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The Cage is Complete!

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, 02-26-2012 at 03:31 PM (2319 Views)
Rick has been making steady progress on the cage, and the last of the bars were welded into place on February 24th. Here's some pics of the finished work:







Updated 02-26-2012 at 03:42 PM by vnmsss

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  1. vnmsss's Avatar
    Front Bars and Footbox:







  2. vnmsss's Avatar
    Test fitting the seat and window net (Note: Window net will actually be installed in a more outboard position):







    Updated 02-26-2012 at 03:44 PM by vnmsss
  3. vnmsss's Avatar
    Rick Anderson, FFR #6 Challenge Series Driver, 2010 Nor Cal Champion, Coupe Builder Extraordinaire
  4. NicksPapaw's Avatar
    That thing already looks fast and safe! Just a dumb question........ how much weight do you add by beefing up the frame the way you do? Love watching the build process on a REAL race car!
  5. Hankl's Avatar
    NicksPapaw,

    With all of the tubing that we used, it only adds about 100 pounds, that includes the side impact bars, front chassis support tubes, and the rear impact structure.

    Hank
  6. jkrueger's Avatar
    What radius die did you guys use for making all your bends. Going to buy a bender soon and really only want to buy one die.

    JC
  7. Hankl's Avatar
    JC,

    This door bar cage was done with a 4 1/2" radius die, that is the minimum allowed in SCCA/NASA rules. I'll have a tutorial later this week on all the steps to do the intrusion bars. HTH.

    Hank
    Updated 03-03-2012 at 02:45 PM by Hankl
  8. jetsbaby's Avatar
    VERY NICE WORK!

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