Location: Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
Registered: January 2003
Re: Mandrel bend vs Press bend
Fri, 30 January 2004 15:03
definitely... i used a mixture of press and mandrel... the main difference is in the radius of the bends..
for a high angle bend (90+?), mandrel will have larger diameter.
but a press bent with a larger inital diamter will have same diameter as smaller mandrel bent...
the only places i would use mandrel bends on an NA car is over the diff, and when making up a set of extractors where space is of the essence, or tight large angle bends are needed. this is basically becuase mandrel has tighter (smaller radius) bends, and crushes less for high angle....
Fri, 30 January 2004 15:03
