LSR = Land Speed Rampage

[gkabbt]

Steve,

Package is West bound with the hammer down!.....

Gregg

[SteveM]

Awesome!  Windows are at Bickel's shop. Should be ready early next week.

[gkabbt]

Cool!  

I did see an interesting window setup on the McMeekin 240SX that passed Bonneville inspection last year.
Pics are coming soon!

Gregg

[gkabbt]

Pics of Don McMeekins window frame setup.
This did pass Bonneville inspection last year and he told me the inspectors really liked the idea.
The windows still roll up and down when the dzus fastners are not in place. Makes it easier loading / unloading in his enclosed trailer.
As for the curve, he laid the lexan over the stock windows and put them in a powder coating oven to form them.







Very interesting.

Gregg

[SteveM]

Agreed.  I'm thinking of attempting the same technique for curving the Lexan.  We have a pretty good sized stress relief furnace at work.  I thought about clamping the lexan to the OEM windows, then putting them in the furnace for a few hours at 300F or so.

I've been reading up on it a bit.

Steve.

[gkabbt]

Agreed.  I'm thinking of attempting the same technique for curving the Lexan.  We have a pretty good sized stress relief furnace at work.  I thought about clamping the lexan to the OEM windows, then putting them in the furnace for a few hours at 300F or so.

I've been reading up on it a bit.

Steve.

Sounds like that would do it. I'll ask Don tomorrow how long and at what temp he did his.

[Tman]

That is a very clean method for those windows! Better than some of the monkey motion I have seen.

[gkabbt]

That is a very clean method for those windows! Better than some of the monkey motion I have seen.

Trent, I agree. When I first saw them I thought that's WAY to simple to work and still have the windows still roll up / down.
It's a very good design to me.

Gregg

[Milwaukee Midget]

Christmas in April as I hit the Dodge L-body front suspension trifecta.
As you can imagine, performance/racing parts for the Dodge L-body are pretty non-existant.

. . .

Last Friday, these Lower Control Arms came in from D.J. Elford - Race Tailored Engineering Inc. in Edmondton, Alberta.
He is turboshad on turbo-mopar.com.
I've been waiting on these since last October:

. . .

All in all, pretty happy with finally getting all these parts although they are niche market items and were not cheap.....read $$$$      

Welcome to the world of orphan racing!     

Watching the posts from Wilmington - thanks for the pics.

[gkabbt]

Welcome to the world of orphan racing!     

LOL and true.
I was just explaining (justifying) to Rick Byrnes today that I chose the Rampage just to be different.
$$$$ is certainly the case when it come to these kinds of parts.....Oh well, spending my Cat's inheritance!   

Gregg

[tauruck]

I curve Lexan using Olive oil but it's an acquired taste so to speak. You need to have a big enough pan to boil the oil in and when it starts bubbling, turn off the heat and put the sheet in it for about 30 seconds. After that you just lay the Lexan on your former and it takes the shape. It's expensive but it works when you get it right.

[gkabbt]

I curve Lexan using Olive oil but it's an acquired taste so to speak. You need to have a big enough pan to boil the oil in and when it starts bubbling, turn off the heat and put the sheet in it for about 30 seconds. After that you just lay the Lexan on your former and it takes the shape. It's expensive but it works when you get it right.

Interesting idea, Mike!    At least I bet it smells good! 

Gregg

[WOODY@DDLLC]

Is it virgin olive oil? 

[gkabbt]

Is it virgin olive oil?  

Good one Woody!    
Also, really good meeting and talking with you today.

Gregg

[tauruck]

Is it virgin olive oil? 

Ha Ha, virgin for sure. I learned the trick from an old timer. He was making a killing producing headlamp lenses for race cars. everyone thought he had blow moulding or vac forming equipment. He draped the cooked sheet over the original and it shaped itself.