Carl Byck

Is that Chris' car?

rfreeman27

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did you look at my cage? I want some feedback!

cagedruss

Yep, had it delivered Tuesday to HorsePower Freaks. How do you know Chris?

Nice job! 3rd gens are very cramped inside. You should be proud of it. Good luck at the track!

bluerabbit

i ran into problems because afer 05 swingouts are no longer leagal and i needed my bar to go from shoulder to elbo with the down bars(no geater than a 45* angle downwards) on the side down bars..in order for me to make the car easy to get into the down bars wouldve had to have landed too far forward in the driver compartment to have hit any thing structural and i didnt want the hassle of building box tubing out off the subframe connectors to tie into the bar...so now the car is a pain to climb into ..
a qeuston..
why do all of the cages you have posted go to the strut towers??not the rear frame in drag racing according to etown and atco tech the prefer them landing on the frame rails??is it an auto x thing????in the event of an accident wouldnt the frame rails provide better support that the strut towers ...im no pro cage builder i just read the track tech books??

jimeby

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I just completed installing a CSC racing model 501-2 cage kit in my FB. It's a basic stockcar style cage... not as fancy as some I've seen here, but should keep my driver in one piece if he gets T-boned. The kit cost $400 delivered. Then add about $50 for welding wire & gas, and about 4 weeks of evenings to install it. Cheers!

Carl Byck

I guess I'll take some pics, I am feeling like I really skimped on mine, but at the time I thought I was building something pretty nice

cagedruss

Hey jimeby, where is the car going to run at? Are you running mini stocks somewhere or are you doing an enduro? I have many years running stock cars, started in mini stocks with a rx2 and ran 2 r100's in open comp dirt with big cars.

I really loved running rotaries on circle tracks, blew aloy of peoples minds.

christaylor

That's a pretty nice looking kit cage, aside from the diagonal being on the wrong side. I too am curious since I'll probably be building a circle track FB soon (with Miata powerplant) for a series called Texas ProSedan. The rules are pretty nifty... unlimited mods within the "family", which means I need to find the biggest brakes Mazda ever made.

cagedruss

Actually the diaginal is still effective from that side. The diaginal is there to keep the rectangle box from collasping or moving from sisde to side. I have seen lots of Stock car cages built that way with good success.

Still need more info!

Carl Byck

here ya go, I plan on augmenting the cage w/gussetts, vertical door bars, and a cross brace from rear tower to rear tower, and up to the main hoop. I screwed up the dash bar which comes standard, and will add that as well. Suggestions welcome. This is a basic Kirk cage, 1.5"x.120 DOM. Here are some links, I'm having a hard day
http://www.teamfc3s.org/forum/member...=t&img_id=4607
http://www.teamfc3s.org/forum/member...=t&img_id=4605
http://www.teamfc3s.org/forum/member...=t&img_id=4606
http://www.teamfc3s.org/forum/member...=t&img_id=4608
http://www.teamfc3s.org/forum/member...=t&img_id=8054
http://www.teamfc3s.org/forum/member...=t&img_id=6999
http://www.teamfc3s.org/forum/member...=t&img_id=8051
http://www.teamfc3s.org/forum/member...=t&img_id=8053

Sorry for the click fest, I had to use some old stuff that was too large. Carl

Carl Byck

O'k I screwed up again, now they are too small. I'll fix them later. ARGHHHH!

jimeby

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I built the cage per CSC's plan as far as the diaginal is concerned. I don't know why it would make a difference one way or the other since it's just triangulating the main hoop... but I'm just an amature at building these things. I think the worst thing I did was put the dash bar under the steering column. Many rules specify that the dash bar be above the steering column. We're planning to run some "hornet" classes in the area. These classes require the stock dash be in place. To put the dash bar above, I would have had to move the A-piller legs way back. So, I chose the lesser of the two evils. It turns out the dash bar is higher than the lower portion of the dash anyhow.

As far as where we are racing.... the easy answer is: everywhere we can! We plan to race enduro's and hornet classes at Monroe primarily. Hornets are pure stock 4 cylinder cars. Remove the interior, knock the glass out and put in some crash support bars. I went pretty overboard with the cage and all, but ya gotta have a hobby! I just heard that Skagit Speedway is starting a hornet class on their clay oval. I haven't seen the rules yet, but if possible, we'll head up there for a little dirty fun.
Our first planned race is the March 12 300 lap enduro at Monroe.

cagedruss

Thanks Jimeby for the pm. I am glad to hear not all circle tracks have banned the Rotary, ever though you have to run completely stock. Some of my best racing I did was in a R100 with a P Port 12A with a Weber IDA. Car weighed 1800lbs, great HP to weight ratio.

All the tracks I raced at in the late 80's and early 90's banned the ported rotaries after they penalized us with 1.5 lbs per CC.

Good luck with your Enduro in March. I used to love doing those here at the old Portland Speedway and South Sound Speedway in Tenino, Wa.

bluerabbit

i guess drag racers get no love in here.thats cool . i see how it is ..
ill just keep my other 2 solo and GT vw cage pics to myself.
heres my newest solo car but like the soup nazzi no cages for you!!

bluerabbit

heres one more this my rabbit drag car ...if you ask nice and someone will tell me why all these cages go to the strut towers ill post all my other cars cage pics
just kidding