July 16, 201015 yr Hi, I made this at the weekend, if anyone has any questions, or interested in seeing more - let me know. :biggrin: It started life like this - just a seed of an idea...
July 19, 201015 yr Author Thanks Gary - yeah, couple more changes, add brackets, tidy up all the lines then start polishing that baby ;-))
July 19, 201015 yr Author The filter is going in a piece of polished 50mm ally tube that will sit near the top of the rad line - with an acrylic section that just shows the filter (and allows access to change the filter unit). It may also be illuminated ;-)) More pics coming soon... Thanks for the warm comments.
July 25, 201015 yr Author Many thanks to you and all that have looked and commented - much appreciated. ;) Managed to get a little bit done today. A few more test fits... Cleaned up the bracket weld and did a little final shaping, then gave it a good polishing. Not too bad... There are a couple of places on the front 'edge join' where the weld is poor, and I will need to grind those out and re-weld/polish but overall it is 99% complete at least. I have ordered the titanium bolts and will post some pics up next week of the finished job.
August 1, 201015 yr Author Hi again, I think I mentioned in a previous post that I also wanted to mount the Aeromotive Fuel filter centrally - and I came up with an idea to mount it in a polished ally 60mm tube, with a cut-out 'acrylic' window. I plan on illuminating it internally so I have since named this the 'Flux Capacitor' project! (SAD sorry). Started work this afternoon (Sunday), first drawing out the plan and cutting out a paper template to stick on the ally tube. Next drilled some holes and jig-sawed the rest out leaving 2 mm to clean up. Ended up with this... Cleaned up the lines and edges and sanded with 400. Next - I need to make the acrylic 'window' for the filter holder so I chopped some 61mm Acrylic tube, I used a copy of the original paper template and increased it's size by 12% and used that as the template for the cover to mirror the lines of the cutout. Managed to cut out the shape without losing any fingers, sanded the edges and cleaned it up. Because I cut over centre size - it is a nice clip on fit to the ally pipe - no fixings required. Looked ok - but not good enough - I changed my mind and decided to put the window INSIDE the ally tube, so I cut down some 50mm acrylic tube I had - and cut 3CM out of its circumference. Came out looking like this - much cleaner I think: This allowed a very nice tight snug clip on fit to the filter. The filter and the window now are inserted into the tube and mounted via two bolts into the bodywork (which I modified slightly ;-)). Some pics of the mock up:
August 1, 201015 yr Author And finally - the (still un-illuminated flux capacitor): At both 'ends' the fuel filter will have a 12" run to a AN connector. The supply will have an inline tap. To clean/replace the filter I simply turn the supply TAP off - undo the aeroquip AN fittings at each end of the filter connectors, remove the twobolts retaining to the chassis and slide the filter out for service. 2 min job. Again, I have kept the fuel filter away from potential heatsoak and I believe it is well protected. There is still some fabrication to do with regards the front skin you see in theses pictures, but now the position has been finalised and fabbed I think I can get on with that now. Let me know your thoughts...
August 2, 201015 yr mate This is the dogs b*ll*cks.I only wish I had the time,money,tools and of course the impotant bits like the skill,know how and vision.Fair play to you the nicest bit of work i've seen in a long while.wont bother asking you to make one for me lol . just sell me your car when your finished if it turns out like this part :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
September 17, 201015 yr Author So at the weekend I got a few hours to start making up all the Aeromotive fuel lines and test fit some final mods... I am very happy with progress - it is [now at last] actually looking in the flesh as I imagined months ago during the planning/sketching stages - so anyway - let the pictures do the talking... Here you can see that I have the cam belt cover with the FPR mounted and plumbed into the rails... I'm biased - but it's bloody beautiful in the flesh ;-)) Here is a quick shot of the detail where the fuel return goes through the fan guide... And a shot from the side... And from the top... I ran out of fittings so I will have to finish off next weekend. Also still have to refit the pcv's and plumb them up to the rerouted valve cover connections here: Also I have improved the coil pack connection wiring but I do not have a picture yet: This was before... Getting there... :scooter:
September 17, 201015 yr Author OK - so next - fit the throttle bodies and re-do the piping for the two oilstats as I am not happy with the routing as it stands. Let me know what you think...
Hi,
I made this at the weekend, if anyone has any questions, or interested in seeing more - let me know. :biggrin:
It started life like this - just a seed of an idea...