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MrMatson
May 5th, 2009, 22:19
I drew up a cage in for my 93 Toyota pickup the other day and as I really don't know what I'm doing I'm looking for some input on how to make it race legal and functional. I'm planning on making most if not all of this out of DOM 1.75"OD x .12"wall tube, mostly to keep cost down, as I'm a poor college student.
Here's some pics of the solidworks model I've got going.
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc41/mrmatson/Dimetric1.jpg

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc41/mrmatson/Isometric1.jpg

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc41/mrmatson/Side1.jpg

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc41/mrmatson/Top1.jpg
kdm73091
June 1st, 2009, 21:00
looks prety good but i would put a couple more vertical tubes, and deffinately some across the frame. but otherwise it looks good
Matt D
June 1st, 2009, 21:23
It looks pretty good but I would highly recommend changing the door bars to something more like this.. Yes it will be a pain to get in and out but after seeing Caso's wreck at the MORE 500 it is more than worth the trouble to keep your life.


http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk84/MattD-36/cagedoor.jpg

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk84/MattD-36/caso.jpg
Ant92ford
June 1st, 2009, 21:29
If this is going to be a dd your door design should be just fine. If you are planning on this being a race truck I would most definitely change up the design with a straight brace between the pillars, similar to Mattd's pic.

good luck
Wild bill
June 1st, 2009, 21:36
You need to run some tubes through the center of the cab from the windshield down tubes to the "X" behind the seats in the center.
jrtorres
June 2nd, 2009, 20:11
I second Matt D
atomicjoe23
June 8th, 2009, 14:16
I second WildBill's suggestion. . .good place to mount a console as well. . .

. . .would suggest some tubing across the very back of the frame to tie it together as well. . .good place to mount the spares and good protection from getting nerfed from behind as well. . .

. . .I would also suggest that you roughly figure out where your front shock upper mounts are gonna be as well and incorporate them into your cage design. . .right now it looks like you have a place to mount the upper shocks, but it looks to be a little far back. . .

. . .other than that looks to be a good starting point!