Disadvantages of a full Cage ?

[Mat Jackson 1975]

13 hours ago, Naranja_Al said:

I’m leaning towards retro fitting a full FIA cage over the winter. The only reason I’m not 100%, is the fact I’d need to drill my chassis rails as I don’t have the pre-drilled holes already….🤔

It’s a fairly simple job to do!!

[Naranja_Al]

13 minutes ago, Mat Jackson 1975 said:

It’s a fairly simple job to do!!

I’d seen that you have recently done it. Maybe I need to pick your brains before ordering…..

[Matt_S]

@Mat Jackson 1975 I’ll have a look for some photos and forward them to you 👍🏼

[Matt_S]

27 minutes ago, Naranja_Al said:

I’d seen that you have recently done it. Maybe I need to pick your brains before ordering…..

Order it! Worry about fitting it afterwards ! 😂

[Naranja_Al]

10 minutes ago, Matt_S said:

Order it! Worry about fitting it afterwards ! 😂

Now that is the sort of encourage I do not need, or is it…..! 🤣

[Kit Car Electronics and Essex AO]

It's quite light (well under 30kg) so easy to hang from the ceiling while fitting and just lift/lower a few times while carefully drilling the holes with step drills etc

[Flying Carrot Steve]

1 hour ago, Kit Car Electronics and Essex AO said:

It's quite light (well under 30kg) so easy to hang from the ceiling while fitting and just lift/lower a few times while carefully drilling the holes with step drills etc

 

 

I've often wondered how much a cage weighs, that's helpful info for me ta @Kit Car Electronics and Essex AO helps me compare my heavy old thing weight-wise to cars without a full cage. 

 

Anyone know how much an MSA/RAC or Jap bar weighs?

 

Hopefully I've got the correct names this time? 😂

[Kit Car Electronics and Essex AO]

my old RAC bar was quite heavy - something like 12kg I think, so changing to a full cage only picked up about 15kg total, but I felt the increased body stiffness was immediately obvious on the road, so a great improvement just for that.