how heavy is a cage
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how much weight will a 12 point MS or CM cage add to a car?
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Re: how heavy is a cage
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Ray...My 10 point mild steel cage added roughly 110 lbs.
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Re: how heavy is a cage
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09/29/10 03:53 PM
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how much weight will a 12 point MS or CM cage add to a car?
I may be off-base for what you are looking to have answered, but if you are trying to determine strictly by weight how much a cage will slow your car, you may also need to consider the cage will stiffen the chassis.
Normally you can figure 100# = .10 sec in E.T., but with a cage there is less energy wasted flexing the car and more power getting to the tires, so it may not affect E.T. as much.
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Re: how heavy is a cage
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Quote:
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how much weight will a 12 point MS or CM cage add to a car?
I may be off-base for what you are looking to have answered, but if you are trying to determine strictly by weight how much a cage will slow your car, you may also need to consider the cage will stiffen the chassis.
Normally you can figure 100# = .10 sec in E.T., but with a cage there is less energy wasted flexing the car and more power getting to the tires, so it may not affect E.T. as much.
Scott
I just wanted an idea of how much weight it would be as i had no idea.
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I have been told by many racers, budget and top dollar racers, that chromoly it is stronger, lighter and it has memory and is harder to bend, especially in a wreck and it ends up protecting the driver better 
I had my street/strip cars roll bar and sub frame connectors done with chromoly for those reasons 
To get the answer on the weight try calling some of the better chassis makers that sell kits and ask about the weight for a kit for your car in MS and chromoly 
