Porsche Cayman S roll cage

[Special Ed GT]

Not yet a GTS car, but maybe someday. We recently finished this 2009 Cayman project. This car was brought to Hanksville with a full interior, temporary tags and a little over 500 miles on the odo. We removed the interior and dash, then built a TIG-welded chrom-moly cage for it. In addition to the basic 6-point cage design, this cage features Extended-Style door bars on both sides, a dash bar that follows the contours of the front bulkhead, rocker bars, a rear shock tower crossbar and extensive triangulation/tube gusseting. The mounting points are on structural portions of the rockers and chassis, not the floor.

To lower the seat as much as possible, we removed part of the factory floor sheetmetal where the original seats mounted. We then fabricated new seat mounts and made new mounting tabs for the lap belts and anti-sub belts.

After the cage was completed, we installed the SFI window net and SFI cage padding (in stock at Hanksville!) and then painted/color-matched the cage with automotive paints using a professional detail paint gun and artbrush. The dash and part of the carpeting were then trimmed and reinstalled. We also had Lexan side windows cut, and installed them using Dzus fasteners.

More info at

http://www.hanksvillehotrods.com/Projects/RollBarCageProjects/GermanTouringSportscars/tabid/647/Default.aspx

Thanks to John and Nancy Clark at ContentPros for the great website. Enjoy! :)

[The Chazz]

Wow, awesome. What's this going to race in?

[Special Ed GT]

Thanks, Charles! He'll race in PCA Production, but the car is also legal in Cayman Interseries and, of course, NASA GTS.

[fhudsonjr]

Beautiful cage to go w/that Porshe!

[MHISSTC]

Wow!

Dzus fasteners to hold plexi travel windows in place...that's a cool idea.

It's cool to see the evolution of the cages. I'm not sure my Ford is worthy.

Scott

[CMC#35]

Hank -

Very nice work.

-chris

[Special Ed GT]

Thanks, everyone!

Wow!

Dzus fasteners to hold plexi travel windows in place...that's a cool idea.

It's cool to see the evolution of the cages. I'm not sure my Ford is worthy.

Scott

Of course it is; it's a Mustang! :) Speaking of which, you will soon see a new example of the evolution of our Mustang cages as well. Kinda like our New Edge mail-order cage mock-up car, but even more so.

[docwyte]

Now tell them the best part Hank. The car has what, 500 miles on it?

Saw this in shop when I stopped by a few weeks ago, major drool factor...

[UnsafeAtAnySpd]

...temporary tags and a little over 500 miles on the odo...

Now tell them the best part Hank. The car has what, 500 miles on it?


Done. :D

[The Chazz]

Love the Cayman....that cage looks factory installed. Very very nice work.

[Special Ed GT]

Thank you! I'll try to get more pics of the car as the suspension work progresses.

[Special Ed GT]

Update! Dave raced his 2009 Cayman S at the 48 Hours of Sebring event last weekend. Here is a link to some pics and a writeup:

http://www.planet-9.com/cayman-boxster-pictures-video/41760-caymans-boxsters-48-hrs-sebring.html