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Old 08-07-2015, 03:43 PM   #11
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No, that wasn't me. I've only wrecked on track on 2 wheels. I was just using it as an example for those who like to spout off without experience on that which they are spouting off.

Yes, like I mentioned, a properly designed bolt-in bar will have larger backing plates that place the "landing pads" in double shear. Although a weld-in cage should be mounted using plinth boxes, not just landing pads, a la:



This is what happens with small "landing pads" without backing plates placing things in double shear (at my local track, car prepped by CarFx, essentially a bunch of jack holes who barely know how to turn a wrench)







You can see them punched through the floorboard.

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