The rebound bar sits against the vehicle seat back and acts kind of like a rollover
cage in a race car.
Not exact matches
Like other squad
cars, it has additions specific to the department, few of which are well suited to
racing: a heavy
cage in the back; special alternators, brakes, and electronics to fuel the lights; extra batteries; a heavy - duty cooling system; an altered suspension.
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In car racing the drivers have
cages and seat belts.
Even crawling
in through the rollcage was relatively stress - free, and there's something liberating about sticking your helmeted head under the roll
cage of an open
race car.
There is also no requirement for a full FIA roll -
cage in the road
car although this
car's owner has requested one nonetheless, along with full
race bucket seats and harnesses.
Despite the supple Can Can Red leather inside, there was no question about this
car's
racing pedigree with its heavily cambered wheels, full roll
cage (trimmed
in leather on this
car), air jack pneumatic fitting, tow hook, and electric safety shut - off switch.
The problem with the old alpine, I really loved cause its rearenginelayout and looks and sportiness (even with
cage under 700 kg if I remember correct), was the extreme tiny cockpit, the catastrophic procession (french
cars...) and that it was difficult to drive under
racing conditions, felt a little bit like a Lancia Stratos (another famous rallycar with catastrophic builtqualtiy): it refuses to drive
in the streight
in the same way the Urquattro refuses to drives
in curves:-D!
It's a
race - ready
car with a welded -
in roll
cage,
racing seat, six - point harness and FIA - approved 18.5 - gallon fuel...
The
race car saves weight by being stripped of all non-essential interior items, replaced by a steel roll
cage, Schroth safety belts, 8862
racing seat and impact foam
in the driver's door.
A functional
racing car atmosphere predominates
in the interior: the roll - over
cage is made of high - strength steel.
A full roll
cage and 6 point
racing harnesses are also present
in the cockpit along with super light carbon door panels and Lexan front, side and rear windows replacing all road
car glass.
The Mustang GT4 turnkey
race car is built by Multimatic Motorsports
in Canada, and features a seam - welded body, integrated
cage, and normally - aspirated, 5.2 - liter V8 engine.
In order to run a compressed natural gas setup, the Sciroccos are fitted with a 22 liter fuel tank mounted directly behind the driver and is protected by the
race car's roll
cage.
Built with an FIA specification safety
cage, the 2016 Coupe
Racing Concept is able to compete
in domestic and international endurance sports
car events, and will make its first official
race debut at the USAF 25 Hour of Thunderhill on December 3 - 4, 2016.
«People often tell us that we should build our vehicles like
race cars with an inner
cage surrounding occupants and crumple zones front and rear
in the event of an impact to absorb the energy,» he said.
In the press release associated with this
car, VW said to expect a
racing seat with head protectors,
racing safety
cage, and an FIA - approved safety tank.
In addition, TS
Racing stripped the car's interior to its bare essentials and replaced them with a slew of new components like a carbon fiber dashboard, a full - scale roll cage, racing seats, new instrumentation, and a custom sh
Racing stripped the
car's interior to its bare essentials and replaced them with a slew of new components like a carbon fiber dashboard, a full - scale roll
cage,
racing seats, new instrumentation, and a custom sh
racing seats, new instrumentation, and a custom shifter.
Now that so many OEMs are offering such great high performance sports
cars I'd love to see a return to a Showroom Stock series where only the brake pads and mufflers could be different from what any enthusiast could order
in the showroom plus existing
race safety systems like a roll
cage, fire systems and fuel and electric shut offs etc. and a minimum of 50 or 100
cars must be made to that spec.
Thanks to the roll -
cage, the rear visibility is not amazing and the very low seating position leaves you and your passenger feeling like you are
in an actual
race car.
The
race car does have some important options the road
car lacks, though, including a
racing fuel cell, roll
cage,
racing seat with harness, and an escape hatch
in the roof.