I am going to explain the key rules and requirements on building a 10 point or 8 50 and slower roll cage for unibody vehicles per the 2010 nhra rule book.
8 point roll cage certification.
Personally every car i build gets a full five or six point roll cage with rhino bars covering the doors.
The photo below shows the drivers floor bar placement as per sfi foundation specs for 8 49 7 50 et.
However not all cars require them.
Certain cars are going to require a roll cage.
Welding a 10 point 8 50 cert cage into my project coyote swap mustang sn95.
The mustang s 8 50 cert roll cage is finished.
From my experience where most first timers run into trouble is when it comes to roll bars and cages.
Lavon and lyn miller answering a lot of you questions on setting up you truck for 8 50 s certification cage.
Roll cage roll bar requirements.
On a mustang if you build the full cage underneath cline says you can take a 25 5 certification 7 50 to 8 49 seconds and upgrade it to 25 3 6 50 to 7 49 seconds just by adding a few bars.