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Originally Posted by spoolin2bars
(Post 409168)
awesome! looks good. i wish my piping was routed differently so i could do that too. fyi, i cut lots of alum. sheet for all the little projects on my cars. i tried 6 different methods and nothing worked as good as my buddy's band saw at his work. well, i can't always use that so i had to get something for my garage, but didn't want to spend the $$$ on a band saw. my last hope before spending 399.99 on a band saw was a regular old jigsaw from sears. i was able to find 1 pack of alum. cutting blades and took it home to try it. that jigsaw cut through the aluminum sheet like the proverbial ''hot knife through butter'' total cost - $45.00.
What about putting the saw upside down in my vice? That is something I think i'm going to have to try. I really do not want to dremel this shit out again. |
Originally Posted by TheBandit
(Post 408933)
I love the skewer trick. Very clever! Heat shield looks nice too.
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This tread is not that old so I have to say that I have the FM air box but I made an air filter out of uni foam and a pencil holder!
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looks good
I love the old cardboard chopstick/skewer trick |
looks good, I would of probably used pop rivets instead of jb weld but Im sure your method will probably work.
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Great job! A bracer board clamped across an uncut side will help hold the
Al while you cut with the Jigsaw,get a fine tooth blade and go slow.A spraybottle of water mixed with 1 teaspoon each of oil and soap will help cool and Lube blade,make it cut smoother ,faster and last longer. (g) |
I love it when you do that right thurrr wayne currrr lolz good job man. Lovin the diy skillz
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lol instead of doing that i just built a box around the turbo :D
I used sheet metal scissors and then just bent the edges to round it off. |
i plan on doing this-nice skewer trick!
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Originally Posted by slutz4
(Post 515032)
looks good, I would of probably used pop rivets instead of jb weld but Im sure your method will probably work.
Thanks for the tips RG. I'll remember that next time. The shield isn't currently in my car. I need more 2.5" pipe to redo my turbo inlet to make the shield fit with my new low mount manifold. |
looks good any clue on the temp differnce
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im bringing this back from the dead because i have been thinking about how to match the contour of the hood and this is just genius thanks for posting.
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I just tried this with my turbo heat shield and I couldn't secure the cardboard well enough for the hood to press on the skewers and not just deform the cardboard base. I gave up, made it big, and cut it to fit.
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Originally Posted by curly
(Post 1005015)
I just tried this with my turbo heat shield and I couldn't secure the cardboard well enough for the hood to press on the skewers and not just deform the cardboard base. I gave up, made it big, and cut it to fit.
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Update. Hobby lobby shopping list.
Project board header 1.99$ They also have plain cardboard that is the same size for 3X the price and it does not have the purple backing (not pictured here) that seems to add some rigidity to the cardboard. Stick things 3.47$ I cut these in 1/2 so there was less resistance when in the cardboard and you do not need the full length. Attachment 75194 Attachment 75195 Attachment 75192 should be done with this in a day or 2 with some more pics. |
hers my full length airbox....makes a HUGE difference in intake air temps measured with my K type thermocouple device...
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/264041...a-mx-5/page-6/ |
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