Thread: Swing out door bar

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This spring I will be insttaling my Montes roll cage,It will be a Chassis Engineering 12 point cage.My doors are OEM stock with factory metal impact braces still insttaled.Iv gotten mixed opinions on the use of a swing out door bar.This car will see the street and like most of you out there Im sure, I to have a bad back witch makes gitting shoe horned in and out of a car a pain.This car should start out around the 10.00-10.99 area so far every thing installed is up to (SFI)specs,The swing out bar is permitted on OEM full- bodiedcars 7.50et and slower.I hate to make changes later on down the road so when I build, I build like it's going to go in the 9's because you always go faster,That way you don't have to make so many magor changes.I would like to hear about some of your experiences past or present on this matter.

Swing out bars are fine, built them in a bunch of cars. Just follow the directions and refer to the specs in the NHRA rule book to make sure you do it correctly and it meets the specs.

I knew a guy with a mustang w/ a swingout DB kit and complained that when he drove it on the street (which was 99.999% of the time) he thought it was a hassle to swing the bar in and out. I suggested he pull the pivot pin and simply remove the bar for street use. I thing he's long since lost the bar.

Originally Posted by Mike in Motown

I knew a guy with a mustang w/ a swingout DB kit and complained that when he drove it on the street (which was 99.999% of the time) he thought it was a hassle to swing the bar in and out. I suggested he pull the pivot pin and simply remove the bar for street use. I thing he's long since lost the bar.

Matter of fact I still have a door bar for a car I sold probably 10 years ago....Keep waiting for the guy to come back and get it!!!!!

Thanx for the input so far guys but with all the girls and wemon driving around talking on them (CELL-Phone's) THE DOOR BAR STAYS!!!!!!