Autopower roll bars

Post by **pitchlock** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 4:20 am

What do you people think of autopower roll bars. This will be for a 93 hatch that will be seeing some track time (DE events) and a few hillclimb events, I just don't know to much about them but I'm on a budget, So I can't afford a full cage at this time.

Post by **Slappy** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:37 am

I hear that they really dont do much as far as stiffening the chassis , but will do thier job in savin your *** in a rollover ect. I might get one just to have the optional harness bar.

http://www.optionsauto.com/pro...0-ERW

Post by **pitchlock** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 2:32 pm

This is what I ended up buyingIts from tougefactory.com/ We'll see how it looks

Post by **Bubba1** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 3:24 pm

pitchlock wrote:This is what I ended up buyingIts from tougefactory.com/ We'll see how it looks

Please let us know how it goes, and post some pics

Post by **nissanman04** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 4:37 pm

Yeah, please give an update when you get it in . That's the one I am thinking of getting.

Post by **pitchlock** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:15 pm

Will do

Post by **B13SER** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:38 am

I bought my roll bar from Kirk Racing. AP and Kirk are similar in quality(with a majority of opinions leaning towards Kirk by a nose) but depending on what part of the country you could save a bunch on shipping . EDIT: I see you are in Sc, I would really check them out.>>http://www.kirkracing.com

Whether its a bolt in or a weld in, both are going to stiffen the chassis signifigantly. Anyone says they dont is just plain wrong. It going to add some weight, about 70lbs or so, but the advantages of the added safety and stiffness is worth so much more than that.

Post by **91rs13** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:52 pm

Does Kirk have an application for the S13?

I know I checked a couple of years back and they did not.

As for adding the Rollbar --My buddy welded in one we made for my car( S13 hatch) and it stiffened up the rear of the car soooo much. you will love it.

Post by **B13SER** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 8:52 am

They don't list one on their site, but they will make you pretty much anything you need. Best thing to is send them an email. Good luck. See you at the track

Post by **nismoautoxr** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 5:24 pm

Kirk is top notch.They will build you anything you want.I just happen to have the luck of living about 30 miles away from their shop.

Post by **MagikDragon** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 6:03 pm

We got our Autopower 6 Point from IOport (the company that actually makes them) for our time attack race car. It does not have the tight tolerances that building a custom cage results in. Its a great 4 point and I would recommend it to anyone on a budget.

check out our build thread for pictures of the cage.

Post by **racerbob4** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:24 am

Autopower and Kirk have been around for a very long time and if their stuff was bad they would be long gone. I had an autopower bar in a showroom German Opel back when showroom first started. It wasnt that hard to install but you need to look under the car before you drill any holes, I didnt and cut a gas line. My bad.

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