PM

Gabe

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I can't believe this *finally* came out. I've been itching to spill this for too long that I actually forgot about it

Great pics Dave!

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#30

11-02-2004 | 10:45 AM

Maximusmini

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Umm Maybe you don't undedrstand UBKyoung. but this car is stripped to the bareness of the car, if the metal somehow fractures and causes human damage without a rollcage when flipping, odds are that you are dead. Chad, BTW I go to the local dragstrip with my Mini, just haven't been able to with my mods yet since I moved and the track is closed now. Oh well.

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#31

11-02-2004 | 11:17 AM

TomM

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Originally Posted by Gabe

I can't believe this *finally* came out. I've been itching to spill this for too long that I actually forgot about it

Great pics Dave!

It's been done for nearly a year now.

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#32

11-02-2004 | 02:36 PM

ukbyoung

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Originally Posted by Maximusmini

sorry i didn't know they messed with the external frame. If i would have known that they cut the frame it would be a different story. Taking the plastic side panels etc off the car doesn't mean that it is any less sturdy. again, I am not against a rollcage. jeez. IMHO 13-14 second cars aren't anything to fret over and yes, again, a rollcage would help.

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#33

11-04-2004 | 01:14 PM

Maximusmini

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13-14 No Fret?

Are you serious? This is where most of the people get their sponsors! Heck I alsmost got a sponsor when I ran a 16 sec quarter! I refused it because I lived in my parents house and still was in high school.Nowadays, if i could find a sponsor, then heck, I'd take it on first sight.

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