Our Cage Build (pic heavy)

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hey all - some of you may have seen our car before on other forums or other threads, but we thought we'd start a new thread dedicated to the cage building process being done by the guys at TyrolSport of Queens NY

For those who have never seen our car, here's a quick history: A friend of mine (Jason), and I (Joseph) split the purchase costs of this beat up 1990 G60 Corrado (w/ VR6 Swap) with the sole intent of turning it into a dedicated track toy. Our hope was to run 3 or 4 events per year with no other purpose but to enjoy the time on the track. After 10 months of stripping, grinding, sanding, painting, wiring, wrenching, etc, etc, we finally had a car that was track worthy. At that point we weren't interested in competing on any level except the time trials that were put on by the group we were running with that particular day (EMRA, CART, PCA, etc). Over the past three seasons, we were able to run at Lime Rock Park, NJMP (Lightnight Circuit), Pocono, and Watkins Glen (we hope to expand the venue list in the upcoming years).

A few pics of the process:


Over the past three years we've made several improvements to the car, some necessary, some functional, and some completely for aesthetics only.
Here's a few pics of us at various tracks:


All along we've been using an AutoPower, 4pnt, bolt-in roll bar which we bought the same day we purchased the car. Like most guys out on the track, we were on a tight budget and since we weren't competing we didn't want to spend the extra cash on a full blown cage. But that has all changed now. Jason and I have developed relationships over the past years with various shops, persons, vendors, etc and have finally got the itch to start competing at some level (to be determined). Although not every competition we'll compete in requires a full cage, both of us have young children and are beginning to fully understand the value of our safety.

So without further ado, here are the beginnings of our cage build. Mike and Tom over at TyrolSport have been a great resource for us and are taking care of us. They have been sending us weekly (if not more often) updates and are in constant contact with us with design ideas, questions, suggestions, etc.

Here's quick sketchup image Jason created during the early stages of discussion with Tyrol


Tom and his crew cleared out an area for the car


I believe this was taken the Monday after the car was dropped off (Saturday) - so they got right to work



Filling in holes from our AutoPowr bar



Materials!


In order to get better access to weld up the front tubing of the cage, the windshield need to come out



What they found wasn't great news, but definitely fixable.



After the wire wheel treatment.




And finally some of the good stuff






we'll add more as we get more!