Roll cage for a touring car?

[1BadPappy]

I just wanted to know if there is a roll cage for an Associated Team Factory NTC3. I want one for it more for decreasing the sway and flex in the chassis and body more then the "oh sh*t!" factor of rolling the car over protection. Thanks.

 

[ohmygahitscoby]

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXBML1&P=0

"This is the Optional Front Anti-Roll Bar Set for the Nitro TC3. AKA: anti-sway bar"

 

[grgbulldog]

how would you mount that?/what would it look like?

 

[1BadPappy]

The anti sway kit is to keep the tires on the ground when turning, I have both the front set and the back set, the back set are slightly modded to what i want. Ill take some pics of the front and back for you. But what i really want is an actual roll cage, it would connect to the chassis at multipule points to keep the chassis and frame from flexing. It would also help in a roll over.

Actually my front blade kit has blue aluminum mounts, not carbon as the ones you sent the link for.

 

[ohmygahitscoby]

Oh. I don't think they have a roll cage for the NTC3. I can't see an on-road flip over unless you drive it on a ramp.

 

[grgbulldog]

oh..believe me..it happens. you can get going so fast your car lifts off, you can hit a bump wrong, tap a curb and go flying. it happens quite often

 

[1BadPappy]

It wouldnt be a full body cage, more of just the center and near the engine, kinda where the handle is on the team factory kit. Think something like this (now yes this is a real car, my dream car but think in proportion on the ntc3 and location of it):
2007 Porsche 911 GT3 RS (997)
2007 Porsche 911 GT3 RS (997)

 

[Lessen]

Oh. I don't think they have a roll cage for the NTC3. I can't see an on-road flip over unless you drive it on a ramp.

Oh yes, an on-road sure can turn over. It's a traction roll, a side effect from a poor setup really. Too much grip on the outside tires of a turn can roll even a touring car.

 

[1BadPappy]

Oh yes, an on-road sure can turn over. It's a traction roll, a side effect from a poor setup really. Too much grip on the outside tires of a turn can roll even a touring car.

The only time iv rolled a touring car was in a situation close to that. It was a long sweeping turn at about 62 mph and the track was kinda old and seen a few winters so here and there there was a crack. Well I'm turning left through it and the outside tires dug into a crack and lifted the back left off the ground and the whole car quickly whipped around to the right and the new outside tires (left side now) dug in alot because they wernt meant to take that kind of load. The whole right side went up and over the left side and pole vaulted up about a foot into the air and landed hard on the same left tires again and when into a high speed barrel role when they dig in on landing. The poor car flipped about 16 times and when a good 20 feet doing this. The rotation and shock from the rolls was so violant that the engine was riped from the chassis and mounts, the carbon fiber drive shaft shattered, the rubber on the left rear tire was peeled back off the rim, the chassis was twisted, both connector rods for the steering broke and the radio tray was being held on by 1 screw in the front and was pinned to the fuel tank in the mid rear of the car by what was left of the drive shaft.

I stopped using alum. rims after that, they have no give at all. And as for the HPI Pantera body that was on it, well that was mangled and thrown off in the second roll as the body clips must have come off, allthough the 2 rear clips riped through the lexan body.

 

[grgbulldog]

sounds exciting! i had my rs4 take a good end over end last saturday at my friends. almost the same situation, too. wide sweeping turn froma culdesac to the street and went a little too wide barely getting on the concrete just before the curb. must have gone end over end 2-4 times before rolling a couple. probobly going about 25 when it happened...how do you get yours to go 62? even with a 2-speed.

 

[ohmygahitscoby]

Oh yeah, that's true, it can flip over like that.

 

[1BadPappy]

Very fast ratios on the gears and a fantom fr15 at 43000 rpm