300 series roll cage - time to move forward

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300 series roll cage - time to move forward

Post by mrsoundcraft » 22 Apr 2011 01:06 am

Would you look at the time. I should be asleep!

Anyway the next step for my car has to be a roll cage. I feel like the car's in limbo at the moment, Im loosing focus on what I set out to do, while the car just sits in the shed.
I know there's a lot of experience on this forum so I want to know what the best way is of putting a cage together for around £2-300.

Ive been looking at cages for other cars on ebay that could be cut and re-shaped to fit the 340, but maybe it would be better to start from scratch. My shed mate has a very good mig welder so thats the main obstacle out of the way! :D

Does anyone with a cage want to share their dimensions just to make doing this a bit easyer?
I would like to be able to make a roll cage design avaliable to anyone on the forum so that it becomes much easyer to cage up a 300. You never know if it goes to plan I might even be able to make them to order.

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Re: 300 series roll cage - time to move forward

Post by SteveP » 22 Apr 2011 08:51 am

Can you not still just buy one from Safety Devices? They did at some point sell them for 300's
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Re: 300 series roll cage - time to move forward

Post by mrsoundcraft » 22 Apr 2011 03:47 pm

The Safety devices cage comes in at over £400, Im trying to do this for less. My car's never going to get an MSA logbook and never going to be used profesionally. Its got to be cheap.

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Re: 300 series roll cage - time to move forward

Post by theo2468 » 22 Apr 2011 03:50 pm

mrsoundcraft wrote:The Safety devices cage comes in at over £400, Im trying to do this for less. My car's never going to get an MSA logbook and never going to be used profesionally. Its got to be cheap.
yeah but could get dimensions off them
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Re: 300 series roll cage - time to move forward

Post by Chris_C » 22 Apr 2011 05:07 pm

theo2468 wrote:yeah but could get dimensions off them
Dear Sir's,

Please would you mind sending me the dimensions you carefully spend time working out, so that I could copy your cage not doing any of the hard work myself and not giving you any money.

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Theo.


Seriously dude, how big a market do you reckon the 300 motorsport scene is?! Companies need turnover to keep supplying us, they arn't in it for the giggles.
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Re: 300 series roll cage - time to move forward

Post by L14MNP » 22 Apr 2011 08:34 pm

^ :lol: :lol: So true Chris!

Bending the CDS is the hard part. You need a tube bender, NOT a pipe bender. Unfortunately, these are very expensive!
There's a place near me that supplies CDS in many sizes and said they would bend it too, which is nice. The problem is, that it's trial and error and it needs to be done in situ IMO. Plus if (when) I make one I would personally want it as tight as possible, not a dash dodger! So even if SD somehow gave the dimensions (lol) they would be of no use to me.

If you want to do it cheap cheap cheap, then use box section. It looks shite, but still does the job, and you don't have to bend it/it will bend much easier.
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Re: 300 series roll cage - time to move forward

Post by sven360 » 22 Apr 2011 09:59 pm

The SD cage involves the vents being hacked out.

Custom cage is far better.Plus SD is now Polish owned so it motorsports' heritage is now replaced by harsh economics so they ain't going to divulge any info.
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Re: 300 series roll cage - time to move forward

Post by clitti » 23 Apr 2011 03:18 pm

A little gem of knowledge.!!

MK 2 Escort rear loop+Mk 1 Front sections with a little bit of extention to the front legs=340/360 6 point cage. :wink:
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Post by clitti » 23 Apr 2011 03:26 pm

Or maybe its MK 1rear loop+ MK2 front legs with a bit of extention??? Eitherway,whichever way it was, it worked! :?
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Post by broady81 » 24 Apr 2011 11:26 pm

MK 2 Escort rear loop+Mk 1 Front sections with a little bit of extention to the front legs=340/360 6 point cage. :wink:
Or maybe its MK 1rear loop+ MK2 front legs with a bit of extention??? Eitherway,whichever way it was, it worked! :?
That really is a little gem. Or gems as it may be. Thanks.

I'm considering a rear cage in the future, but I keep on noticing the Volvo literature saying that the 340 already has a "cage" as it where. After all, it isn't some dodgy french design now it it :wink:
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Re: 300 series roll cage - time to move forward

Post by samueljon » 26 Apr 2011 08:43 pm

if the mk1 escort works then im 100% up for trying if someone lets me know what needs to be done?

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Re: 300 series roll cage - time to move forward

Post by mrsoundcraft » 15 May 2011 11:22 pm

Im keeping my eye on this. Nice one on the old Escort cages, glad its a common choice of car for a cage!
but I may have something up my sleeve........

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Re: 300 series roll cage - time to move forward

Post by volvosneverdie » 16 May 2011 08:55 pm

mrsoundcraft wrote: but I may have something up my sleeve........
is it a cage?

you must have big sleeves!
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Re: 300 series roll cage - time to move forward

Post by mrsoundcraft » 19 May 2011 01:33 am

I have a new jumper with Pug 309 (maybe 205) shaped sleaves :oops:

lets hope the Volvo can grow into it

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