Originally Posted by RE AND CHERYL

A NASCAR race cars frame and roll bars are made of high quality cromemolly tubing. This stuff is super strong and better than 9 out of 10 roll bars are made of. Bad comparrison there.

Originally Posted by ShawnMacAnanny

I dont mean with a jack, an engine hoist. You see i plan on installing jet-hot long tube headers and though i have a 24" floor jack, my jack stands are only 16". I dont feel as safe using a jack anyways. Here is my plan.

I will have the car on Rhino ramps which is plenty of room underneath and on top to remove the stock stuff. This will all be done in my front lawn so it's already not an ideal situation. I plan on removing my crash bar and bumper support anyway, also cutting out the stock bumper and making it semi-functional to the radiator. I know that the air dam is supposed to work, but i figure since i wont have the extra support the wind resistance would be bad for the bumper, and cutting it out would help, possibly even with the radiator.

Anyway, i want to remove my front bumper cover and use the crash bar for jacking. I plan on wrapping a chain around the bumper and lifting it up by this. I know these are not made for it, but asside from the chain breaking, what damage would it cause? I mean yeah i am sure it would bend the bumper, but that is going to be remove anyway. Will it support the front of the vehicle weight? I have a 2 ton engine hoist which will hold it im sure. Has anyone done this? Does anyone know if the bumper will support that? Does anyone think this might be a good idea?

Thanks for looking guys,
Shawn

Originally Posted by RE AND CHERYL

A NASCAR race cars frame and roll bars are made of high quality cromemolly tubing. This stuff is super strong and better than 9 out of 10 roll bars are made of. Bad comparrison there.