KlassicMotion Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 You will have to take a sound byte for us so we can all enjoy. Quote Link to comment
Josh K. Posted January 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 For sure! Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Always impressive Josh! I'm guessing with the soapy water, you'll be welding caps onto each end, filling and sealing? The soap will make more of a slush than a block of ice? Is there an advantage this way instead of similarly using wet sand? Quote Link to comment
Josh K. Posted January 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Mike, Honestly I'm not sure what I'll do at this point. Sand might be the better option or maybe just annealing the areas I want to flatten would suffice. I'll talk to some people at work that are smarter then me and see if they have any ideas. -Josh Quote Link to comment
Cmac Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 http://www.spintechmufflers.com/oval-tubing/oval-elbows/vertical-oval-elbows/3-oval-90a-elbow-hard-way/prod_181.html Josh not sure if you have seen this but it may help if your plan does not. Keep up the great work. 1 Quote Link to comment
Josh K. Posted January 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 $145!!!!! Holy smokes man :blush: That's some nice stuff. Thanks for the link! I might just try annealing the inside/outside of the radii and give it a squish. Honestly nobody is ever gonna see that section anyways so it doesn't really matter if it collapses a little... Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Was I right about the soapy water? I've never heard of that before. I'll have to google it. :) .....hhhhmmm.....ya know.....you're pretty awesome at piecing that pipe together......how about sectioning a smaller diameter U bend and add some SS flat stock to get the width? All ground down, it would look perfect. I'd love to see you bend it with the water or sand!!!! Take vid!! :) Too bad you're so far north! :( Quote Link to comment
Josh K. Posted January 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 They use soapy water to bend copper for instruments. The soap prevents the water from expanding and cracking the thin tubing. That's a good idea about making my own section. If I fail that will be my recovery plan. At one time I was considering a boxed manifold section. That's still an option. -Josh Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Interesting. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
Bob3 Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 I have one thing to say . . . WOW! Quote Link to comment
Josh K. Posted February 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 Thanks Bob! This weekend I plan on finishing the intercooler. I'm on "vacation" next week so I should be able to get a bunch done. After hours of searching in finally ordered my exhaust hangers. Gonna use the style below and make my own mounting plates. All the tubing and v bands will be here Monday.... http://www.holohanshotrods.com/store/hangers.html 1 Quote Link to comment
Josh K. Posted February 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 finished one end....... My tig skills are a little rusty but I'm ok with the results :ninja: 3 Quote Link to comment
DottiBlue Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 Dosen't look bad to me! Quote Link to comment
thisismatt Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 :thumbup: Nice custom work! I should be able to get you those pics next weekend. Quote Link to comment
Josh K. Posted February 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Lookin forward to it!! Chandlers71 asked in a PM about the radiator and intercooler core I used so I figured I would post here also. The Radiator is this one: http://www.summitracing.com/parts/afc-80104n/overview/ Intercooler core is from Bell Intercooler: http://www.bellintercoolers.com/ 2.25 12.50 18.00 541 $371.00 A225125180 Both Rad and Intercooler share the exact same core size. Core Height (in):12.500 in. Core Thickness (in):2.250 in. Core Width (in):18.000 in. Quote Link to comment
Josh K. Posted February 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Finished the weld out..... Now I need to mount the damn thing. I drilled and tapped some 0.500" Aluminum round bar and then milled a flat. More on these later... Quote Link to comment
KlassicMotion Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Looks great! Quote Link to comment
Josh K. Posted February 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 :) All done. Bolted up! 2 Quote Link to comment
KlassicMotion Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 I like. I thought that might be what you had planned for those threaded bars. :thumbup: Quote Link to comment
skyblue Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 Guck man, you don't mess around. I like how you didn't cut up the core support for the inter cooler. Very well done. Quote Link to comment
Josh K. Posted February 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 Thanks guys. My plan was to not compromise the integrity of the core support. With such a light unibody structure everything helps.... I still might lose the factory hood latch. If so I'll come up with a creative solution.... I still need to pressure test the intercooler. Tomorrow I'll have the rest of my exhaust tubing and vbands. Mid week I'll have the hangers.... Should have the exhaust done by the end of next weekend. Quote Link to comment
Josh K. Posted February 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Worked a little on the exhaust. Getting closer. Pics make it look like the pipes are beveled instead of smooth. Below is a piece of the round that connects the two pipes. Not much of a segment... The plan is to have a section of pipe through the Cross member with a v band on either side. Hopefully tomorrow I can mock that up and connect it to the forward pipe. Wednesday I'll have the hangers and can finish... Quote Link to comment
Josh K. Posted February 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 This would be much easier with a couple extra hands and a lift.... Its looking pretty good. Making progress. Really need those hangers.... Tomorrow... Quote Link to comment
KlassicMotion Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Lookin' good. Is there enough room around that pipe for it to expand when it gets hot? I had that problem on my Mustang... sort of. When I first got it back from the exhaust shop, It rattled until it got hot, at which point it just rubbed against the frame rail. Quote Link to comment
510T Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Josh, I'm not sure if you have seen this or not. Here is a oic under the original BRE #46, showing how they removed the mustache bar and plate mounted the diff. Maybe something like this could work for you? 1 Quote Link to comment
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