Jeff Kincaid does use more mitered joints than most--and they certainly can be made stronger than a bent tube, mostly due to the tube deformation in a bend. But you'll notice the fitment of all the joints is IMMACULATE (meaning no gaps before welding), as well as well gusseted.
These nascar-ish examples are great examples of well built tube chassis for nascar but aside from that the other pics only have a few bent pieces the rest is mitered like i said. The point of a miter chassis is to add asmuch triangluation and to have the chassis support its self as a unit no matter where the impact hitsHere's a Nascar-ish chassis just to throw into the mix:
just let him go and see what happens.
those who can do, those who can't, get on forums and rip other guys who are doing.
I think cage design makes or breaks a cage
and I don't think anyone can argue this is stronger than your last one and it held up fine. Tech on the other hand might be an issue.
most cages on here are not going to hold up to a 100 mph front flip followed by 10 barrel roles
but the miter vs bends has already been pretty beat to death all over the Internet
i would make sure to put plenty of gussets on every joint.
maybe some bent tube gussets might be kinda cool
If this was the absolute strongest and best way to build an entire chassis, then how come every single fabricator that builds ultra4, p2 prolites and p4 cars and trophy trucks isn't building them this way? Look at every single build on pirate and race desert and tell me they're all strictly built with miters. They're not! And I'm sure that's for a reason. Not just for fun. If you can't take a little constructive criticism then don't post a build thread on any forum. And what makes you more of a "pro" than anybody else? I know for a fact some on these people have built way more rigs than you, so that makes them just as.... actually more qualified, than you.
On a side note, I can't wait to see the finished product
