Nissan 240 race car roll cage(caution lots of pics)

[rocofab]

This is a full roll cage i fab'd for a important customer, its a Nissan 180sx, or 240sx as you call it in the US, its being built mainly for drifting but the customer wanted the car built to comply with all regs, its made out of aviation grade cold drawn true seamless carbon steel. seriously strong stuff. the main cage is 1 3/4 or 45mm x 2.64mm. and the brace bars and door bars are 1 1/2 or 38mm x 2.64mm. its not 100% finnished yet. theres two bars to go down the rear trunk lid pillars, and the main hoop diagonal, side impact and harness bars need to be added. he's a tall guy so i made the cage as tight as possible to the chassis, and you cant get much tighter than toutching. i also bent the two sill bars below the x door bars for a better fit.
it all mig welded on my sip 240, overall im prety happy with it,

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[bog warrior]

Nice work!! Where abouts in Ireland are ya from? I am from Athlone.

[rocofab]

thanks ,from newbridge in kildare. small world huh

[ranger2339]

I dont think this cage is FD or D1 legal, I may be wrong? Is he driving in any of the Pro series?

[rocofab]

why not? yeah will be in the european series.

[ranger2339]

I haven't got a hold of the new 2010 rule book but the last years and years before state this.

"No portion of the cage may permeate the firewall and shall be fully contained within the occupant’s compartment."

This is for Formula Drift USA, not sure if its different for the Euro series.

Josh

[rocofab]

yeah that could be so, the cage was built to FIA Rally/road racing regs, as the customer
wanted to be able to compete in hill climbs and track racing too, and it surpasses all drifting regs here by a mile. i must check out the 2010 fd regs again as i didnt notice that, thanks

[ranger2339]

Ok so I just got off the phone with a guy who's in the know and he said you should be all good, the rules are "open to interpretation" ha. I guess as long as its safe and that looks WAY safe.

May I ask who the driver is?

Good work bro.


Josh

[rocofab]

wesley keating, hes a up and coming irish driver, did quiet well last year in ireland, europe and britain. one to look out for this year.

[ranger2339]

Awesome!

This guy?

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