Plasic Underbody Panel Q's
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Plasic Underbody Panel Q's
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What are the vents for? I'm very tempted to make a new tray from the front opening to the radiator, to more smoothly flow to the oil cooler and radiator, and replace the plastic with something more encompasing and rigid.
What are the vents for? I'm very tempted to make a new tray from the front opening to the radiator, to more smoothly flow to the oil cooler and radiator, and replace the plastic with something more encompasing and rigid.
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no...the vents in the plastic "skid plate" that covers the bottom of the radiator and oil cooler. it has a series of vents. not sure what they are for but i assume it lets cool air in?
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I just ripped mine off.
Banzai, I don't think there would be a need, as I intend to make mine out of SS sheets (which I will also clearcoat), it won't have any flow-stopping bracing (as the plastic version does), and it will have a larger rake to it than the stock plastic, hugging the radiator and oil cooler much more.
Banzai, I don't think there would be a need, as I intend to make mine out of SS sheets (which I will also clearcoat), it won't have any flow-stopping bracing (as the plastic version does), and it will have a larger rake to it than the stock plastic, hugging the radiator and oil cooler much more.
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I work at a shop which fabricates an aluminum panel system which is actually a thermoplastic panel, with thin aluminum on either side- I'm making a windage tray (I believ that's whta they are called) out of it soon.. CNC cut!
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Hehe, it sure is. It's so easy to make something like this. We have large "AXYZ" CNC multi-tool router tables, and to make a 2d path for somthing like this and send it to the table takes 5 minutes. I can even cut half-depth through the panel to create reliefs to fold the panal at- great for corners and such.
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5 minutes? Damn, that's slow. I have access to a 4x8 router mill, which is what I'll be using to make the intake spacers. Uses .dxf format, converts it to an .sbp. what do you use to draft? AutoCAD, I'd assume.
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Originally posted by GeeHee13B
how the hell do u take the thing off? i cant get at the nuts on top for the life of me
how the hell do u take the thing off? i cant get at the nuts on top for the life of me
The nuts are supposed to be captive.
If they are spinning - I feel sorry for you
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