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What thickness alum for dragster deflector
« on: February 23, 2016, 09:19:41 PM »
what thickness alum do you use for dragster deflector for driver?

or do you use Lexan?

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Re: What thickness alum for dragster deflector
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2016, 05:03:32 AM »
If you mean a windshield style deal .040 will work in aluminum and .125 in Lexan if you want to look through it.

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Re: What thickness alum for dragster deflector
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2016, 05:24:29 PM »
I use 3/32 lexan because its an easier bend and a cross hair lazer on a level tripod to get the top flat

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Re: What thickness alum for dragster deflector
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2016, 05:45:20 PM »
I am so grateful for being part of this selected community and having experienced advisors sharing their skills so willingly.

I got started building a FED almost twenty years ago (defunct project), access to quality information was very scarce those days.

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Re: What thickness alum for dragster deflector
« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2016, 09:55:22 AM »
I am so grateful for being part of this selected community and having experienced advisors sharing their skills so willingly.

I got started building a FED almost twenty years ago (defunct project), access to quality information was very scarce those days.

Thank you all.

I agree I built my first chassis for our FED in 95 and info was very limited. When I built our second car in 2005 more information on the net and now you can get almost any information you need

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Re: What thickness alum for dragster deflector
« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2016, 07:19:33 PM »
Great community up in here.
Just keep the same amount of stuff on the right
as there is on the left. Seeing straight ahead is highly overrated....

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Re: What thickness alum for dragster deflector
« Reply #6 on: May 11, 2016, 05:01:02 PM »
Finally Finished it

thanks to American Racecraft for use of some bitchen tools !! Bead Roller and other neat tools
Ended up making it in 3 pieces using offset rollers and such.



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Re: What thickness alum for dragster deflector
« Reply #7 on: May 12, 2016, 02:41:24 PM »
personaly perfer plastic with more angle because it will deflect when hit, with that being thin rigid alu and straight up, it could become a razor blade if you hit it with your hand or arm. Make sure the arm restraints are tight

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Re: What thickness alum for dragster deflector
« Reply #8 on: May 16, 2016, 03:09:02 PM »
I've wire edged my cowl screen for that very reason Bruce.