i am about to build a 92 civic hatch and was going to put a cage in it. i've read to put a 10pt in it. my qestion is the swracecars 10pt a legal cage for racing if installed in the car. also would i have to weld and bolt it in or just weld it in. thanks

 

Yes and weld it in.

 

all cages have to be welded in to be tech legal.

 

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The plates can be bolted to the floor, which after welding to my thin floor I would have bolted the plates in if I did it all over again. The thin floor doesn't sit well on my mind, but Tony1 suggested welding the plates to the rockers and I'm going to do that.

 

thanks for the help guys

 

so i can bolt my plates to the floor near my front speakers where the door bar will be welded to? with a black plate under the car?

 

Dont the plates have to be a certain dimension also, like 5"x5" or something like that.???

 

You can bolt the plates in. The only place where I was comfortable with the welding was in the back next to the shock towers. It's real thick there, but the floor has indentations in it and the plates have to be welded completely around, so even there it may be easier to bolt as well.

The plates have to be 6"x6", and the thickness I believe is 1/8, but don't quote me.

 

how should you bolt them down to make it pass tech? 4 bolts in each 6x6 plate? what size bolts?

 

you only need 6x6 plates on main cage points such as the main hoop and front of the cage where it connects to the floor under the dash... a common misconception that people have is that the rear kicker bars have to have 6x6 plates too, but that is not the case, the rears can be any size plate, most recommendd would be to have a plate welded on to the strut tower...

 

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I thought the same thing. Till it got inspected. I was told ALL plates have to be measured 6x6. So I guess it's up to the inspector.

Remember these rules are for YOUR saftey and the rest of us on the track.

John

 

What size wire is everyone using in the MIG for the plates to the floor? I believe it should be .023...

 

anyone know how much these cages weigh?

platinum.

 

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Put the gun down...Step away from the welder!

.030 and don't use a 110v unit.

 

so if i bolt the plates in will it pass tech? if i do bolt them i how should i do it