Roll Cage help for my 71 LWB

[hardwaycooke]

I did the dumb thing of learning AFTER the fact. Have a very strong 496 stroker, just got it in last weekend, and have already done all the other stuff...you know...rearend, tranny, tub, fuel cell, interior, ect. Now, I decided to put in roll cage.

My question- can I install a 12 point- thru firewall and thru rear window, without removing my engine and all my interior? Seat is easy...column if I have too, but what about the rest?

Thanks!!

[cooperhw]

Originally Posted by hardwaycooke

I did the dumb thing of learning AFTER the fact. Have a very strong 496 stroker, just got it in last weekend, and have already done all the other stuff...you know...rearend, tranny, tub, fuel cell, interior, ect. Now, I decided to put in roll cage.

My question- can I install a 12 point- thru firewall and thru rear window, without removing my engine and all my interior? Seat is easy...column if I have too, but what about the rest?

Thanks!!

Yes you can. Will not be easy but it is possible. Buy a current copy of the NHRA rulebook and read it over, and over, and,,,,,,,,
I did my Nova that way. Would get the angle as good as I could get it by bending welding rod then draw it on a piece of sandwich panel board. Take my pipe down to the local muffler shop (many trips), and they would bend it till it matched my template. Back home, fish mouth, weld, next piece.