This will pass tech just fine...

"Kit 'Haddy' Iwamatsu" (Haddy)
11/25/2014 at 15:30 • Filed to: None

There are no words. The 'fuel cell' is really icing on the cake for the rest of it.

DISCUSSION (26)

CalzoneGolem > Kit 'Haddy' Iwamatsu
11/25/2014 at 15:31

Kinja'd!!!

Dat cage tho!

Kit 'Haddy' Iwamatsu > CalzoneGolem
11/25/2014 at 15:32

Or as I like to call it, the projectile generator.

MonkeePuzzle > Kit 'Haddy' Iwamatsu
11/25/2014 at 15:33

I WOODn't drive in it

ly2v8-Brian > Kit 'Haddy' Iwamatsu
11/25/2014 at 15:33

Safety is our First priority.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Kit 'Haddy' Iwamatsu
11/25/2014 at 15:33

This raises the interesting question of just how shitty a weld would have to be to be worse than those clamps. I suspect the answer is "surprisingly non-shitty *in appearance*".

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Kit 'Haddy' Iwamatsu
11/25/2014 at 15:34

Looks fine to me, bro.

lone_liberal > Kit 'Haddy' Iwamatsu
11/25/2014 at 15:34

I believe this one deserves the triple

Kinja'd!!!

Kit 'Haddy' Iwamatsu > ly2v8-Brian
11/25/2014 at 15:34

Here at National Fence Pipe, electrical conduit, and race car cages corporation, your saftey is a thing, of some sort. Probably.

Kit 'Haddy' Iwamatsu > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
11/25/2014 at 15:35

Shit's stout, i mean, it has a racing seat.

Kit 'Haddy' Iwamatsu > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
11/25/2014 at 15:35

Well, since those clamps would slide pretty easily, i guess if you ensured that none of your welds penetrated you could do worse..

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Kit 'Haddy' Iwamatsu
11/25/2014 at 15:35

"Da, you see Ivan? Eef fuel in cage with driver, then fuel ees in prison cell. There, ees fuel cell now. "

"Da, but komrad Boylan, what of glorious driver's chair?"

"Ees no problem, Ivan! Vee use swedish chair legs to raise up. Eef table leg sturdy when standing, then ees extra stronk when on side."

HammerheadFistpunch > Kit 'Haddy' Iwamatsu
11/25/2014 at 15:36

Kinja'd!!!

pipe...clamps.

Kit 'Haddy' Iwamatsu > lone_liberal
11/25/2014 at 15:36

Does it come in a triple double?

Kit 'Haddy' Iwamatsu > HammerheadFistpunch
11/25/2014 at 15:36

The pipe is also fence post.

HammerheadFistpunch > Kit 'Haddy' Iwamatsu
11/25/2014 at 15:37

it looks galvanized at least...so he will die faster from Zinc poisoning when his fuel cell burns his heap to the ground.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Kit 'Haddy' Iwamatsu
11/25/2014 at 15:38

I'm trying to figure out what this is. It almost looks like the inside of a van.

Kit 'Haddy' Iwamatsu > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
11/25/2014 at 15:40

Suzuki SJ

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Kit 'Haddy' Iwamatsu
11/25/2014 at 15:41

A lot would depend on behavior in a shock situation. The friction on the clamp is total shit, but in a dynamic situation with a shock, would tend to resist pretty mightily and disperse impact through shift under protest. A magnificently shitty weld would just *pop*, and done.

I've seen pictures of a race cage that was done with nodular iron pipe (thin wall!) and welded with a mig welder half-assedly (no cut to fit on ends) on the not-even-remotely-enough voltage setting. The strength on iron pipe is favorably high compared to moly tube (it's surprising), but getting a strong and non-brittle weld is an anus, and I can guarantee no normalizing of any kind was done after *those* welds.

Kit 'Haddy' Iwamatsu > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
11/25/2014 at 15:43

This is thin wall fence posting, judging from it's galvanized state anyway. I think, overall, we can say this is a failure in terms of safety.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Kit 'Haddy' Iwamatsu
11/25/2014 at 15:45

Admitted, "just how much does a fence post roll cage suck compared to a Home Depot pipe roll cage assembled by monkeys" is a bit of a stupid exercise. Fun, though.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Kit 'Haddy' Iwamatsu
11/25/2014 at 15:47

Aww :( I hate it when I see these get destroyed for no reason.