here are some pics of the cage...it will be painted soon. The cage is NHRA approved for single digit pass. Hopefully it work out.

 

looks good!

 

smaller pics and more angles please. its hard to tell much from those pics

 

Can you still put the top up on that? That middle bar looks high.

Are you anticipating making a single digit pass in your car?

Is that the GReddy Profec E-01 on your dash?

 

sorry about the pics, I'm not that good at posting stuff.

The top is fully functional, yes its an profece01 used for boost control, yes it will run single digit.

 

nice cage. who's doing the work?

 

cage was built by Chassis Evolution in Long Island NY by Mike, other contributors to the project include FullRace , Limit Engineering (Garrett Turbos), Alainz, Laskey Racing (Earl) , Competition Clutch, Dunlop tires/Tactics Racing and most importantly Team Alpha and SPI Power Excel in NJ.

 

very slick. I hope to see more pictures of the joints and espeically more pictures on the interior.

 

i'm wondering how far the front goes? welded to firewall or floor?

 

It is welded to the floor. We opted not to go with swing outs due to previous injuries others have sustained during a crash. Once the car is transported back to NJ I will take some more pics.



If all goes well it will compete in the NHRA and NDRA (Turbo 4) this season.

 

Nice lookin cage..Hopefully the cage itself will never see pavement.

 

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thats good!

 

wouldn't it have been better if the cage went though the dash in the front instead of being in front of it?

 

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would make the car stiffer if it went through the firewall

 

the chassis on this car was built very well. Yes it would have been stiffer to go through the dash and to the firewall, but at this time we did not feel it was necessary . There will be some trial and error considering this type of car has not been dragged consistently...

 

How much HP are you shooting for?

 

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keep us updated

 

nice cage
I'll be keen for the update on the drag outcome also.

 

truthfully...we are not building a dyno queen. There have already been enough s2000s built with very high hp but have never seen the track (btw my teammate had 620 at the wheels before he sold it). Considering the rear is so light there will be a lot of testing involved to dial in the car properly for single digit passes. Due to others who will be in the same class, we will not be able to be as competitive, but we will try to represent honda as strongly as possible.

 

Have you even tried sitting in the car with your helmet on ? I'm glad your happy but that cage is not something I would have built. While the s2000 may be stiff it can always use the extra support and I would have gone though the dash and braced the a-pillars. Metal is metal and when something at the front of your car flexes a half an inch by the time it get's to the rear you have masive twisting forces to deal with. I would have also put the seat you plan on using in first and mounted the diagonals based on that height.

I've seen Miata drag cars that use massive castor angle changes in the rear to put power down fully.

I am still curious on what rear end you plan on running, the stock s2000 certainly will explode the first run @ your expected times.

 

thank you for your constuctive thoughts. Yes, I have tried it with my helmet on and everything is fine. We have run high 11s with a 1.8 60ft on the stock diff with drag radials. The new diff will run 3.90 gears is a one off capable of holding the power...a slightly modified verison of those seat are being used so the cage was built around the proper dimenson. btw, the guy who built it took all things into consideration since he has built various pro drag cars including imports. Again, thank you for your thoughts and I will share them with him.

 

well i too would of made it go though the dash.. which i asked/stated a little earlier in this thread...

 

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theres a guy here on HT with over 500whp and running the stock rear end. he's ran often at the track. its not a pure drag car but even so, its been ran hard with no issues

 

I've seen a couple at the street legals with good tires frag the diff after 5~7 really good passes

 

Good ****.