i think the torque rollover speaks for itself. after looking at that wreck i know the damn thing works.
And I remember seeing on this board a picture of flipped SRT-10 with stock “sport hoops” which seemed to have performed well in keeping the car from crushing the driver, even though we know for a fact that those stock “sport hoops” are flimsy aluminum tubing. A roll-over or two where a roll bar or sport hoop does not obviously fail does not establish that the product is nearly as reliable as you might reasonably assume. Certainly the Autoform roll bar is better than the stock sport hoops, but how reliable is it? It's too bad that Autoform or somebody else (Dodge?) couldn't have made an SRT-10 roll bar that would meet SCCA Solo1 specs so that there would not be any question as to its effectiveness (some track driving schools do not accept the Autoform roll bar I have learned) and there would not be any justification for adding a confidence-shaking disclaimer like "Roll bar not designed for roll-over protection."
As for legal speak, I seriously doubt that such an intentionally obscure, almost hidden, disclaimer would absolve Autoform from liability for its product's failure, since such an unexpected disclaimer should be very conspicuously stated for it to be successfully relied upon as defense. Clearly people are buying this product because they assume, and reasonably so, that it was indeed designed for roll-over protection. So what’s going on here?
Maybe I’m missing something. Maybe it couldn’t have been made to SCCA spec and still be low enough for the rag top to close. Maybe Autoform has received some bad legal advise and opted for the disclaimer, no mater how ineffective. Maybe Autoform doesn’t have confidence in its product. Whatever the case, I for one would like to know just how much protection the roll bar is proving me and whether or not prudence would suggest that it be replaced with something custom made that would provide more protection. I understand that we can never be completely safe, but I would like to think that my roll bar was designed to not collapse in almost any conceivable roll-over situation and not be told by its manufacturer that it wasn’t actually designed to provide roll-over protection.
Why don’t we ask Autoform? Hey TonyAF, can you shed some light on this for us? Was the Autoform SRT-10 roll bar designed for roll-over protection and if so, just how much protection?
