Thinking Of Building A Rollcage For Drifting

[skyhighR33]

hi there people as the title sort of says, i am gunna take up drifting and want to do it right,

so im doing the whole battery isolater, fire suppresion and such, question i have for you all is what material do i use,

i know mild steel would be good, which is what i am using but should i use pipe or tube, and what size does it have to be, does it need to be engineered.

i can get the cage welded properly and done to specs, does anyone know of any places in south australia were i can get it done, what other things need to be put in to make it all legal.

cheers.. michael P.S the car is a 1986 fc series 4 rx7 turbo with a 13b rew engine converted back to single, makes alright power gunna up the boost to 12 or 15 which should see 250kw at the treads. this should be enough for a car thats gutted and stuff.

[Duncan]

Have a read of schedule J of the CAMS manual first it will answer a lot.

http://www.camsmanual.com.au/pdf/10_gen_re...dule_J_Q210.pdf

Once you are across that post up more questions and I'm sure we can help

One thing I strongly recommend - don go with a cage that does not meet CAMS rules. Cages are difficult or impossible to change which means you would not be able to do cams events ever with that car.

[samstain]

There are a fair few places around that do CAMS cages, they can either do a Drive in drive out service, or just supply material with the main hoop and legs bent and the reciepts you will need to show the pipe is the correct spec.

If your out north try walker chassis - http://www.walkerchassis.com.au/

down south try Craig William - http://www.ultraracecars.com.au/

You can do it yourself, but it takes a bit of skill and the right tools - if its welded the welds have to be up to spec and have to completely surround all joints, if you get the sequence wrong you can stuff it up and not be able to finish it without ripping the whole roof off.

I have seen more than a couple DIY cages that have had to be cut out and fully replaced as they were dangerous in the way they were constructed or they couldnt get access to finish off welds.

Edited April 14, 2010 by samstain