Rollcage project - M2

[Massive Lee]

Car is a 1969 BMW 2002 with S14.
Enjoy. remember, it is not finished yet.




























I will use either one of the airboxes.

[uofom3]

sick.

[gearheadE30]

choices, choices... :)

[Farbin Kaiber]

Beautiful work. You know I vote the CF option.

[notoriousracing]

TIG welded cages FTW.

[Thor]

You didn't do this part outside in the snow? Your last update made you seem so much more hardcore than the rest of us.

[Massive Lee]

You didn't do this part outside in the snow? Your last update made you seem so much more hardcore than the rest of us.

I indeed worked outside for two days at around 0° Farenheit around Christmas, and that made me reevaluate my goal to be a "real" man.

There will be around 50 hours x 2 guys on that cage, and honestly, it feels better working 50 hours indoor

[deutschman]

nice cage!
is that a 2002 trunk lid on your car?

[Massive Lee]

nice cage!
is that a 2002 trunk lid on your car?

It is indeed a 2002 trunk lid on my... 2002 racecar.

Since yesterday, I have painted the upper portion of the cage so that we can lift it back up and start welding the rest.

[deutschman]

wow im a dumb ass! i didn't even see the rest of the car. just got out of the kitchen at work so im still kinda fucked up. dam im jealous!

[e34john]

That car is going to be so fun to drive!

Gonna slap some turbs? What size brakes are you gonna to go with?

[dashboardmonkey]

Fuck you, I hate you!

Haha j/k, looks great, keep up the good work Lee.

Andy

[kronus]

That looks like a hell of a cage.


However, everything I read about cages claims that the dash bar shouldn't be bent. Are you constrained by the chassis?

[DCColegrove]

Hey Lee,

Is this something you would want to go into... and can you work from Solid Works?

I have wanted to produce a bolt in 6 point for the e30 for a while now but although they dig my design concept nobody I know wants to risk putting the work into it.

We are kind of far apart to collaborate though.

[Massive Lee]

That looks like a hell of a cage.


However, everything I read about cages claims that the dash bar shouldn't be bent. Are you constrained by the chassis?

There's no possibility to have the dash bar straight. Over the dash tray, I would loose my instrument cluster. and under the dash tray, I can't remove/fix my heater box. The way it is now, it will be gussetted at the junction of the A pillar and base of winsdhield frame, and gussetted on the firewall. Which will stiffen and reinforce the whole front end.

DC - I would be quite happy to collaborate in some sort of way but distances can make things difficult indeed.

Lee