Mat Jackson 1975 Posted 9 hours ago Posted 9 hours ago 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!! Quote
Naranja_Al Posted 9 hours ago Posted 9 hours ago 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….. Quote
Matt_S Posted 9 hours ago Posted 9 hours ago @Mat Jackson 1975 I’ll have a look for some photos and forward them to you 👍🏼 Quote
Matt_S Posted 9 hours ago Posted 9 hours ago 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 ! 😂 1 Quote
Naranja_Al Posted 8 hours ago Posted 8 hours ago 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…..! 🤣 1 Quote
Kit Car Electronics and Essex AO Posted 4 hours ago Posted 4 hours ago 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 2 Quote
Flying Carrot Steve Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago 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? 😂 Quote
Kit Car Electronics and Essex AO Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago 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. 2 1 Quote
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 2 hours ago, Flying Carrot Steve said: or Jap bar weighs Not a lot, compared to the others, but then it is NOT a safety device and is not structural, it's a cosmetic item, although on an FW it does act as the rear support for the roof. 1 Quote
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago I did try searching, but unfortunately, the old faithful sites with parts weights seem to have finally succumbed to time and disappeared. (not really surprised, they must have been twenty or more years old at this point, with the old owners not having much involvement for some time). 1 Quote
Flying Carrot Steve Posted 27 minutes ago Posted 27 minutes ago 55 minutes ago, Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) said: Not a lot, compared to the others, but then it is NOT a safety device and is not structural, it's a cosmetic item, although on an FW it does act as the rear support for the roof. I had one on my Tiger. Didn't realise it was only cosmetic until I looked one day and saw it was just bolted on with one nut and bolt each side and could probably be bent to 90° by a strong wind 😂 Quote
Flying Carrot Steve Posted 25 minutes ago Posted 25 minutes ago 2 hours ago, Kit Car Electronics and Essex AO said: 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. Yep, my Westfield with full cage is super stiff compared to some kits I've been in with just a roll bar. Quote
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