trackjunkie

i'm looking to get my cage done in a few weeks and looking for some ideas. let's see some pics of your cage and what you like or dislike about it. i not gutting out the front doors, to keep the glass in.

this fia style looks pretty good.










interesting looking one

Adax

iTrader: (2)

My only suggestion is that if you are going to the trouble and cost of building a cage, build it to NASA/SCCA spec. You car will be worth considerably less if the cage is not legal, and it will limit what you can do with the car should your future plans change. Keep weight in mind too. It's easy to get carried away with bars that do nothing but add weight. There is a reason most cages have a similar design. Avoid the exotic stuff.

edit: I guess that's two suggestions.

AC

trackjunkie

yes definitely going conform with SCCA/NASA. the builder race with both clubs, so he's familiar with both.

RacerBowie

I've got a former Speedsource Grand Am car, I can shoot some pictures this weekend if you'd like. The only things I don't like about my cage are that it is thickwall tubing (1.75x0.120 per GA rules) so heavy and the fact that there can't be a passenger seat installed due to the crossbar design.

Let me know if you want pics.

trackjunkie

wow congrats on the Speedsource auction. I was bidding on some stuff but didn't win anything. yes please post some pics if you.

Thanks,

RacerBowie

Oh no, I didn't buy it at the auction. I've been racing this car since 2013. It was Speedsource built but privately run before me.

I'll get some pics.

Mr. Pockets

My cage is a lot like the one in the second-to-last picture. Differences:

My doors are skinned, so the side bars go out really pretty far. Lots of room to move in there and absorb crashes. Seriously I have a good six inches between my arms and legs and those door bars. It's great.

There are three door bars on my car. Two bend out into the doors and the bottom one goes along the door sill. So imagine one below the bottom door bar in your picture, but straight along the sill and tied to the one above it with multiple verticals.

Mine is triangulated even more than the one in your picture. Lots of gusseting tubes near corners.

I will say that the only thing so far that has been a pain, and I haven't actually driven it yet, is that the tube along the side of my head is very close. With padding on it, my head is pretty much resting on that tube. And I have my seat mounted really, really low. That's something I would pay money to avoid, if I had the choice when building a cage.

Adax

iTrader: (2)

Mine is in my build thread. I have no complaints.

trackjunkie

very nice, we'll probably end up using a lot of that cage design.