Prodrift Ireland- 2012 Rules & Regulations

[JStone]

is x needed at doors? is the 1 bar not allowed this year?

no you'll need two bars!

My cage looks like this, Same as the image on the prodrift regs:






It's OMP through dash

Do I have to add another door bar???

yep

Id have to agree with that Daly chap here, safety is PD's number one issue here, be it that they actually give a shit or maybe its for insurance purposes but they have set the rules, now lets adhere to them. Is a persons life not worth an extra few pound?

Anyway, quick question. I plan on doing dual horizontal bars with 3 brace bars between, nascar style i think. How high does the top bar need to be to suit regs? Cheers

as high as possible but no higher than half the total hight of the door opening

Just wondering John. If a 1 layer fireproof suit is all thats required, and a fireproof vest. Then would a 3 layer suit be ok just on its own? Surely offers more overall protection? Not a big deal I know..

as long as you dont wear any man made fibres under it you should be ok, id still recommend wearing the vest if at all possible

jaaaaaysus who pissed in bob's tea!? the way sum lads are goin on bout safety they must walk around the place in bubble wrap everyday and wear fire proof gear and helmet driving there daily cars to work u could be in a 100mph (2 cars going 50mph head on) collision brining ur granny to mass but u dont put a cage and harness in ur daily car but all jokes aside all this 'what if' is a load of shit, practice days are still drifting and just as dangerous and theres no need for fire proof anything or a cage, why do lads get on there high horse bout safety just because its 'prodrift'??? id consider a practice day at mondello alot more dangerous then prodrift at a small track like ennis! if the safety preachers are so concerned maybe they should start wearing all the fire proof gear at practice days and not just prodrift, or else come off there high horses, at the end of the day drifting is suppose to be fun and im jus here to party in git's pants!

two cars in a head on at 50mph is not the same as a 100mph crash

Not necessarily!

In Mondello you have gravel-traps, run-offs etc. In competition you have barriers and walls! Speed down the main straight and extra cars on track is the only added danger, but you can back off and give space to avoid incidents! In competition you HAVE to trust the driver infront and enter the first corner as fast as they do and as close to they're door as you can get! If either driver messes up you can end up putting your car straight into the leading cars seat, which is why the door bar rule has changed to 2 bars for example!

exactly jay,

also open faced helmet is ok if worn with a fire proof balaclava.

[B&G Extreme Drifting]

no you'll need two bars!





yep



as high as possible but no higher than half the total hight of the door opening



as long as you dont wear any man made fibres under it you should be ok, id still recommend wearing the vest if at all possible



two cars in a head on at 50mph is not the same as a 100mph crash




exactly jay,

also open faced helmet is ok if worn with a fire proof balaclava.

Cool John thanks for the reply.

[Chuck_g]

No chuck your bum doesn't look big in a race suit ;-)

Yes it seriously does :P

And a man can't cum inside another man Charles

Fact!! Il have some new fun facts for this years Briefing...!

Ive no problem with you gargling before you swallow young man

Sexy

Okay, i think i get how high they are meant to be.......just hope il still be able to get into the car with my big arse and gammy leg.....

[Greg]

So a cage like this will be fine? I would rather this style because I really don't want to hack lumps out of my dash(sad, I know).

[alan180sx]

Am wonderin how far forward the x in the door bar can be. lookin at the bar i already ave in car to make it an X the X wil b more to the front half of the door..

is this acceptable

[garyae86]

Can any one please tell me if your tunnel and middle off your bulk head is cut out and re model is this allowed or will it pass pro-drift regs ???

[DaveM-sport]

good point but unfortunately unless you spend money generally not much hope with the yokes out there these 500,600,700,800bhp cars 200bhp is a thing of the past! dont jump on me a very talented person with 200-250bhp can give it a good go but serious what hope have they, up the straight too a loo, not just here in ire, eng and the rest europe, america is exact the same. as the saying goes not smoke no poke

Exactly my point...

Big straight six turbos, V8s, V10s etc can all have 500-800bhp in interesting and light cars and be very capable if positioned right for balance.
Without cutting the bulkhead, I can't really see any of those cars being very competitive against the regular S-bodys etc unless money is poured into the bottom of an SR money pit.
No offence to anybody but I really don't want to see or more importantly hear a full grid of SR powered yokes

It's still not the end of the world by all accounts though, not being able to cut the bulkhead also opens more competitive series for drivers if they want to do more than just pro-drift with a certain car too of course such as BDC, ITCC etc as rules are already in place there.

[DaveM-sport]

jdriving there daily cars to work u could be in a 100mph (2 cars going 50mph head on) collision brining ur granny to mass but u dont put a cage and harness in ur daily car

Two cars at 50mph head on would in most cases be alot kinder to the occupants than a 100mph collision into a solid immovable object

They probably would still all be dead either way though if they have a shitty cage and race gear however

So a cage like this will be fine? I would rather this style because I really don't want to hack lumps out of my dash(sad, I know).

Definitely not! a Dash dodger would be safer than that...

If you have an off that doesn't even end up in rolling the car, you could still hit a wall hard enough with the front of the car and send the front wheel back into the footwell.

If you hit the wall hard enough, the wheel will keep going until it pushes enough parts out of the way until the energy is absorbed... your legs being one of them!
It'll be stopped by the leg of the cage but your feet will still be taken out before it gets that far.

But if the dash is more valuable than not being in a wheelchair, then fire away obviously

[Greg]

The effects of a frontal impact had crossed my mind alright, but I was thinking could I not just run a bar from where it would clear the dash from the front leg into the footwell?

[garyae86]

can any one shead light on my bulk head matter as the prodrift offices are closed till the 17th