Topic: Please critique our cage in progress
It is a lot easier to make changes as we are building than to go back and fix stuff, so I have things just tacked together for now.
Cage material is 1.75x.095 DOM, under 3000# car. Spreader plates are all 3/16"
Right now I have just the main hoop, back stays, and diagonal in.
Overall view.
Hoop spreader plates. They are 5"x6"
They cover a difficult area underneath, but it is over a frame rail, the rocker panel, and a bulkead that is a suspension attachment point. Much stronger than the flat floor.
Rear spreader plates. The main plate is 5"x4" as there is no room for anything bigger, but the side plate that runs up the strut tower is another 3"x2.5". This is also over a frame rail.
The angle of the rear bars is 43 degrees per my angle finder. Any further back and the bars would be at the end of the spreader plates, and the spreader plates can't go back any further or they won't have a good location.
The top of the hoop is well above the driver's head (benefits of having a tall interior), and only about 3" behind the rearmost point of the seat
Thoughts? It seems to meet all the rules so far to the best of my knowledge, but I want the opinion of the peanut gallery here before I weld it all together fully