roll cage

[laser001]

I'm looking for a bolt-in roll cage for my 1g laser. Does anyone know of a company that sells one?

 

[IPT]

By bolt-in you mean one that can be removed when not racing right??

 

[laser001]

I'm not planning on removing it. I plan to race it in scca autocross and if I install a bolt-in roll cage I can still run in the stock class cause it would be considered a saftey item. If I welded one in that would put me in the modified class. Sort of a messed up rule. A bolt in roll cage is the only way to stiffen up the frame and still race in the stock class.

 

[IPT]

Now what does the rule say to be a bolt-in. You can have the base plates bolted to the unibody instead of welding it. Is this what they would consider a bolt in??

Or does the whole thing have to be bolted together??

Any ways, someone once upon a time told me that auto power made a bolt-in cage. I also heard that it was not very good.

 

[laser001]

I talked to some guys on the east coast and they said not to order one but to have one made in the car. I was told that most of the ones you buy won't have enough clearance if your wearing a helmet and just generally won't fix in well. I'm going to check with a few companys here in Des Moines to see if they can make one for me.

 

[Tevenor]

Uhm. Don't take this the wrong way but, why are you getting a roll cage if you are racing in stock classes? I mean the additional structural rigidity will not show itself with the 'stockish' suspension components that you can use.

If you want to get serious about autocross in DS (its a turbo right?), then spend the money on shocks, tires, harnesses, etc.

Now if you are doing it for pure safety, then I can understand. But you have to realize its going to add more weight to an already semi-heavy car.

 

[STARION]

I dont know anything about it clearing a helmet or not, but I know that machv sells the auto power roll cage (bolt in) and so does options auto salon (optauto.com). but they seem outrageously expensive if you ask me. the 4 pt is like $300, and the 6 (which is what you would want) is like twice that.

At machv its under the interior section, and theyve got nice pics of it installed, check em out.

 

[DMS-WhiteGSX]

somewhere that lets you use a bolt in? odd...

monkeybars makes them.. i think they are trash. i'd rather have a weld in rollcage personally.. but check out machv for them..

 

[IPT]

call Chassis Engineering the sell weld in roll cages. The custom make all there stuff and I have seen their work in person and it is really good work. MAybe they can make you a bolt in one..