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Old 30 Dec 2013, 14:53 (Ref:3348920)   #1
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Rollcage/ROPS Mounting Points

Hi guys,

Hope you're all well.

I bought an old E30 BMW to race in the PBMWC championship in 2014 - and while the car needs quite a bit of work to get it up to spec, I thought the core of the car was solid - the cage and what-not. The car was raced until 2009, and has been sat in a garage since.

However, after re-reading the blue book, I think I may have hit a stumbling block. The points where my bolt-in cage mount to the shell are supposed to be 120cm2 (K 1.3.2.), but the top area of the mointing only point matches that of my roll cage's feet - 78mm x 100mm (78cm2).

So; am I being an idiot, or do I have a serious thing to 'fix' on the car? - Does the rule include any folded metal that is also welded on, or is it just the top face used for mounting the cage on?

Here is a picture as an example, it is the front most mounting point of my cage:
http://dorkish.com/albums/Cars/BMW%2...1-DSC03077.jpg

And here is one behind the seat:
http://dorkish.com/albums/Cars/BMW%2...8-DSC03078.jpg

(please ignore the genral poor state - I know the car needs paint and a tidy up)

Any thoughts/help would be greatly appreciated, and if there is anyone local to me who is 'in the know' with regards to scrutineering I would happily pay for your time to check over the car for anything else I may have missed.

Cheers,
Alex
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Old 30 Dec 2013, 19:38 (Ref:3348987)   #2
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Bit more info - someone on another forum has said that the cage looks like a Safety devices B006 (http://www.safetydevices.com/motorsp...-1982-1991/40/) which is FIA homologated, and as such doesn't need to comply with all in Blue Book.

I think I'll give SD a call and see what they say.
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Old 30 Dec 2013, 20:00 (Ref:3348993)   #3
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Found this on the cage: http://dorkish.com/albums/Cars/BMW%2...0/IMG_0182.JPG

Hopefully a quick call to SD will clear things up for me
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