Looks reasonable to me.
Mk Indy Roll Cage (Kit car, caterham, westfield, race rally)
Any thoughts or experiences with this guy?
Looks reasonable to me.
Mk Indy Roll Cage (Kit car, caterham, westfield, race rally)
It would seem the spec hes talking about wouldn't be Msa compliant (not doing down to base of chassis)
But could be reading it wrong.
Should be ok for road use but would defo want to see some bona-fide examples of their work.
Eta
Looking at further pics it is ok.
[Edited on 6-2-17 by loggyboy]
If that is the case, he should change his description.
Just looked at the photos, it does indeed go to base of chasis, and only has one bend (failing point on original mk cages) so does in fact look msa compliant.
Looks compatible to me, the oddity of the rules allows you to drop the 2" CDS tube onto 1" ERW provided you have a spreader plate.
Expensive isn't it though?
£1049+VAT for a bare/unpainted/powder coated full cage
[Edited on 7/2/17 by CosKev3]
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Originally posted by mark chandler
Looks compatible to me, the oddity of the rules allows you to drop the 2" CDS tube onto 1" ERW provided you have a spreader plate.
This is a guy who has an Indy of his own, and had difficulty getting a cage elsewhere. He contacted MSA for advice and using his own business
fabricated a cage to satisfy the blue book. He has been offering the deal on FB for some time:
Island Sheet Metal
If there is a cheaper compliant alternative, I'd be pleased to know as I'm considering buying one
Caged Westfield cages are cheaper fully powder coated, so you could try them for a quote.
http://www.racespeccages.co.uk/#
Or try them 
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Originally posted by CosKev3
Expensive isn't it though?
£1049+VAT for a bare/unpainted/powder coated full cage
[Edited on 7/2/17 by CosKev3]
quote:
Originally posted by Banana
quote:
Originally posted by CosKev3
Expensive isn't it though?
£1049+VAT for a bare/unpainted/powder coated full cage
[Edited on 7/2/17 by CosKev3]
Eh? Its £440..
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Originally posted by CosKev3
Caged Westfield cages are cheaper fully powder coated, so you could try them for a quote.
http://www.racespeccages.co.uk/#
Or try them
Plays-kool do a half cage for the widebody westfield, i would assume it wouldn't be a mile away from fitting an Indy for £260.
Anybody know if it would be anywhere close to fitting an Indy?
£440+vat seems expensive to me with it not being powder coated/painted. It's only 1 bent tube and 2 straight tubes welded together. Maybe I am
just be unrealistic though.
If that was a fitted price then fair enough.
The MK ones aren't MSA compliant.
Thats the whole reason this guy is making his own to sell. MK have been using ERW tube for their cages, which is not up to MSA specs
For road/track use it's fine. But for racing you'll need one made from CDS tube (which is a lot more expensive)
I can reccomend this company which are not too far from you.
http://www.mjsfabrication.co.uk/roll-cages
Both the Westfield and the single seater hoop on their website are mine
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Originally posted by loggyboy
quote:
Originally posted by mark chandler
Looks compatible to me, the oddity of the rules allows you to drop the 2" CDS tube onto 1" ERW provided you have a spreader plate.
Where's that noted? Ive only ever seen CDS Quoted in the blue book.