Build - 9 second drag truck #racegreen
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I caught the green booger flu yesterday, but I did manage to get a couple more tubes fitted today. Finally starting to look like a truck.
Hey bud, idk if you noticed it but some douchebag cut the back wall out of your cab!! LOL
Lol, cage is looking good man, my 60 f100 is in the planning stage for this type of cage/suspension setup right now......or has been for the last year! I need to quit being lazy after working on everyone else's junk and work on my own junk!
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A lot of people have asked if Bend Tech is worth the money, or if it will make them a better fabricator. My answer is yes, and no. Learning the craft without the crutch of a computer is key. But once you have the fundamentals... It's a definite time saver. This fitup (the long one) is not complex, but using Bend Tech to print out a template saved me quite a bit of time.
A lot of people have asked if Bend Tech is worth the money, or if it will make them a better fabricator. My answer is yes, and no. Learning the craft without the crutch of a computer is key. But once you have the fundamentals... It's a definite time saver. This fitup (the long one) is not complex, but using Bend Tech to print out a template saved me quite a bit of time.
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I normally eyeball, sharpie, grind, for weird joints, or use my Pro Tools tubing notcher for simple single angle notches, but this one was too funky so I used a pipe master to rough it in. Once I got the basic shape laid out with the pipemaster it was just a matter of a dozen or so trial fits and touch up grinding with a soft pack and 4.5" grinder.
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Really!? Thats crazy. The whole point to building the cage in the first place is for safety.
Another thing that really blew me away is that in certain cases SFI does not require the top of roof bars to be welded all the way around. I understand why, but on a 7 second car, there are better places to compromise in my opinion.
Another thing that really blew me away is that in certain cases SFI does not require the top of roof bars to be welded all the way around. I understand why, but on a 7 second car, there are better places to compromise in my opinion.
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I've seen several "top builders" not join there pipes in the corners but rather come up short creating that weak link also.
Yea that rule is dumb as where ur weld ends is first place it will crack if not joined together. Our maverick crashed last weekend at the Mint 400 at 70 doing 3 barrel roles. Violent crash! But the way we built car and FULLY welded it saved it.
Yea that rule is dumb as where ur weld ends is first place it will crack if not joined together. Our maverick crashed last weekend at the Mint 400 at 70 doing 3 barrel roles. Violent crash! But the way we built car and FULLY welded it saved it.
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Everyone okay!?
I cut the floor out today. I expect to save at least 30 lbs with its replacement. The rest of the floor and firewall will come out once I have the rest of the cab secured to the chassis.
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Cut out the transmission crossmember mounts today and started measuring up for the SFI required X brace that goes between the frame rails. The two orange strings represent drive shaft position at ride height and 6" of axle droop from ride height. (1" more than I'll likely ever run) I'm setting up the chassis to run a maximum 6" diameter drive shaft, and this test reveals the need for a change to the crossmember that joins the bottom of the 4 link brackets.
