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Roo Man's Room / Re: Coupler Cover ?
« on: March 12, 2014, 05:48:26 AM »
hey so I made a quick check on mine for thickness and I didn't screw up. it is .155 not .100. Yeah something I don't have to remake.
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Roo Man's Room / Re: Coupler Cover ?
« on: March 11, 2014, 01:29:22 PM »general rules 2:4
copy & pasted off NHRA Heritage rules 2013-14
thanks I wasn't questioning, I just wasn't finding it for some reason.
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Roo Man's Room / Re: Coupler Cover ?
« on: March 11, 2014, 12:40:00 PM »
what is the spec number on this?
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Roo Man's Room / Re: Coupler Cover ?
« on: March 11, 2014, 10:22:56 AM »here is what I bent up by hand. .100 aluminumn. hand rolled U with 1" flanges and dzus to the floor. Torch annealed before I started the shaping to avoid cracks.
So you took T6 aluminum and changed it to "O" (dead soft)condition. Would have been better to have bent the "U" and bolted angle to it in order to keep the T6 heat treat
Just at the 90. I wouldn't call it dead soft. I looked at using 1" aluminum angle but by the time it was welded the strength would be the same. So is there a definition of "securely" or just someone subjective opinion.
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Roo Man's Room / Re: Coupler Cover ?
« on: March 11, 2014, 08:48:05 AM »
that was my thought as well more of a guard than a safety shield. I would bet 1/2" would be the sfi requirement.
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Roo Man's Room / Re: Coupler Cover ?
« on: March 11, 2014, 08:20:29 AM »thanks thats exactly what i envisioned.
I think it turned out well, functional and user friendly. Now what will the experts say?? LOL
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Roo Man's Room / Re: Coupler Cover ?
« on: March 11, 2014, 06:47:44 AM »
here is what I bent up by hand. .100 aluminumn. hand rolled U with 1" flanges and dzus to the floor. Torch annealed before I started the shaping to avoid cracks.
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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Trans blanket
« on: March 10, 2014, 08:54:23 AM »
according to TCI "modify the bottom loop to fit the application"
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Wanted to sell / Re: SBC Zoomies
« on: March 10, 2014, 07:27:14 AM »
The zoomies are currently bare steel, but for $50 I can have them ceramic coated in Satin Black.
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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Trans blanket
« on: March 10, 2014, 07:24:58 AM »
so I picked up a new TCI shield. looks nice all red and such. I have the shield bolted to the trans at the servo. out of the box only one of the 3 brackets fit with out rebending. As for the pan bracket it is a no way with out adding and subtracting material. First issue is the second set of holes for a deep pan are not "long" enough to fit my TCI deep pan (go figure), second it has a hard interference with the shift cable bracket (also TCI). Sure seems they would have installed at least one of these things as a completed trans and not just a component by component basis. Any rate question is can I modify the pan bracket, I know I can not touch the top piece with the expense sticker.
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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: March Meet coverage
« on: March 10, 2014, 07:14:57 AM »
Had it on in the shop all weekend while working on my dragster. good incentive.
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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Trans blanket
« on: March 06, 2014, 06:28:02 AM »
thanks for the thought on tilting. I will give that a look. I am going to get a tci shield to compare fit with the blanket and get that knocked out over the weekend. thanks
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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Trans blanket
« on: March 06, 2014, 06:26:17 AM »were you able to maintain the same shaft exit out the side panel?
Just tilt the box a little so that you don't have to mess with the bodywork.
Cardboard is cheap
LOL guess you are right on the cardboard.
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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Trans blanket
« on: March 05, 2014, 10:26:32 AM »
were you able to maintain the same shaft exit out the side panel?