How To Build A Race Car Roll Cage. Another type of cage is a prefabricated weld in cage. If you are competing your welding will be thoroughly inspected for your safety to ensure that the roll cage is secure.
Moving on to roll cages you first get into the 8 point roll cage which includes a main hoop cage sides that route along the a pillar a windshield brace across the forward section of the roof a back brace bar roll cage gussets and subframe struts. We ve spent the most time drag racing and the rules are reasonably simple and easy to understand. After studying it s easy to see the progression of building a safe structure when you look at an nhra 6 point roll bar.
Jeri shows how to fabricate and install a roll bar in a 1981 camaro pure stock race car.
In addition to these companies off the shelf cages many will design a cage built to your vehicle s specifications. When speaking with companies that make this type of cage obtain clarification as to whether the cage was designed for a car with or without the interior in it. Tubing 1 3 4 x 120 tubing bender affordable bender welder m. Ensure that all bars are in the right position and only weld around the joints when you are 100 confident with their placement.
