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Im releasing a new product next week as well.

The first ones have now been fabricated and fitted with excellent feedback.

Offereing a new sealed & vented light weight alloy battery box.

They have a hinged, securable lid with a substanciable base plate to bolt down to the vehicle. Cable glads to seal around the battery cable and prevent chaffing. Built in battery retaining clamps.

Perfect for guys looking for something thats more appealing than the old school plastic battery box that still vents into the cabin and looks rather ugly in the boot next to their fuel system or dry sump setup.

Pics of this asap been looking for somthing like this...

They are fabricated to suit any size battery you nominate

The majority of my customers are now using lithium batteries which are incredibly small and as you say battery boxes haven't changed for the last 100years they are still huge eye sores in the boot or back seat

On average a basic half starts at $660 and can go up to $1300.

A full cage starts at $2400 and can go a high as you like.

Most full cages people opt for a few extra bars over a basic cage and they end up spending around $3000.

The majority of half cages end up around the $990 mark once you add things like harness bar, double diagonals etc.

im looking into the main hoop with the 2 bars back to the rear struts, a bar going straight across in between the rear struts and a diagonal from drivers side back across to passenger rear strut.

what would that cost?

$880 for the cage in 4130 and an additional $3800 for the FEA simulation and FIA homologation which you won't obtain being a half cage.

The only way to do a 4130 cage which doesn't require FEA and FIA homologation is to have a cams recognized builder (of which I am) submit an additional dossier outling the reason for 4130, detailed CAD drawings and bar locations. ( dossier is not accessible by just anyone from cams)

CAMS will only issue a certification number if the tube

specified still meets shedule J requirements.

4130 is the same weight as CDS. The only reason 4130 cages are considered lighter is due to the reduced wall thickness required to obtain the same strength.

A "CAMS" approved 4130 cage will be same weight as a CDS cage only 3 times stronger.

An FIA homologated cams recognized 4130 cage will be 12-20% lighter than a CDS cage and usually the same strength in most tests.

CAMS charge me an additional $160 for the dossier each time I submit one for a material variance (4130 as opposed to shedule j materials)

I have FIA homologation papers for a fair few full cages now (I usually go halves in the homologation cost with the owner for the first cage design and I keep/own the papers afterwards)

However it's never been worth even trying to obtain FIA homologation for a half cage, I've almost ceased doing half cages myself as the demand for comprehensive full cages has been so high as of late.

Sorry to keep bugging you Brad, I know you're busy, but I'm getting quite desperate with my catch can situation as I don't want to get back out on the track until I've sorted it out. If you could reply to my PM or email as soon as you have a chance I'd be hugely appreciative. Alternatively I could take it to my local alloy fabricator, but I hate to take the chance that they ruin it.

Thanks again mate,

Martin.

Have you got it marked out ready to go Martin??

If so get it over to me this week and I'll have it done the same day it arrives.

Yeh mate, it's all been marked out, ready to go. I'll send it off express on Tuesday when the post office opens up again, so should arrive Wednesday?? What address should I send it to?

PM replied by the way thumbsup.gif

*EDIT* Scratch that, just calculated express postage to be about $100 each way. Will have to be standard postage then.

Edited by Hanaldo

The majority of my customers are now using lithium batteries which are incredibly small and as you say battery boxes haven't changed for the last 100years they are still huge eye sores in the boot or back seat

The lithium batteries are pretty awesome, but for a road/efi track car you really need the expensive ones which are around $1100. The cheaper ones are perfect for carby race cars that don't have electric ignition systems, headlights, electric thermo fans etc. I cant justify that sort of money so was a little gutted to throw the basic, ie heavy dry cell battery back into my car >_<

I do agree Troy.

Ive managed to source some slightly cheaper alternatives but they still reach to the $750 mark for an Li battery. Most of the guys who are chasing serious weight lose in race cars are going for them.

Alot of guys with road goings cars that arent as full on tend to use the smaller drycell batterys which obviously work fine just heavier.

Ill give you a call tommorrow about your car and collecting it too.

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