Mods, maybe make this a sticky?
Discussed this yesterday, and we will not require full cages in order to tandem from now on.
In an effort to make the competition level more accessible to everyone and further raise the level in Florida, we decided that for tandem, cars will be required to have the following:
1) A 4point rollbar made of material that meets SCCA regulation for a cage in your vehicle.
2) All OEM side impact protection
3) An approved form of additional side impact protection.
Approved material:
1500-2200lbs------------1.5inch DOM tubing, .095 wall
2200-3000lbs----------- 1.75inch DOM tubing, .095wall
3001-4000lbs------------1.75inch DOM tubing, .120 wall
over 4000lbs------------2.00inch DOM tubing, .120 wall
DOM tubing means 'drawn over mandrel' and it is perfectly round, smooth seamless tubing, not rolled.
Side impact protection will need to be at least a single tube, spanning the full door opening, made from the same material as the rollbar. The side bar needs to be attached at the forward end in an approved manner to ensure proper strength so please consult with Ter-Tech before doing anything. I will try to make some drawings of the best options.
We hope that this will lower costs for people wanting to go to the next level, and later on it will be easy to make the rollbar setup into a full cage. Also a 4pt rollbar is much easier to remove from a crashed shell than a full cage.
We still reserve the right to approve drivers individually for tandem and of course every other aspect of the car will need to be competition-ready.
Looking forward to bigger things for FL!