This is a safety devices cage but it has 2 bends in the front legs, is this ok or is it meant to one bend only?
This is a safety devices cage but it has 2 bends in the front legs, is this ok or is it meant to one bend only?
Last edited by azz259; 05-07-2014 at 23:09.
should be fine but best to contact the msa and get contact number for local log book scrutineer and ask to email him the pic, mines the same and had no problem
Ok will do, i found a pic of this cage on sd website and the number to contact msa to get a certificate, ta
respray it black and buy some safety devices stickers from ebay
Seems to depend on the scrutineer, my AE86 cage is the same but I have it on good authority that if it fails at a rally they can't refuse the entry but they can mark the logbook so it can't be used on further events.
If it were mine I would have the straight tube modification done now while it is easy to do. Essentially a straight tube is run down from the top of the screen, through the existing bars onto a new footplate.
you dont need to. its a certified cage as long as you have a copy of the certificate its fine.
Try telling that to the MSA.....Originally Posted by Graham
they told me that!
This all came up a couple of years ago
Just get a certificate from the MSA and carry it around with you along with your logbook
If a scrutineer complains, show him the certificate and if he's still not happy, ask him to read the Blue Book...
GavinR
Found the previous thread...
http://www.turbosport.co.uk/showthread.php?t=160882
GavinR
Odd one this , believe it came about due to a cage that failed...
Yes thats what ill have to do Gavin, i think its around £20 for the certificate, local scrutineers going to call over this week to have a look anyway, cheers
I thought you were not allowed to modify a cage?
For national events the cage either needs to be homologated to FIA, certified (with certificate and unmodified) or meeting the Blue Book specification.
The Blue Book spec is where it starts to get slightly ambiguous as the rules state that you are only allowed one bend but the scrutineers bulletin published around the time this was an issue stated that you were allowed a slight pull. Either way there seems to be a more reasonable approach being taken -SD cages modified or not in an Escort aren't being rejected. The cages that are were the Micra dash savers which had an S bend in the front leg.
Best advice I could give is make sure the car looks like it has been put together well and is clean and tidy.
should be fine if you've got a certificate mate
As above, should be ok
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