Winter upgrade, Roll cage and subframe connectors

The rear bars actually go thru the
frame. They are welded to the frame
in 2 places. The bar runs thru the
top plate also. The plate is 3x6.
On the bottom of the frame is the
design with at 2x6 plate. Contacted
NHRA Tech about is design, and they
responded ok.

As per the rule book, the plates are
required to 1/8 thick.

Good luck with it: i'll be watching this thread

Thanks for the pics. Always interesting to see how others do it. I just finished putting a 10 point cage in a late B body - which nobody makes a kit for. Ended up losing most my interior - and dash. No big deal as I was looking to lose as much weight as possible anyway. Bought an E body kit from Jegs which was relatively close ( main hoop anyway ) and built it as close to their drawings as possible. Front down bars sit on a 6X6 plate, but I had to build an inclosed box for the plate to sit on, as the floor was not flat in that area. This is a unibody car so no frame in this area. Didn't have a problem with NHRA tech as I raced this weekend. I'm sure there are a lot of variables that they see - and have to decide on.

We are going to use 2x3 tubing up front.
Going to connect front subframe to sill
plate with 2x3 tubing and gussets. Drop A pillar bar down on the tubing.
Will post pictures when we get up front. Finishing back now.

Looking sweet. The rear portion is similar to how we are doing my Challenger right now.

Some update pics!
He has the rear all set up and welded in place. Mike also welded a few nuts into the rear bars for a good ground, and has setup the battery disconnect since the battery is going out back. the rear is also setup for a fuel cell that I'll be putting in sometime in the relatively near future. I'm incredibly pleased with how this has turned out so far. Now onto the front of the cage! :2thumbs:

apparently I am still technologically retarded.
lets try this again.
[image] http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/403/trunkarea.jpg/[/image]
[image]http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/600/trunkarea3.jpg/[/image]
[image]http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/708/trunkarea2.jpg/[/image]
[image]http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/809/trunkarea1.jpg/[/image]
[image]http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/267/dbar1.jpg/[/image]
[image]http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/696/dbars.jpg/[/image]
[image]http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/812/interiorupfront.jpg/[/image]
[image]http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/841/interiorseatbar.jpg/[/image]

none of those chicken scratches work...

ok well i tried, and it doesnt seem to want to link them, even using the instant code. so you can click the links until I figure out what the deal is here. sorry guys.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/403/trunkarea.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/600/trunkarea3.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/708/trunkarea2.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/809/trunkarea1.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/267/dbar1.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/696/dbars.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/812/interiorupfront.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/841/interiorseatbar.jpg/

looks real stealth...

now thatis real sweet looking. i like that alot

Nice craftsmanship is that cm/ms?

Cage is mild steel.

ya, its mild steel. The goal is to make it minimally visible from outside the car as well. so far Mike has done an awesome job with that. Thanks for the kind words fellas.

Here is some new pics. and no I will not be using that dash, I am able to use a dash and only have to cut into the metal on the back of the dash, without hacking into the pad.

may want to check which format you are using for the photos...cant see a thing..

Very nice work. Ron

I think its all bad up now, pics seem to show up for me on a different computer than I posted them on.

Well the cage is done and the car is back home. I'll just link to pictures as there is alot of them. http://photobucket.com/mwracecraft

its under 74 charger.
The cage also certified to 8.50 the other day!