Personalized decklid vents and other things (Page 8/49)
silver 85 sc MAR 22, 09:26 PM

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Originally posted by nellieship:

hey rich she says sheepishly... here are the pics you requested months ago. they haven't made it to our cars yet thanks to the lovely Minnesota bleeping weather how much you charging for the interior set?







Wow! I didn't realize that the weather slowed things down that much up there. I still want a picture of the vents on the car though. Looks like you are going to force me to come up the this summer and take care of that myself.

Rich

P.S. The interior is going for $40.00 plus shipping.
silver 85 sc MAR 25, 05:06 PM
On the drawing board larger capacity fuel tanks;






These will be produced out of 16 ga stainless steel with matching straps. There will be bottom access for the fuel pump. This is not quite final draft, the only changes I have to make is locating the fill and vent ports properly. The prints do not have them in the proper location. The estimated capacity is 12.5-13.5 gallons. So they will be slightly larger as I will be filling the fuel tank cavity as much as I can. I will gain capacity by moving the lip on the stock tanks to the inside of the tank. Thus gaining width (about 3/4"all the way around), and I will be going to square corners on the ends and top. I do not want to go square on the bottom for fear of cutting action on the straps/tank if there is any tank movement. They will be formed on a CNC panel bender for consistency. This is a 3 piece design. My goal is to produce these under $300.00. I am currently planning on having the prototypes ready for the Dells.

I am evaluating other parts as well. If anyone has suggestions let me know. I have had several requests for center consoles. I do have an '87 that I will be tearing into sometime in the future. I will make these out of aluminum.

So stay tuned

Rich
tbone42 MAR 25, 11:54 PM


Installed:


Aw man, now I gotta paint my car!

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Raven88 MAR 27, 10:03 PM
Bump for a great looking product.
ace5514 MAR 27, 11:02 PM
silver85,
would you be able to cut the trim pieces out of carbon fiber if i sent the sheets to you and when cutting out the manual shift surround would you be able to not cut out the ash tray area (i will be doing a custom console and deleting the ashtrays)? and if so how much?
al

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silver 85 sc MAR 28, 05:57 PM

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Originally posted by ace5514:

silver85,
would you be able to cut the trim pieces out of carbon fiber if i sent the sheets to you and when cutting out the manual shift surround would you be able to not cut out the ash tray area (i will be doing a custom console and deleting the ashtrays)? and if so how much?
al




I will have to look into this one, I am not sure you can laser cut carbon fiber and have it turn out right.

Rich
86gt2.85 MAR 28, 08:03 PM
PM sent regarding badges and stainless manual shifter trim.
86gt2.85 MAR 29, 07:04 PM
Payment sent for items listed above. Order acknowledged.
Thanks, Rich
( giving ya a gratuitous bump TTT )

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ace5514 MAR 29, 09:46 PM
thanks,
if you can just let me know. if not then maybe i'll got with something else.
al
silver 85 sc MAR 30, 07:01 PM

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Originally posted by ace5514:

thanks,
if you can just let me know. if not then maybe i'll got with something else.
al



Here is the info I got:

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If you are cutting just plain fiber without resin, no problem.

If you are cutting pre-preg fiber with uncured resin, it could start an area to cure.

If you are wanting to cut cured parts, the rate would have to be set to assure you don't induce de-laminations. Collecting the fumes will be necessary due the the off gassing of the cured resin.

But, most likely it will catch on fire ! It does burn readily.

The water-jet/abrasive method is most predominant for precision and large items.

Routers, saws, and mills with abrasive tools (preferably Diamond faced) are used along with jigs for both carbon and fiberglass composites,




There is a water jet in the area. If you want me to pursue this let me know, but I am guessing the laser cutting is out. I am certain that the fumes issue and fire issue will stop things at work.

Rich