hey mate sorry for late reply, haven't been on here in a while. Thanks for the reply to my build. Yeah it has been quite a journey, quite a lot more than a lot of builds on here. Will be well worth it when i finally get to drive the thing at 30 psi.
in response to your questions;
- the box tube runs from the cage main hoop in the middle of the car and finishes at the bottom of the firewall. see pics
- yes the car has removable side intrusion bars. They must be illegal in most states, i can't run on the road in NSW either. The cage was built to ANDRA specs, so i only need to install them when running down the 1/4. Hence the removable part.
With the issue of a cage being a cop magnet, you need to think about the fact that you're driving a stand out car anyway. You're not driving a Commodore. You don't see too many 1600's on the roads these days unless it's a cruise or a random spot. I think a lot of 1600 driver's don't realise that their cars stand out just like if you saw a modified RX2 or HG Monaro.
If you have your car engineered to include the cage, there is not a thing the police can do about it. Yeah sure you might get pulled over a few times more if you didn't have it, but by the sounds of your user name, a rotary is driving your 1600? I'd rather the security of a cage in a little, light weight car with a rotary and be pulled over 20% more, than not have it when some idiot runs a red light or an elderly driver pulls out from a driveway and t-bones me.
my car is almost finished, will post up some more pics soon