For those that care....

[niterydr]

Just a quick question for all.
Many people on here know of my car's build. We have hit a snag with the roll cage.
The only way for the roll cage to work, and be legal for 8.50 or 150mph traps is to butchur the interior.
The car will have enough power to render a 6 point bar useless and a waste of space. I already have the plates inside, the harness is here, the seat is here, the steering wheel is in...I just have to make pipes to connect the dots ;).
If I leave it a street car, I'll never get to track it. The officials will get one wiff of it at the track, and home I go.
If I set it up for drag racing, it could compete in the street tire categories, but then my "street car" has little to no interior.
What would you do if you had my car?
(damm near mint condition blue 1993)
CVD, Hughes, Reid...what would u guys do?
Thanks all.

[Matt D.]

Define "butcher the interior".

[1ViciousGSX]

Just get creative. You should be able to route the piping in such a way to be legal and still keep most of the interior in tact. There are alot of street cars with more cage than they would ever need and keep the factory interior.

[Kracka]

I'd go the street-car route if those are the only 2 choices. You have John's car to compete at the track....have some fun with yours for more than 10 seconds at a time. IMO, most of the fun about having a nice car is being able to drive it on a regular basis.

[97GSXAWD]

I agree with with vicious, I'm assuming i'm going to have to do the same for my "street car". It would be more fun to have it as a street car than a gutted track car IMO.

[niterydr]

The roof line is way to short. Picture 2g, only more bubble. I would have to cut my dash, pull my headliner, and remove my a-pillars. I could maybe keep chunks of the a-pillars, but that is about it. The bars would have to run through the dash, otherwise the bends are to tight. I am to damm tall (yeah my whopping 5'-9") to fit in the car with the fixed back seat and the helmet on w/o having my head rest against the roof. With the factory liner removed, I clear.

[1ViciousGSX]

Lower the seat or get a shorter one. The big question here is "Are looking to remove the cage later or leave it permanately?" If nothing is in the way through the underside of the ends of the dash, remove the windshield and use a hole saw to drill holes big enough to slide the pipe through the dash.

[Onefast99gsx]

How often do you plan on racing it? Also if you do gut it and it becomes a full race car do you plan on touring several race tracks around the surrounding states and race for money? That becomes very expensive unless you have an extremely good sponsor. If you're just gonna goto 4 or 5 races a year at a local track or two, I say forget gutting the interior and keep it a street car. You'd ruin the car otherwise. I don't know what year yours is, but my GSX is a '99. I would never give up the stock inside appearance just to run a little faster and have to put a cage in it. I have absolutely no desire to run better than 11.50, EVER! Running like 11.0 doesn't do me any bit of good than running a 12.0 except for stupid bragging rights. A cage to me just ruins the car if driven on the street frequently. Also, If you just plan on bracket racing, I think the answer is a no brainer. My vote is to keep it a street car.

[scheides]

I'm with S2k, street it.

[Jakey]

Street it. I don't see the point of butchering a "near mint" car, no matter what your end goals may be.