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Driver safety in FED

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Flint78:
Thanks for the info guys, appreciate any info regarding practical info.  Looks like I need to slim down to fit into that FED anyway :) Kinda at 240 lbs right now. 

THE FRENCHTOWN FLYER:
Every 50 lbs is a tenth in a FED

wideopen231:
Why is 50 a .10 in fed and 100 is .10 in most other styles  of drag cars?  So the 50 extra my car weighs cost me a .10 instead of .05,now I'm pissed.Got to buy me some new drill bits and end mills.LMAO

noslin:

--- Quote from: rooman on March 16, 2017, 04:22:02 AM ---Dean,
         Bruce is right on the money regarding the amount of room that the fabricated housings take up. Some manufacturers (Moser is one) make the housing so that it has a symmetrical appearance from the rear and that results in extra material outboard of the chunk on the right side. In the case of a handbrake car especially, this is not a good thing. Some of this problem is negated if you have a "high chair" car like some of the newer NT/F entries but we don't like them anyway and prefer a true nostalgia look. :)
  The other advantage of the Strange H1110 is that its design means that the axle tubes are very well supported due to the length of the welds that secure the tubes. Most of the others simply weld the housing to the tube at the end of the housing taper and to an internal bulkhead

Roo

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interesting, had no idea that was available.  mines a high chair setup modern style chassis.  we talked about height but idea was to look over blower instead of walls.  at least thats way i understand it.  i can see on non-blown carb or injected deal having seat lower.  my buddy's is real low, i cant even get out of the sucker haha.   im gonna use hand brake, its a tight fit in these things anyways.  i dont know any difference so it will be perfect whatever it is haha.
 

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