Originally Posted by fabioonachopper

you go to that spot in mass off of 495 when the cops came when that kid on a r6 i think was smoking it up??

Originally Posted by Schooler

heres a buddy of mine subrame. He fabricated this for his r6 since the r6 subrame is so weak its one big peice..strong as shitttt

Originally Posted by AsphaltAssault

ya exactly it was on of 93 right over the border in nh actually. i didnt have my f4i with me i was bombin my white fiddy.

Originally Posted by fabioonachopper

ya my bro anthony (catach42) is letting me take some measurements from his mxd... i should be starting that cage real soon.. i'll post up some progress pics.. i plan on arc welding it... i might try to tig it... i've only welded aluminum with tig so i'm not sure about the difference in steel with tig

Originally Posted by on1furlyfe

steel is easier you have to use a different current though i think steel is dc and alum is ac.......

Originally Posted by fabioonachopper

ya the welder we have has this big handle thing that you switch to change what kind of welding your doing... it has little pictures on it 2 to help the morons

Originally Posted by eazenutz33

those switches are for me!!!!

and the cage on that F4i is pretty sweet by the way!

Originally Posted by eazenutz33

anyone designed a cage yet where the sides don't connect to each other. Every cage I've seen (excep the ones controlled insanity has made), connect both sides together. Not sure if there would be a big advantage to having them not connect except maybe that dropping on one side won't wad up the other too!

Originally Posted by fabioonachopper

ya check out the mxd stunt cage... i like that design for that exact reason.. if i fall on the right.. doesnt mess with the left.. and from the people i've ridden with.. its a good design that holds up to some mean falls

Originally Posted by AsphaltAssault

are you talking about the mxd race rails not the cage. the mxd cage connects at the bottom. the problem without them connecting there is nothing strong to go off of on the bottom of the motor.

Originally Posted by AsphaltAssault

ya i made my own and i went with a cross tube in front of the headers, motor mount bolt, and the subframe bolts. mine cost me about 80 bucks i used 1-1/4 .120 wall chromoly for all the long tubes, i made the frame slider part out of 1-3/8 .120 wall chromoly, and the through tube out of 1" .120 chromoly. and i slugged the tubes where they bolt up 1/2" in the tube. i used 3/8 bolts for the subframe 4" and just 3/8 1-1/4" length for the cross tube. and made a 2-1/2" treaded slug for the bottom tube that i spot welded and welded the end. all tig welded of course.
heres some pics

Originally Posted by PUNKON1WHEEL

^That looks exactly like an MXD. lol

Originally Posted by AsphaltAssault

ya its a little different. it has a cross bar, its 3 pieces (not 2) and its made better.

Originally Posted by PUNKON1WHEEL

I made a cage for my F4i too.

Originally Posted by eazenutz33

looks horrible and kinda brittle........you should toss it and buy a Sick Innovations cage!

Originally Posted by PUNKON1WHEEL

Thats the plan..