Most Ghetto Heatshield Award Winner
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My wife is a nurse and works funny hours, so when she works nights, sometimes I'm in the garage until well after midnight. I got a new rattle this past week and found the DP rubbing against the tranny tunnel, so I loosened the bolts at the turbo and moved it over a little... then I did my usual thing, I started cleaning the car. Toothbrush, q-tips, Simple Green, wet rag, etc... When that was done, I decided to make a heat shield. The summer is around the corner and I think I'm gonna need one.
Besides installing a device in my engine bay that is razor sharp on all sides, how'd I do?
Besides installing a device in my engine bay that is razor sharp on all sides, how'd I do?
Last edited by samnavy; 08-01-2007 at 09:48 PM.
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You could do the same thing out of a sheet of either galvanized maybe aluminized sheet metal from lowes if you have one near you. Not sure what lowes carries but i know they carry different sizes and thickness of sheet, could do it out of aluminum as well if your cutting/bending tools were limited.
Looks good man, I'd pull it out and just bend the edges over with a pair of pliers to get a rounded edge. I cut the hell out of my hands installing the CAS in my car because i didn't bend the sharp safety wire that holds the heat wrap on my some things around the back of the DP.
Did you use stock bolt locations to mount it?
Looks good man, I'd pull it out and just bend the edges over with a pair of pliers to get a rounded edge. I cut the hell out of my hands installing the CAS in my car because i didn't bend the sharp safety wire that holds the heat wrap on my some things around the back of the DP.
Did you use stock bolt locations to mount it?
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fuuuuck have you seen mine? yours looks like the Sidney opera house compared to my pooper scooper.
http://jazz.sdsc.edu/photo/pictures/...s_DSCN2428.JPG
http://jazz.sdsc.edu/photo/pictures/...s_DSCN2428.JPG
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It's fairly light gauge sheet metal. It does have that galvanized look to it. I used the edge of my workbench and a ball-peen hammer to knock the edges over. If y'all don't think it's too bad, I guess I'll try to clean it up a little.
There are some fairly dangerous edges where I had to manuever the sheers. The Dremel should make short work of the corners and I'll sandpaper all the the edges to round them off a little. Now that I've got the general shape down... maybe I'll take the time this weekend to make a proper one. I'd really like some thicker material.
I'll keep y'all up to speed.
There are some fairly dangerous edges where I had to manuever the sheers. The Dremel should make short work of the corners and I'll sandpaper all the the edges to round them off a little. Now that I've got the general shape down... maybe I'll take the time this weekend to make a proper one. I'd really like some thicker material.
I'll keep y'all up to speed.
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fuuuuck have you seen mine? yours looks like the Sidney opera house compared to my pooper scooper.
http://jazz.sdsc.edu/photo/pictures/...s_DSCN2428.JPG
http://jazz.sdsc.edu/photo/pictures/...s_DSCN2428.JPG
Sam, mine is similar, I think it works nicely.
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