Roll cages are required at the drag strip once you eclipse a specific elapsed time (e.t.) threshold for most vehicles. Now, you can have a chassis shop install the roll cage for you, but if you’re a DIY type, you can tackle the project at home. We chose to go the latter route, working with S&W Race Cars and Jake Burton at Burton’s Kreative Motorwerks to get a pre-bent roll cage installed in our Project Red Dragon. Along the way, we picked up five key tips that you can use to install your own roll cage at home.
A pre-bent roll cage is perfect for a garage installation project, if you’re equipped with the right tools and skills. We admittedly don’t have quite the skills or equipment to go it alone, so that’s why we turned to Burton’s Kreative Motorworks to have the roll cage installed. The process that Jake and his team used to install this cage at the shop is the the very same you would use at home with your friends.
Adding a pre-bent roll cage to any vehicle can be done at home if you have a solid plan and the right tools.
Tip 1: How To Prepare For The Project
Just like any other project you work on at home, the better prepared you are, the smoother things will go. The last thing you want to deal with is not having the right tools or required materials during a critical part of the installation. The preparation phase is probably the most important of a project like this, so take your time and make sure you have everything you’ll need.
Burton talks about the items to have on-hand before you start your roll cage installation project.
“You’ll want to have a few different materials that don’t come with the kit. MIG wire and gas for your machine should be at the top of the list,” Burton says. “You don’t want to run out of these items in the middle of the job, especially if you’re doing the work over the weekend and there’s no place open to get more supplies. It would also be a good idea to have some extra tubing on hand, because…
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