Finished up my roll cage :)
 

finished up the welding on my cage last night, didn't turn out to bad for being the first thing I have ever bent and about the first thing I have ever tig welded.
I spray bombed it grey to help keep it from rusting, but it looks pretty decent that color so it might just stay.

http://www.eville140.com/starlet10/cage10.jpg
http://www.eville140.com/starlet10/cage11.jpg
http://www.eville140.com/starlet10/cage12.jpg
http://www.eville140.com/starlet10/cage13.jpg
http://www.eville140.com/starlet10/cage14.jpg
http://www.eville140.com/starlet10/cage15.jpg

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Randy

www.eville140.com

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What was used to do the bends. Look nice. I'm going to make my own this winter, just need something to bend with.

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Looks real good, good job ;)

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---- where u live i whont one

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got any pics of the plates where the tubes connect to the floor?

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I almost thought that was a S&W kit after seeing those two bars that angle down from the harness bar to the floor like S&W does with there kits. Nice ---- though. How much did it run you? What did you build it to be approved for?

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I bent the cage up myself from 4130, it should be nhra legal.
I used a Pro-tools model 105 bender to make the bends. This thing works great.
http://www.pro-tools.com/105.htm

As for the floor attachments, the front downbars and front door bars are hooked to 6*6 plates as is the rear down bars.
The main hoop and kicker bars are mounted to 2*2 box tubing that connect the subframes together. Here is an in progress picture of them.
http://eville140.com/starlet9/subs.jpg


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Randy

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Dang man, that starlet is going to be a beast. Looks good, keep us updated. O0

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A, I've came across that beder many times from other people saying they love it!

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That thing looks wicked man. Good job, hopefully you will make a socal road trip one day. Id love to check that beast out.

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looks damn good :6

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That is sweet man, I'm going to build a roll cage up for a drag car me and my bro inlaw are building this winter for the summer. Nice looking cage man, good work!

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It should be? Did you just do this from thought or did you actually build from what the NHRA rules say it needs to be?

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What did you use for a welder?I have a Competition Engineering 8pt roll bar here I want to put in my Civic but I only have a 90amp wirefeed and the instructions say min 130amp?The plates are 1/8 and my little welder will easily weld that.

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Nice job Randy!

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I have a rule book and went by it so it should be legal, but until I have it checked (if I even do) I do not know. From all my friends that have cert. cages the inspecyion process is not that involed. They never looked at the welds, they didn't pull the carpet back to see how it was attached or anything. All they did was stick a machine on the tubing in a few spots to check the thickness and then slapped a sticker on it.

90dx, I used 4130 chrome moly so it had to be tig welded. Moly tube can be thinner than steel (that is why it is lighter)
and I used my tig set at 85amps when doing this. So your weder might be a little pressed for steel. If you have a torch to put a little heat into the joints before you start welding I bet you could get by with it though. Tube is pretty cheap though, wounldn' hurt to get a small section to practice on. Then cut it open and see how the weld looks.

Thanks Pit :)

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Randy

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looks tits dude!

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Wow that's very clean! Good job! :o

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good job :6

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I love your Car. Good job!

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Just a new picture with the front rims/tires I just picked up.

http://www.eville140.com/starlet10/skinny1.jpg

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Randy

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damn looking nice. I see the slicks from the 7 bolt up fine. :)

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looks good

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Your car makes me want to ----. Can I come visit your car, and borrow your sister?