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Cheers men!
Seems the UK has much better base for this kind of parts.

Han

Dazed and Confused....

The US is cheaper, but if you are only buying a short length, the postage cost is huge ~ £30.

I bought 1.5m from Ross for about £50 two years ago.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

I thought shipment from US would be expensive so contacted trigger wheels.
They sell minimum length 2ft.
Only need about 10cm so that's a bit over the top.

Will have a look at OEM items see if I can find one that I can modify.

Dazed and Confused....

Yohan,

I've probably got a short piece spare - I couldn't bring myself to use the extruded stuff because it was just so heavy for a long fuel rail. Let me have a rummage around - If i have a short piece spare, then you just pay shipping and it's yours.

Dave,
Very kind of you!
I was already thinking of machining something myself like Paul did, not shure if special kind of Al would be needed.

Please do let me know if you find something.

Cheers,
Han

Dazed and Confused....

Made the end plates for the plenumdidleywhatsit this weekend. CAD, CAM, G-Code, jigs etc. Made a few cock-ups along the way but got the result we wanted in the end.

Last one in the jig:


3 sets:

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

Bosses now complete with inlet pipes :)

Used Durafix "Easyweld" for the first time. Very easy and would appear to be perfectly adequate for the job. Also a lot tidier than my tig welding.



Now waiting for a crate of bananas from the USA.

Edited by Paul S on 21st Nov, 2012.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

Did you have any problems with it running when your weld pool contacted your existing weld?

Errr.......... No

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

Good. I have some.of these rods and some alu to stick together.

Seriously thinking about using Easyweld to fix the runners and end plates to the plenum. Could really do with carrying out a pressure test on a pipe joint, just to satisfy any concerns over the strength of the bond.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

Paul, did you buy those inlet pipes pre rolled like that or did you make them??

Mike

1/4 Mile 14.3secs 96Mph Terminal 10psi of boost.


Fibreglass Parts? - http://www.tdkracing.co.uk/
Split Rims? - http://www.force-racing.co.uk/

Just cut a 100mm joiner in half.

I need to put a bead on the plenum runners though. Bead rollers are too expensive, so looking at other ways of doing it.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

Not sure if this is any good to you?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/19-BENCH-SWAGER-...=item3ccc92462f

1/4 Mile 14.3secs 96Mph Terminal 10psi of boost.


Fibreglass Parts? - http://www.tdkracing.co.uk/
Split Rims? - http://www.force-racing.co.uk/

That's ideal Mike, except for the price.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

I didnt think it was too bad to be fair mate, I do fancy buying one myself...

1/4 Mile 14.3secs 96Mph Terminal 10psi of boost.


Fibreglass Parts? - http://www.tdkracing.co.uk/
Split Rims? - http://www.force-racing.co.uk/

It's good value if you want to do a lot of beads. I just need to do half a dozen.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

You say that but you know youll be beading everything if you have it haha :)

1/4 Mile 14.3secs 96Mph Terminal 10psi of boost.


Fibreglass Parts? - http://www.tdkracing.co.uk/
Split Rims? - http://www.force-racing.co.uk/

Could you just buzz a line of weld round as a bead?

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

I tell you what Mike, I'll buy it, use it 6 times and then sell it to you at a discount :)

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

John my dear boy thats simply not cricket

1/4 Mile 14.3secs 96Mph Terminal 10psi of boost.


Fibreglass Parts? - http://www.tdkracing.co.uk/
Split Rims? - http://www.force-racing.co.uk/

If its 75% you have a deal

1/4 Mile 14.3secs 96Mph Terminal 10psi of boost.


Fibreglass Parts? - http://www.tdkracing.co.uk/
Split Rims? - http://www.force-racing.co.uk/

On closer inspection, it looks like the formers are too big to fit inside a 35mm bore pipe, so it's actually a non-starter.

I can't weld a bead without destroying the pipe, I've tried :(

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

What I did with mine - which aren't welded at that similar point - is use an "O" ring, and a couple of grub screws.

The glue would be fine by me but I would add a grubscrew just for my own paranioa.....

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???