SM Pic

[aceracergofast]

Here is to day work.

[smartmx5]

Is that your self-designed cage or is it a miata.com cage? Lookin' good. I have received my car with cage and paint. All yellow!!! I will try to get a few pics up of the build up. Keep the pics coming!!!!
Alan

[MadMerv]

That forward running bar off the main hoop(top) looks awfully far toward the center of the car. I hope you are short, otherwise your helmet is gonna be banging on that bar....not a good thing. While I'm being picky, are you sure you likw the down tubes of the main hoop tilted at that much of an angle? My first SM was done that way and I was always concerned. On my new one, I mounted the main hoop on the package tray so that it is almost vertical. With the mounting plate extending from near the seatbelt tower, down well past the horizontal sill, and up the side, I think it is stronger than going to the floor.

[channelmaniac]

Dang!

I haven't touched mine in 2 months... Need to get off my a$$ and finish out the interior so I can drive it.

</jealousy>

RJ

[aceracergofast]

Is that your self-designed cage or is it a miata.com cage? Lookin' good. I have received my car with cage and paint. All yellow!!! I will try to get a few pics up of the build up. Keep the pics coming!!!!
Alan

It is a Miata.com cage kit...Still waiting on pipe bender.

That forward running bar off the main hoop(top) looks awfully far toward the center of the car. I hope you are short, otherwise your helmet is gonna be banging on that bar....not a good thing. While I'm being picky, are you sure you likw the down tubes of the main hoop tilted at that much of an angle? My first SM was done that way and I was always concerned. On my new one, I mounted the main hoop on the package tray so that it is almost vertical. With the mounting plate extending from near the seatbelt tower, down well past the horizontal sill, and up the side, I think it is stronger than going to the floor.

The seat has 2" more to drop down on the floor.
It is all just test fit so far. I am going for the most head room also to keep the cage away from driver as much as possible.
So the seat makes the cage look lower because it is just sitting in there.
I have got about 1"1/4 more head room from 79 SM car.
It is best to be picky, or it never gets done right. I like the comments, it keeps your self thinking all the time on how every one car is done.

[Machismo]

As with most car projects, they can always be improved upon. That's why most will finish a car and sell it to start another. Pics look great and compliments to your fabrication skills.

[smartmx5]

As with most car projects, they can always be improved upon. That's why most will finish a car and sell it to start another. Pics look great and compliments to your fabrication skills.

I agree. I look and read all others posts so that I (not having another car to gauge off) can see what may be the "best" way to do something for my car.

[aceracergofast]

As with most car projects, they can always be improved upon. That's why most will finish a car and sell it to start another. Pics look great and compliments to your fabrication skills.

Thank You

[kverges]

Yead, David, I am pretty long-waisted and the bars need to be as far away from my head as possible, esp the side bar along the top of the driver window area. This thing gonna be ready for the enduro at TMS in early May? I want some serious time on the motor to see if it will loosen up and make any power.

[aceracergofast]

Yead, David, I am pretty long-waisted and the bars need to be as far away from my head as possible, esp the side bar along the top of the driver window area. This thing gonna be ready for the enduro at TMS in early May? I want some serious time on the motor to see if it will loosen up and make any power.

Moving into my shop the next 4 days.
Than I can work on your SM till I drop, LOL

[Machismo]

Well I'm a short fart and have a Hard Dog presently, but when I step up to Club racing here in the next year or so, I will contact you for my cage install. I have a welder, and have been welding for a while, but still do not trust myself when comes to something as this. Patch panels are way different than something that is going to let you live to race another day.