Rollcage

[leroybrown911]

Does anybody have any plans or dimensions for a full cage. I fancy a full gae now rather than a roll bar. I have built chassis to suit GRP body and rear tub.

Thanks for your help
Leigh

[mikemph]

I have been designing one with a engineering company... to my own design but to meet FIA standards.... a little over kill being 50mm tube 2mm wall but it will be strong. The front legs will be outside the chassis as I am over 6ft and would like to keep the leg room. I haven't finalised how I will have the front hoop attach to the chassis either yet.

Very similar to MK rollcage but will NOT have s bend in front legs of roll hoop.

Not sure on the price exactly yet but I could probably get him to make up more once the design is complete and trial fitted to chassis.

I am expecting around £500


If you are interested I will let you know in the next week what it will cost for sure.

[leroybrown911]

Yes keep me in the loop, no pun intended :D

[mikemph]

What do you think of the price..... does that sound reasonable?

I'm not sure what other companies charge... I phone a couple one said £1500 and the other said £800.

[Deanno]

I'm planning to go for a full cage but not meeting FIA spec but mainly for show and general looks it should be safe enough if the wost should happen but the only problem i see with it is the front legs have the curve in it giving it a Weak point.

hope this helps:
http://www.haynes.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=4827

[mikemph]

I cant have s bend if I plan to race it as it will not meet FIA spec..... but fine for a road car

[leroybrown911]

I'm planning to go for a full cage but not meeting FIA spec but mainly for show and general looks it should be safe enough if the wost should happen but the only problem i see with it is the front legs have the curve in it giving it a Weak point.

hope this helps:
http://www.haynes.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=4827

Looks nce Deanno, commented on the look of your cage b4. What does it need to be made out of? wall thickness etc...?

Cheers

[leroybrown911]

I cant have s bend if I plan to race it as it will not meet FIA spec..... but fine for a road car

I like th elook of Deannos cage but would like to turn my hand at hil climbing. What are the guidelines?

Leigh

[Deanno]

Leigh,
its not my cage but its the one i plan to copy,
i agree its not to FIA spec as i am only going for looks but for IVA i'm putting the standard hoop on as this will be used when i eventually put a screen on as i plan to use it as my everyday car.

All the Best
Dean


for hill climbing i would think just a roll over bar?
where abouts are you located? there is a hillclimb in Llys-Y-Fran on the 8th May and 17th June.

Llys y Fran
Clarbeston Road
Haverfordwest
SA63 4RR

[leroybrown911]

Thanks gents, sorry Deanno, got a bit confused there, thought that pic was your cage, I have seen it before.

Deanno
I am in Wrexham so a bit of a trek. I went to a hillclimb near Shrewsbury a week or so ago and it is on again end of the month so will I probably go again.

Mike
The price seems reasonable. It is more than what I would like to pay being a tight arse, but probably a fair price. I was asking for dimensions/plans as I would have a go making my own, havent priced up steel yet, but would imagine it would be alot cheaper than £500.

[mikemph]

I am pretty sure if you hunt around on here there are PDF drawings of that rollcage shown in the thread above.

The steel is around £15-20 a meter for CDS to the right spec... The bends must be rotary drawn or manderal bent to meet FIA spec which is the only reason I am getting it bent for me really.

If I was purely using it for track days I would defo make it myself. But I am was hoping to get a few races in 750mc RGB this year :D

[TSM Locost]

Somebody on here did these. hope this might help.

[leroybrown911]

excellent, thanks for all your help. I think I will go with this rollcage. I really like the look of it. Although not FIA compliant it should be ok for hillclimbing and give more protection than a single roll bar.

Cheers:D

[Deanno]

there the drawings i have, They were on a previous post / thread

[davedew]

Good to see the drawings are still floating around on here.

Have a look at my photobucket account if you want to see some of the cage finished on the chassis.

Cheers

Dave