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In the quest to build a street able race car, many people strive to upgrade the handling and safety of their cars. One thing we found out was that adding a real roll cage does wonders for stability and body roll of a car. Roll cages greatly strengthen the body and make body flex a thing of the past.To accomplish our installation, we contacted our good friends at Tabasco Racing (Tabascoracing.com), which gladly hooked us up with the roll cage kit (which amazingly is under $250). The kit is not a bolt in kit ladies… this is a true race car cage designed to be completely welded in and can be certified by any major racing organization as long as it is installed correctly.In order to have the cage installed correctly, we recommend taking it to a professional race car chassis shop, or someone who has experience with race car cages and their proper installation. For this task, we took the car to Alan Bloom of A&B Metal art in Parker, Idaho (my loved and respected father). Alan has years of racing experience in all types of racing including top fuel drag racing so we knew he could do the job better than any person we know.
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Since my father has been racing for many years and is used to the beefier cars, he shook his head at me when he realized he was about to weld a cage into a thin metal unibody car (how do you think they make them so light weight?).After he stopped shaking his head we began… The first and most important thing you need to do is make sure the car is on a flat surface. If the vehicle is not on a flat surface, the cage will end up holding the cars body in whatever position it is in when you start. If it is on uneven ground, you may tweak the frame into that position perminently.The next thing you need to do is remove the seats, carpets, head liner and any other flammable material from the interior (you are about to weld in many places inside the car).
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