My 14+5 pt full interior cage w/ t-top

[deth2u]

Here's some pics of my finished cage. There's 14 points in the cab, and a 5 pt cross brace on the front towers. All of the important standoffs and plates are chromoly, the rest is steel. I haven't laid the glass for the roof yet, I'll be making a full tube suspension next.

I haven't put the panels back on, some need pass-thru notches cut in them before reinstallation, and the back seats need a bit of work before they go back in. I'm 6'2" tall and had the cockpit modified, and all the tubes were measured and routed to be as far away as possible. The seat brackets are custom, lowered one inch, and pushed against the rear seats. The steering wheel position is 6 inches up and 7 inches out. It's got more legroom than an International Freightliner.

Posting this up if anyone wants ideas for their cage; Danny at danvalracing.com did the cage for me.

Next up after that is 255/40/17 tires, widebody, and custom aero work

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[turbolarry]

Danny doesn't have a TIG machine does he?

 

[Slippi84]

Did you check clearance with that strut tower brace and the engine. Looks like with any big smim you would be in trouble.

 

[vanilla gorilla]

Wow, the fab on the cage looks nice. Its a shame that you covered it in spray paint though . A single stage out of a gun would have looked way nicer and be less prone to scratching/rubbing off.

 

[snowborder714]

What's the car going to be used for?

 

[deth2u]

Danny doesn't have a TIG machine does he?

Ya they do. Parts of the cage were done with tig process, rest was gas mig. To me, spending time to tig the whole things is like polishing your tools before you use em.

The engine was in when the front braces were made, I just took it out again to spray the engine bay. I have a quart of high build primer and a gun. I didn't spray the cage with it because that shit would get everywhere with the hp gun, and it was starting to rust in the garage. I was hosing it off with wd40 for a week or two just to preserve it. That was getting old and messy

This is pretty much a road race car with a license plate. I just drive it around on the highways when I feel like it... (which was something like 4 days a week)

 

[TSimage]

Looks heavy!

 

[1sttimedsmr]

Looks good, by the way how much did he charged you? Is he pretty reasonable?

 

[deth2u]

He's partially sponsoring me, did the cage for $2000 with materials OTD

Considering he also bent everything around the interior panels and did a HELL of a lot more than I asked for no charge, yeah. I'd say he'll be doing another project for me again down the road. The cage has so many points because it's now practically the car's structure now. 5 points in front (7 if counting a-pillars tied in), 4 in the middle and 5 in back. DSMs have a shitty chassis, wanted to eliminate all of that flex and flop from the body.

Danny is very professional about the cage work also, He'd tack everything in sections, then call me to inspect it or ask to reroute if I wanted. Only a few parts of the cage were my ideas, I just let him go to town on it. Everything came out superb.

 

[slowgsr]

tig welding looks much nicer, up here the tech's really like looking for things like that, its just a higher quality of work. Its also highly recommended when the cage is moly, states this in the rule book (atleast our rulebook).

looks good, probably added a fair bit of weight too. Im guessing you didn't build it to any exact specs?

 

[deth2u]

tig welding looks much nicer, up here the tech's really like looking for things like that, its just a higher quality of work. Its also highly recommended when the cage is moly, states this in the rule book (atleast our rulebook).

looks good, probably added a fair bit of weight too. Im guessing you didn't build it to any exact specs?

I'd say it added 90lbs total on the high side. Roll cages really aren't terribly heavy; you can pick up and walk around with a 20' stick with minimal effort. The tubing is 1.50" x .125". Pretty sure the moly parts were tigged.

I didn't have it built to any specs, I was thinking NASA pro, but it would've been cumbersome on the design. They require 1.75" for over 2,000lbs, and it would've been right up against my dome. SCCA is horrendously g_y, so I didn't bother reading their rule book.

My GSX is pretty much a touge and street fighter car, it's namely the idea I've had since I bought it back in 07. I might do one of those open track days if they allow wheel to wheel racing and hard passes. Other than that, I'd hate to be stuck on a track behind some pansy pushing their econocar. Seems like a waste of time.

I got the new carpet in and modding the rear interior plastics and seats right now for reinstallation

 

[Rob10_99]

Looks good, good looking brackets and bends! Decent price for the work, if any of you think you can do it cheaper your hardpressed to find it!

 

[slowgsr]

I'd say it added 90lbs total on the high side. Roll cages really aren't terribly heavy; you can pick up and walk around with a 20' stick with minimal effort. The tubing is 1.50" x .125". Pretty sure the moly parts were tigged.

I didn't have it built to any specs, I was thinking NASA pro, but it would've been cumbersome on the design. They require 1.75" for over 2,000lbs, and it would've been right up against my dome. SCCA is horrendously g_y, so I didn't bother reading their rule book.

My GSX is pretty much a touge and street fighter car, it's namely the idea I've had since I bought it back in 07. I might do one of those open track days if they allow wheel to wheel racing and hard passes. Other than that, I'd hate to be stuck on a track behind some pansy pushing their econocar. Seems like a waste of time.

I got the new carpet in and modding the rear interior plastics and seats right now for reinstallation

Its good man, the main thing it will do is keep you safe which is what cages are for afterall.

There should be more cage discussion on here, not too often you see a thread with lots of good pics! My car will be going in for just a very basic 10pt moly cage mid january. Ill be sure to post pics too for feedback.

 

[4g64fiero]

Nice! More pics!

 

[deth2u]

Its good man, the main thing it will do is keep you safe which is what cages are for afterall.

There should be more cage discussion on here, not too often you see a thread with lots of good pics! My car will be going in for just a very basic 10pt moly cage mid january. Ill be sure to post pics too for feedback.

Cool man. You're lucky you have a 1g. Running along the A pillars through the dash on a 2g means you lose your HVAC system and have to do something with the mess of wire and connectors running into the fused j box on the driver side.

I definitely want to see how yours turns out. Maybe I'll add onto mine if you got some good ideas