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Old 07-06-2013, 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by ratman67 View Post
what are you using for a tubing bender?

i bought an alston 10 pt kit for my 1st gen camaro, but will modify it as i have to for the exact fit i want.

i no longer have a bender so will have to go to my local muffler shop if i need anything bent. but the muffler bender distort the tubing a lot...
I'm using that kind. Don't know much about it, I borrowed it, it works. The bar makes the bend slightly oval, however according to the NASA rulebook, it is less than 10% distortion. The "factory bends" from the CAC kit I have are 3% to 6% distortion, and mine are a bit more than that, but not much... I've seen other "factory bent" roll cages and the distortion is the same or even worse then what I'm using, sorry I won't use their names.
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