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nova man dan
30-12-10, 01:48 PM
will a nova 6 point nova roll cage fit in a corsa
GRUNT 16V
30-12-10, 03:01 PM
No !! funny enough there different! lol
shorty249
30-12-10, 03:37 PM
yes it will fit, but you have to box it up. which isnt such a bad thing as you can just incorparate it in with the spreader plates. i put a nova cage in my mates corsa sport rally car. obviously had to cut some of the trim to fit afterwards but it doesnt matter on a rally car.
nova man dan
30-12-10, 03:44 PM
ok nice to no i mit put it in
gazz
30-12-10, 03:50 PM
yes it will fit, but you have to box it up. which isnt such a bad thing as you can just incorparate it in with the spreader plates. i put a nova cage in my mates corsa sport rally car. obviously had to cut some of the trim to fit afterwards but it doesnt matter on a rally car.

Nothing like making more work for yourselflol

just get one for a corsa..jobs done..:thumb:
Pistol Pete
30-12-10, 04:10 PM
yes it will fit, but you have to box it up. which isnt such a bad thing as you can just incorparate it in with the spreader plates. i put a nova cage in my mates corsa sport rally car. obviously had to cut some of the trim to fit afterwards but it doesnt matter on a rally car.

LMFAO...So you bodged a roll cage in. :wtf: :tard:
L14MNP
30-12-10, 04:17 PM
Sounds like all he had to do was box the sills to get the correct height?
Pistol Pete
30-12-10, 04:18 PM
But whats to stop those boxes crushing on impact? Or am i being too fussy lol
L14MNP
30-12-10, 04:21 PM
If he's good then they won't lol. I have never really understood the boxing business tbh. To the point that we sold on the Safety Devices 6 point bolt in from my mates mk1 xr2 as we thought it wasn't the correct one! lol

I fitted an bolt in 6pt OMP with a mate to his 205 and we had to box the sills on that for it to fit and it was bought brnad new for that car. I don't know why it couldn't be a bit taller. lol
Angus Closier
30-12-10, 04:21 PM
Surely it would be easier to just sell the nova one and buy a corsa one? Then no mods have to be done....
Pistol Pete
30-12-10, 04:22 PM
Kind of my thinking really, just buy the correct one!
L14MNP
30-12-10, 04:24 PM
I am 50/50 on it. If just height is the issue then I would box it in. Depends on the car/availabilty though. I assume you could sell the Corsa cage on and get a Nova one no trouble at all, or even swap.

It also comes down to patience. lol
MK999
30-12-10, 04:25 PM
If he's good then they won't lol. I have never really understood the boxing business tbh. To the point that we sold on the Safety Devices 6 point bolt in from my mates mk1 xr2 as we thought it wasn't the correct one! lol

I fitted an bolt in 6pt OMP with a mate to his 205 and we had to box the sills on that for it to fit and it was bought brnad new for that car. I don't know why it couldn't be a bit taller. lol

Boxes should be made out of 3mm plate, instead of 0.9mm floorpan, and weld into the sills, rather than just being 3mm plate surrounded by cheese-metal.
L14MNP
30-12-10, 04:26 PM
and gasless snots! lol
Andy
30-12-10, 04:28 PM
Seriously,people dont weld em in with gasless do they???!!!
Ive heard it all...........
SR-Rally
30-12-10, 04:32 PM
a friend of mines rally car has a nova cage in it. its just as safe as fitting a corsa cage aslong as the box's are done correctly.
Dayle_
31-12-10, 03:21 PM
3mm Boxes should be used as minimum as an accordance with the blue book.

This is an OMP cage in a fiesta with 3mm Boxes welded to the floors sills and then end plates made and welded on

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/Dayle/Image050.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/Dayle/IMG_0592.jpg


And this is why you want it done proper. I was marshaling on the northwest stages in 2006 and it wasn't pleasant waiting for the fire service to come and remove this chap out his car.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/Dayle/SP_A0032.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/Dayle/SP_A0029.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/Dayle/SP_A0030.jpg
SR-Rally
31-12-10, 05:35 PM
^^^^ was the cage in the red car fitted incorrectly??
MK999
31-12-10, 05:38 PM
I wouldn't say so, it's the only thing left lol
Mike
31-12-10, 06:02 PM
One seriously battered Sapphire by the looks of it.
Dayle_
31-12-10, 06:07 PM
No exactly but it could have been fitted better. It was just bolted to the floors with some spreader plates welded to the floor pan and the bolts fastened from under the car. Not done proper in my opinion. The bottom of the cage leg was poking through the floor plan and the front part of the cage had bent slightly could have been worse driver was taken away with a broken leg and ankle.
mills
31-12-10, 08:22 PM
nova ones will fit and i always find that boxing them in, makes them alot stronger as i have fitted alot of cages to nova's and corsa's
shorty249
31-12-10, 11:37 PM
no i didnt bodge the cage in at all. :tard: as it is sed above, the boxes were made of 3mm steel, with large spreeder mats, all fully seem welded round each joint. Welded nuts on the inside of the boxes, using m10 nuts and bolts to fasten it in place. the msa scutineers dnt complain put it that way lol.
burgo
01-01-11, 11:18 PM
i paid alot to have my cage made as it was by someone who really knew what he's doing. my cage is boxed on both the A and B pillars and looking at it now i can only see how it an add to the strength

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/light%20blue/S7300576.jpg