Cage is finshed and the chassis work is almost done.

[wesbeech]

Ok well this is what i started with a pre bent s&w 8 point cage.

38 feet of 1 3/4 dom tube

My tube bender.

And this is what i got.

 

[wesbeech]

And here is the chassis work. Its almost done but when the shell is on the rotissery i have to box the rear frame rails for strengh and to be safe. And one i box the rails im gonna make a mount for the nice alumnium towhook im gonna make. The chassis is being built nhra legial for 8.5 or slower just cuz im sick of doing shit 2 or 3 times.

 

[HommerSimpson]

You did a very nice job....
Pat yourself on back ... you deserve it... :} i like & hope rest turns out as nice...

 

[bmoss85]

looks good. what are you going to use for a dash?

 

[wesbeech]

looks good. what are you going to use for a dash?

Stock i just have to notch it to fit.

 

[bmoss85]

oh, didnt know if were going to fab one out of aluminum or something. is this going to be an all out race car?

 

[Rennat]

is that a camera mount on the center cross bar right behind where the seat would be? cage tlooks like, i really like it painted that color!

 

[shaeff]

Looks great, now do Group A style bracing in the front.

Click to enlarge:

Look down near the floor where you calf would go on this RHD car:


And to the shock towers:

 

[Zach]

The cage looks really really nice, good work. The only part I'd be unsure about is visibility past the gauge pod/front bar, seems like it might interfere a little bit, but somehow I don't think this car is going to see too much street duty.

 

[Supra28]

Damn, you do some good work. How long did it take?

Nice to know you're in Ohio. Hope to see this car in person one day at an event. :thumbup:

 

[wesbeech]

oh, didnt know if were going to fab one out of aluminum or something. is this going to be an all out race car?

No it will see alot more of the street than you think.

is that a camera mount on the center cross bar right behind where the seat would be? cage tlooks like, i really like it painted that color!

Yea its a camera mount and right below it is a mount for the in cabin fire suspresion and there are 2 under the hood.

The cage looks really really nice, good work. The only part I'd be unsure about is visibility past the gauge pod/front bar, seems like it might interfere a little bit, but somehow I don't think this car is going to see too much street duty.

Like i said more street than you think but the visibility isnt to bad ill just have to get use to it and be carefull.

Damn, you do some good work. How long did it take?.

About a month working on it here and there.

 

[WhtMa71]

Looks great, nice and safe and strong.

 

[MK3less]

nice job that relly looks good

 

[MKIII MA-70]

Looks good how is the leg room lookin? as far as getting in and out i need a cage for mine but i have long legs and a friend of mine here has a cage on his mk3 but its really bad on my legs like they ride on the cage lol

 

[wesbeech]

Looks good how is the leg room lookin? as far as getting in and out i need a cage for mine but i have long legs and a friend of mine here has a cage on his mk3 but its really bad on my legs like they ride on the cage lol

Well your best bet would be to put swingouts on the door bars then.

 

[JMofIRW]

VERY NICE! Awesome work. Hopefully it never has to use the cage and only is there to meet race req's :}

 

[skipbarber]

Lookin good! having just put the cage in our grassroots supra, I can appreciate all the work that goes into it. One issue that I did run into though, was head room. Especially with that front Halo bar. I located ours just behind the targa top clamps, only because I ran out of tubing to make it slightly longer. It was still a really close fit with a helmet on, and yours is even further back.
Not trying to tell you what to do here or anything, but you might want to consider making another one and locating it just forward of the targa clamps/just in front of the rear view mirror (that's where I want to move ours to).

Also, what kind of seat are you using, and how tall are you? We ran a sparco sprint seat, but it had to be a little higher cuz our team members range in height so much. It's hard to see over the dash with it mounted really low though, and I'm 5'10".

Everything else looks great though! Are you gonna gusset it to the body at all? Solid strut brace FTW!

 

[fixitman04]

the only problem i see with this cage is no dash bar, did you tie it into the factory dash bar?
if you are only going straight it isnt much of an issue but, i would deffinatly want the front to be tied together if i was going to be any kind of road course driving.

otherwise it looks great... that group a car looks interesting as well, id love to see more picts of that

 

[88-7MGTE]

Nice cage what kind of tubing are you using, i just boughta tube bender and im going to build mine cage over the winter this is what i am using.

 

[IJ.]

When I built the cage for my old Z car I put a bend in the door bars to make entry/exit a little easier and after crash testing them they held up fine

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