If you have two pieces of nested tubing overlapping for all but say an inch,
they are going to be much stronger than a single piece.
I challenge your statement that the bar "needs to be that way to work...".
KeS
>From: "Paul Foster" <pfoster@tampabay.rr.com>
>Reply-To: "Paul Foster" <pfoster@tampabay.rr.com>
>To: "team.net" <autox@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: harness bar legality in stock?
>Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 10:09:25 -0500
>
><<<What do you think?>>>
>
>I think this is a really really stupid rule. What little chassis
>reinforcement you can possibly get from a sturdy harness bar is far
>outweighed by the fact that it needs to be that way to work if and when you
>hit anything. I have heard of lots of wimpy harness bars that have either
>bent or broken when they were used in Drivers Eds and the person make
>contact with some object. They should either be banished or be allowed to
>be
>robust enough to actually work.
>
>IMHO
>
>Paul Foster
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