If I didn't have evil thoughts, my brain would have nothing to do...
If I didn't have evil thoughts, my brain would have nothing to do...
Is the Mazda guy building your cage? I was just talking to him last week!
Yup... And at some point in the next couple of months, he will be moving his operation closer to your neighborhood.
Might be handy, if you decide to do something crazy like buy a Fiat, and decide it needs a cage or something...
All I can say is, Gulp
Sorry for linking this, my Photo bucket is acting wonky today. The gussets to bolt this into the car are works of art!!!
This will be light, but hard to tell what's going on up front
Bah humbug, seems there has been a delay.
From John's Facebook page
"I had planned to work on the Mustang this whole weekend. "BUT" my supplier was shipped 60' of 1.5x.120 EW tubing and not 1.5x.120 DOM. I won't have the correct tubing until Monday. I do have 8' of the right stuff at the shop but that won't get me too far."
Damn, that sucks. Of course, this was a Miata, 8 feet would be enough...
Some progress, bolting points were created, much stronger than mounting to a sheet metal floor.
Yet it still complies with the cage rules
Tubage, and this time it's DOM
Suh-wheet!!!
This car just keeps getting awesomer.
Cage update, John, Will and I checked the progress at John Mills shop.
Whoa.... Another tube materialized after we left. Nice!!!!
In keeping with the GRM theme that car on the right is a Miata, yep a rotary powered Miata. The one on the left is not.
Not exactly the usual halo
nephew jarrods new rebuild 
Is it an optical illusion, or does your hoop bend inward as it goes toward the floor? I thought it was a no-no to have more than 180° of bend total for the main hoop for most cage rules. Are you building to a certain rule set, or just for peace of mind? I mean, clearly that cage has only safety benefits and no performance benefits, since it bolts in.
Bryce
From the cage builder, John.
" The actual wording is: Main hoop: 4 bends maximum, totaling 180 degrees + or - 10 degrees.
The top two bends are less than 90 degrees."
I guess I've never seen the "+ or -" part...only the 180 part. Why wouldn't they just say maximum 190 degree total bend? Not that racing rules always make sense, just saying...
Either way, are you racing this in something besides the $20xx?
Bryce
I plan on doing some track days, autocrosses and maybe some special events here and there.
After Challenge life I may find a class I can fit it into.
Today we removed the factory intrusion bars, get this 14lbs @. We were making room for the roll-cage door bars.
Nice work, Steve. This car has come a long way since I first saw it in 2011 without even a front swaybar.
Cage is getting close
god that is a good looking 'stang
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