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Re: new NHRA altered wing mount rule
« Reply #45 on: November 16, 2014, 01:23:52 PM »
Racers will have to find  a new place for their comp numbers

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Re: new NHRA altered wing mount rule
« Reply #46 on: November 16, 2014, 01:30:30 PM »
Or just mount the wing as prescribed.

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Re: new NHRA altered wing mount rule
« Reply #47 on: November 16, 2014, 02:42:42 PM »
So is it okay if wing is mounted to chassis like this?

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Re: new NHRA altered wing mount rule
« Reply #48 on: November 16, 2014, 02:57:25 PM »
no

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Re: new NHRA altered wing mount rule
« Reply #49 on: November 16, 2014, 04:50:33 PM »
Where is mounted on the actual chassis?
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Re: new NHRA altered wing mount rule
« Reply #50 on: November 19, 2014, 09:18:06 AM »
I do not see how we will be able to open/roll back the bodies with this design. 

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Re: new NHRA altered wing mount rule
« Reply #51 on: November 19, 2014, 09:38:02 AM »
On our car we'll have to unbolt 4 bolts and pull the wing off to get the body off.


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Re: new NHRA altered wing mount rule
« Reply #52 on: November 19, 2014, 11:07:08 AM »
I do not see how we will be able to open/roll back the bodies with this design.
you wont be able to

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Re: new NHRA altered wing mount rule
« Reply #53 on: November 21, 2014, 09:26:40 AM »
The wing rule has been pulled and will not go into effect until 2016. Ive been told it is to give them more time to research mounting options. you can now find it in the 2015 rule amendments and it has the new date applied.
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Re: new NHRA altered wing mount rule
« Reply #54 on: November 21, 2014, 01:10:57 PM »
Race safe you-all, and dont give them a reason to implement

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Re: new NHRA altered wing mount rule
« Reply #55 on: November 21, 2014, 08:03:52 PM »
Mine is mounted to the frame above the rear end with a brace from roll cage to the main strut.  The brace is too long but if I move it lower and shorten to less than 6 inches would it be legal? Assuming the rule was to take effect now it would not pass as is but could be easy to modify brace to less than 6 if that did it.

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Re: new NHRA altered wing mount rule
« Reply #56 on: November 22, 2014, 08:18:00 AM »
All rules are interpeted and enforced by the person who is teching your car that day. If you replaced the short strut  tube with a web plate, 2 bolts to the chassie and 2 bolts to the main strut, the chance of the support strut entering the cage is eliminated, thats the concern, besides since you built the thing how many times have you changed the strut angle at the track?

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Re: new NHRA altered wing mount rule
« Reply #57 on: November 22, 2014, 04:43:07 PM »
All rules are interpeted and enforced by the person who is teching your car that day. If you replaced the short strut  tube with a web plate, 2 bolts to the chassie and 2 bolts to the main strut, the chance of the support strut entering the cage is eliminated, thats the concern, besides since you built the thing how many times have you changed the strut angle at the track?

I am thinking of using a short plate or bar less than 6". I do not adjust strut bar anyway. There is a wing angle adjustment up top and I have changed it some in the past.