Just to clear things up from a CAMS point of view.
Currently (till end of 2008) bolt in cages in line with Schedule J of the CAMS manual are absolutely allowed and can be log booked.
CAMS have flagged that for 2009 safety cage regs will change to align with FIA standards which is Appendix J - Article 253.8 to the Intnl Sporting Code (this has been mooted now for about 3 or 4 years) which currently also allows bolting of the cage to the car. In fact the FIA regs used to
not allow welding and were only recently changed to say that the bolt-in specification was the minimum and welding was allowed.
Can't see this changing for 2009. However the minimum configuration for the cage is greater under FIA specs - ie 6 point, door bars, roof bars, double diagonal in the main hoop...etc
So in summary, if you intend to log book (for any Aust non-FIA category - so all categories bar V8 supercars and WRC) before dec 31 2008, then schedule j of the cams manual is fine, after that then it
MAY be the FIA standard. Both at the moment
allow bolt in cages.
FYI
CAMS Schedule J -
http://www.camsmanual.com.au/pdf/general/0611_Schedule_J_Q308.pdfFIA Appendix J Article 253 Section 8 -
http://argent.fia.com/web/fia-public.nsf/66D45AE395A627CEC1257474004C9884/$FILE/253_08-09.pdf
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