two questions if I may?
1. Why only a half cage? It looks meaty as f**k. Did you not consider a full cage? (its my personal opinion that they serve no purpose when most of the front corner will crush the drivers face)
2. Why go to the expense of an RS2........ then stick a bloody big airbox on the end? Aurely an open filter would be better for that kind of flow?
Other than that, lovely car. Love the dash, and the xenons. T's should have come with those standard
Thanks for the questions.
The rear section does alot more than the front section in a roll. The B pillar hoop protects the drvers body in a roll. The front section is for side impacts and direct loading to the A-pillars mainly. (as I understand it) This cage is a full bolt in item which a full cage isnt, so no welding etc and with it being a trophy im inded one day I will have to return it to std. This cage looks 'meaty as f**k' becuase it has a harness bar which I really wanted as when I eventually do go on a track the std seatbelts are 100% not up for the job.
The other point to note is that if this cage is: A improving whats not there ie no cage, and B good enough for the MSV boys to offer trackdays in there cars with them I instantly feel a little bit safer than in a std clio bean can.
The rs2 does come with an open element in the kit. This element is small and the same diameter as the pipework that it goes onto. The engine will still be taking in the same volume of air because all the internals are std, it is now just doing it more efficiently ie through less of an inlet tract. The idea behind having a box has several benefits for a road car. it sounds a hell of alot more refined now, and the element is significantly bigger than the pipercross one supplied with an RS2 which can only be a good thing! The trumpet iss faced downwards to the wheelarch so no engine bay air is entering the system keeping inlet temps down which is a bonus!
All in all the main reason for having the RS2 and the cage the way it is, is because it isnt an all out track car. I have been trying to build one of the best (can be returned to std) trophies that can be good on both the road and the track. The car is now very very easy to drive, handles like a go kart, engine doesnt require effort all the time, I see 40mpg on a run and best of all I think it looks pretty cool.
James
