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Heat forming plexiglass windows ?
I'm building a '74 Duster to be a drag racing car. It'll be used for street and strip driving. To save weight, I'd like to use plexiglass / lexan for the side and rear windows. However, since each window has some amount of curve to it, will this idea work?
I thought I could take the glass windows out one at a time, and lay then down flat, them lay a piece of plexiglass / lexan on top of them. Then heat them up, either in an oven or over a fire or something. The plexiglass / lexan would soften and conform to the shape of the glass window. Then I remove it from the heat source, let it cool, mark the edges, pop the 2 pieces apart, trim out the plexiglass / lexan along the lines, and have formed lightweight windows for the car! Will this work? Or will the glass go bad in the heat before the plexiglass / lexan? Or is there some other problem with this scheme? And on a Duster, once you remove the rear side window assemblies from the car, how the F$%K do you get the glass out of the frame? I can't see any way to do it without cutting apart the frame. |
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WOW! Ahhh sounds OK in theroy. But, you can really save more weight else where. Windows are such a minor savings. There are place's that make lexon windows. Try a search and/or ask in the drag racing forum.
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Every pound out of the car will make it go faster. A few here, and a few there, next thing you know, it's 2600# with me in it!
So, will the heat thing work, or will I destroy the glass windows in the process? |
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i imagine you'll crack the window if you put it over a heat source that hot. i know an iron gets hot enough to crack a glass kitchen table.
im pretty sure most people lay the lexan on top of the glass, and just use a heat gun or a real hot hair blow dryer |
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Good idea Jimmy. The oven may heat to quickly, even at low temps to cintrol the bending of the Lexan.
Let us know how you do. |
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