Roll cage install
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From: From Ky, Stationed Camp Lejeune, NC
Roll cage install I'm gutting out my Z28 and I'm a decent welder. Is the install of a 10 pt roll cage terribly hard or would I be better off going to a seasoned shop here in Ky to have one installed?
If you have no experience then DEFINATELY get a shop to do it. TIG welding is recommended on any cage due to safety, and I would much rather pay more than have a faulty cage determening whether I live or die in a crash at the track. Plus there is a lot of math and geometry involved in doing a full cage, especially 10+ points.
http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/index.php?showtopic=9223
A TIG weld is neater and tidier than a MIG. It doesn't add as much heat to the surrounding metal and it just looks better.
But a MIG weld can be just as strong.
If you don't have a mentor, like we did when we first started building 3rd and 4th gen cages, you can find yourself in a corner, waste a lot of tubing and/or build an unsafe cage. It's not as easy as it looks.
The finished cage in the link above had well over 200 man-hours in it.
A TIG weld is neater and tidier than a MIG. It doesn't add as much heat to the surrounding metal and it just looks better.
But a MIG weld can be just as strong.
If you don't have a mentor, like we did when we first started building 3rd and 4th gen cages, you can find yourself in a corner, waste a lot of tubing and/or build an unsafe cage. It's not as easy as it looks.
The finished cage in the link above had well over 200 man-hours in it.
