Roll Cage Fabrication

[monkeyracing]

Does anyone have information on roll cage fabrication specific to Festivas?

[muscle_Car1]

project b6t does cause he put the one in his festiva

[Gforcefd]

Yeah he bought his from summit racing, it costs 209 dollars for the kit and about 100 bucks freight shipping. It is a really nice kit, and he modified it to look as it does now in his car, normally its a 4 point cage, without the rear supports, check out what he did on his cardomain site.

Logan

PS- I have been going back and forth on what to do, buy the kit or have my friends shop make me one for the same price. The summit racing one is a nice quality though.

[monkeyracing]

Col, thanks for the info. What I'm looking to do would be the roll hoop, 2 bars back, 2 bars forward, and a dash brace (if I can fit it in there) There's a lot of trucks around here, and I tend to do a lot of driving in/through industrial areas that run coked out late shifts.

[festivaWES]

It can be done that's almost what B6T's looks like

[DuritzCrows17]

i think for the price you cant beat the summit kit.

[monkeyracing]

B6Ts setup looks pretty good, pretty much exactly what I want, plus a few extra goodies. I'd like to hide the dash brace behind the dash, but there's not a lot of room in there. I even thought about pulling the dash completely, but then I'd have a problem heater-wise.

We've fabricated more complex things in the garage than this, but there are two little problems now: the welder is on the way out, and we have no tubing bender anymore. There are shops in town that will bend to spec for pretty cheap, though. Hmmmmm.

[oxbrain]

The only thing I would be concerned about is the A-pillar bar. You really don't want to smack your head on one of those bars in an accident, they make windows and sheetmetal look cushy. For a track car it's OK because you've got a helmet on. Nerf bars don't help, as they can't be made thick enough.

I would use a rollbar behind the driver, braced to the rear. Then you have a seperate hoop in the dash, or like project b6t has his. Run one bar from shoulder height at the rear hoop to the base of the front hoop, and another just inside the door sill. That wouldn't make it too hard to get in and out, and would provide a lot of side impact strength. You would want a seat with more side support than the stock one, because that bar will still break your arm/shoulder/ribs/hips in a side accident.

[muscle_Car1]

Yeah on the street cage's can doo more damage. On the track most of the time you are wearing a helemt & such.