Road Racing - Roll Cage Build: C5 Corvette

I will update this as we progress. I expect total build time to be about 4 weeks (we are also rebuilding one of our World Challenge cars that was flipped @ Mosport).

FYI, you can see all the pictures here:

Momentum Autosports Gallery (http://momentumautosports.com/galleries/?album=21&gallery=13)



Car gutted:


http://momentumautosports.com/wp-content/gallery/c5-road-race-cage-build/thumbs/thumbs_dsc02074-custom.jpg (http://momentumautosports.com/wp-content/gallery/c5-road-race-cage-build/dsc02074-custom.jpg)

Joe programming our CNC plasma cutter to cut out all the plates, gussets, etc needed to build the cage to fit right!

http://momentumautosports.com/wp-content/gallery/c5-road-race-cage-build/thumbs/thumbs_imag0625_0.jpg (http://momentumautosports.com/wp-content/gallery/c5-road-race-cage-build/imag0625_0.jpg)



Some of the cage landing plates laid out for cutting on our CNC plasma cutter:
http://momentumautosports.com/wp-content/gallery/c5-road-race-cage-build/thumbs/thumbs_landing-plates.png (http://momentumautosports.com/wp-content/gallery/c5-road-race-cage-build/landing-plates.png)

Main hoop drawn up:
http://momentumautosports.com/wp-content/gallery/c5-road-race-cage-build/thumbs/thumbs_sw-main-hoop.png (http://momentumautosports.com/wp-content/gallery/c5-road-race-cage-build/sw-main-hoop.png)

Door trimmed:
http://momentumautosports.com/wp-content/gallery/c5-road-race-cage-build/thumbs/thumbs_dsc02075-custom.jpg (http://momentumautosports.com/wp-content/gallery/c5-road-race-cage-build/dsc02075-custom.jpg)

CNC main hoop landing plates fit link a champ!
http://momentumautosports.com/wp-content/gallery/c5-road-race-cage-build/thumbs/thumbs_dsc02078-custom.jpg (http://momentumautosports.com/wp-content/gallery/c5-road-race-cage-build/dsc02078-custom.jpg)

Main hoop is in!

http://momentumautosports.com/wp-content/gallery/c5-road-race-cage-build/thumbs/thumbs_dsc02093.jpg (http://momentumautosports.com/wp-content/gallery/c5-road-race-cage-build/dsc02093.jpg)



http://momentumautosports.com/wp-content/gallery/c5-road-race-cage-build/thumbs/thumbs_dsc02094.jpg (http://momentumautosports.com/wp-content/gallery/c5-road-race-cage-build/dsc02094.jpg)

http://momentumautosports.com/wp-content/gallery/c5-road-race-cage-build/thumbs/thumbs_dsc02095.jpg (http://momentumautosports.com/wp-content/gallery/c5-road-race-cage-build/dsc02095.jpg)

Will this be a customers track car, or is it being with a race class in mind? If not already, make sure the hubs get upgraded to the new SKF hubs for peace of mind :)

It is being built for a customer that will be running in NASA. The hubs were already new when the car was brought to me, we will be updating to SKF hardware after he gets a little seat time :nod:

Cool, ST2 I take it? That class has really took off the past year or 2. Depending on the tracks it sees and how the driver pilots it, the factory type hubs should last 1 full season of abuse using ALL of the track and throwing the car around..but we also have a T1 driver that can go through new hubs in 1 weekend at Buttonwillow using the curbing through the esses to straight line it. He's the only one though that can repeat that phenomena out of ~10 of us running near identical times and using the same line

Yep, with our testing we have found that curbs play the number one role in bearing and suspension bushing damage.

You're on CC, too?

Yea, been on CC since since 2000 and this site since it started (my personal handle is JordonMusser)

I thought I saw a thread with the same photos. Right on.

UPDATE:

http://momentumautosports.com/wp-content/gallery/c5-road-race-cage-build/thumbs/thumbs_85a4e1d5-1118721.jpg (http://momentumautosports.com/wp-content/gallery/c5-road-race-cage-build/85a4e1d5-1118721.jpg)

http://momentumautosports.com/wp-content/gallery/c5-road-race-cage-build/thumbs/thumbs_dsc02096.jpg (http://momentumautosports.com/wp-content/gallery/c5-road-race-cage-build/dsc02096.jpg)

http://momentumautosports.com/wp-content/gallery/c5-road-race-cage-build/thumbs/thumbs_dsc02100.jpg (http://momentumautosports.com/wp-content/gallery/c5-road-race-cage-build/dsc02100.jpg)

Remember, more pics on our site!

Cage is done, just need to clean/prep/paint and re assemble interior.



http://momentumautosports.com/wp-content/gallery/c5-road-race-cage-build/thumbs/thumbs_dsc02101.jpg (http://momentumautosports.com/wp-content/gallery/c5-road-race-cage-build/dsc02101.jpg)

Click HERE to see the whole gallery (http://momentumautosports.com/galleries/) (half way down)

Final post! She is all done.

Make sure you check out the gallery (http://momentumautosports.com/galleries/?album=21&gallery=13&nggpage=2) for all the pics.


http://momentumautosports.com/wp-content/gallery/c5-road-race-cage-build/thumbs/thumbs_dsc02125.jpg (http://momentumautosports.com/galleries/?album=21&gallery=13&nggpage=2)

Nice work there.