There's not allot to see of the engine yet. It's all mock-up stuff at this point. Even the carb. is a PVC mock-up.It will eventually be an F-2 pro charged 540 BBC.
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Thread: Billet aluminum dash bezel
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04-20-2008, 09:58 PM #11
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04-20-2008, 11:28 PM #12
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Did you do the intercooler yourself? If so verry nice work as well as everything else so far.
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04-20-2008, 11:35 PM #13
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Since he is not online now, I can answer that. I recognized it right away when I saw it. Here is a link to his thread on it.
Originally Posted by Anti-GMAW
Did you do the intercooler yourself? If so verry nice work as well as everything else so far.
http://www.millerwelds.com/resources...ad.php?t=12243To all who contribute to this board.
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04-20-2008, 11:43 PM #14
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Thanks for the link! Originally Posted by burninbriar
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04-21-2008, 06:07 AM #15
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Beautiful - Nice work !
Did you also fab the seats ?
Is that a HF brake, Enco, ?
How do you like it
I'm planning to buy a 4'x16g brake with my stimulus check, looking for recommendations.
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04-21-2008, 06:32 AM #16
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Originally Posted by Chuck U&R
Thanks
No, the seats are Kirkey.
The brand name on the brake is Central Machinery
Item # 45876
I haven't used it much yet, but so far I like it.
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04-21-2008, 12:22 PM #17
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nice form
That's a nice, simple looking die, Burninbriar. I've made some dies for my brake too, as we're always needing to form different contours. I think we also did a 7/8" radius and I know we've done some 10 ga. stainless on it. Originally Posted by burninbriar
I'll try to remember to snap some pics.
It takes some thought and time, but there's nothing like being able to form it up in-house.
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04-21-2008, 12:27 PM #18
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nice work Pro70
Looks like you're taking your time to get it right. That was a good idea to do the fibreglass release. We do a lot of that for aero/body work. Looks like you're getting good use out of your CNC. Thumbs up and good luck with the rest of the project.
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04-21-2008, 09:09 PM #19
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NICE work, I love metal fabrication; even if it's a welder cart. And I'm a closet motorhead...... so you can guess what I think of this.
My question is: I didn't know that you needed to heat aluminum to bend it?
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04-22-2008, 06:32 AM #20
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I wanted a fairly sharp/even bend. Since the piece I was bending was 1/4" on the edges and 1/8'' in the machined areas and I was bending right along side gauge openings I didn't want to distort, I played it safe & got the aluminum hot enough to be pliable. 1/4'' plate aluminum is a little beyond what this brake is rated for. I put a fair amount of pressure on it and then heated the plate until it gave.
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