Looks like theres not much interest in buying my car so...

[Lukea6]

I may consider turning it in to a track car.

Initial thoughts are....

Strip the interior, race seat, lower it and bigger brakes.

how much are roll cages??

 

[Mckellar]

a proper cage is £500 + and needs to be welded and bolted in im sure, otherwise pointless..if you roll.

stripping the interior and selling the parts you take off will give you money back to lower it (get decent set up, not a 1/2 branded name)

you can pick up a bucket seat singularly for pennies these days on ebay, doesnt need to be leather and recliner as its a track car so condition really isnt your main priority..

 

[hopkinsgm]

...how much are roll cages...

Not sure what happened to all the ex-Rockingham Ibiza Cupra R cages - I had one until about a year ago, but sold it through the classifieds on here. There were a couple of dozen of the things knocking about at one point, plus the cages from the Seat UK Ibiza Cupra demonstrators. These were all made by Custom Cages, and were six point bolt in jobbies. Not long after the Rockingham Cupra R's were decommisioned, you could pick up an ex-Rockingham cage for about £50. When I sold mine on here a year or so back for £75 I got my arm snapped off. Umpteen folks contacted me, and I reckon I could have asked for uite a bit more for it. Oh well, 20/20 hindsight

A six point bolt in cage is likely going to cost upwards of £300 to buy new - and unless you're a bit handy with a welder, you'll be looking at upwards of £100 or so on top of that to get the mounts welded in. Don't think you can get away with drilling some holes in the floor and sticking a few bolts through - you need spreader plates if you ever need to rely on the cage (hopefully you won't, but you never know). With no spreader plates, in the event of an accident the cage will just punch it's way through the metalwork leaving nice sharp torn edges all over the place - and the cage will probably cause more damage than it saves.

 

[Czechboy]

you could pick up an ex-Rockingham cage for about £50.

Well I'll be on the lookout for one of those puppies

 

[m0rk]

I remember picking 4 up for £40 a piece....

you don't need a cage for a track car though, just better brakes, suspension & tyres to have fun

 

[roly]

i stripped my car yesterday ready to start work on my cage, was amazed by how much the suspension rose when everything came out (dash included)

 

[ibiza_95]

i got mine for 60 pounds, and powder coated for another 60... plus petrol a brand new looking cage cost me 150

 

[jcs356]

No need for better brakes if you take all the weight out. Been running 256mm fronts with DS2500 pads and never suffered brake fade with that setup.
I've got an ex Rockingham cage in mine, bought through here about 3 years ago. Shout if you want anymore info as I've been there, done that...

 

[m0rk]

No need for better brakes if you take all the weight out. Been running 256mm fronts with DS2500 pads

Are DS2500's now standard fit these days?

do a session on std pads and I'll soon hear you calling for something better..

 

[jcs356]

My grovelling apologies Mork. I read 'better brakes' to mean the upgrade to 280mm discs off the 16v, which IMO isn't worth it if the car goes on a diet.

I'll go and crawl back under my stone.

 

[jcs356]

I correct that - he originally asked about 'bigger brakes', so apart from me transposing the words bigger and better, my comment stands. Bigger brakes aren't necessary. An upgrade to the pads will suffice IMO.

 

[m0rk]

it's ok - when I ran the Ibiza on 'hard' pads, and that had less in it than yours I 'just' got away with decent pads, discs & fluids on 239's (good job the car couldn't do more than 100 without a tailwind)

 

[surcalation]

http://www.ybracing.co.uk/webpages/racing/2007 pages/roll cages/ab105pframe.htm
OMP Cage
AB/105P/45
Seat Ibiza 2nd series 3 door >93
10 Point Bolt-in
Weight = 25kgs
Conforms to: FIA - Annex J
£ 354.93

 

[Lukea6]

Cheers folks..